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iPod applicationsHere are some iPod applications that may be relevant for people with autism/Asperger and the people who work with them. If a link doesn't work, try removing any blank spaces from the address. If it still doesn't work, let me know.http://www.conovercompany.com/ATIA/ - Functional Skills System, with 3,200 short films. http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/51702302.html?el r=KArksUUUoDEy3LGDiO7aiU - how students at Fraser autism center use their iPods. behaviortrackerpro.com - for tracking behaviors, their antecedents and consequences. http://www.handholdadaptive.com/ - iPrompts, for use as a timer, providing visuals for making choices, making picture schedules etc. http://voice4uaac.com/ - Voice 4 U, for alternative communication. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-05-27-iphone-autism _N.htm - USA Today article about how a 7 year old uses Proloquo 2 Go to communicate. Any other tips? Here's a tip about a cheap app called "Earn it stars" which can be used for a behavior chart. http://specialchildren.about.com/b/2009/12/31/behavior-chart s-get-an-upgrade.htm#comment-85350 This could be of good use to some people. Isn't technology awesome!Here's an article on how schools in Minnesota are using educational applications. http://www.twincities.com/ci_14045406?nclick_check=1 Here are tips on buying a used iPod Touch. http://ipod.about.com/od/beforeyoubuy/a/used-ipod-touch.htm This was in an email I received: Free Iphone App for Children withAutism, Asperger Syndrome, and Developmental Delays Introducing a new visual teaching tool for helping children learn to navigate challenging locations in the community: Model Me Going Places(TM), an app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Get the App http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102868056817&s=1437&e=001A Fn5Ly3Pxo7TK_rMQDLExoidaMYbvKpkz50EuthKDFUbD1-jCjeMYzJQCDZu4 i4JJe4YbPiaqDE9hFnk8hbwQZFbZZw5RUqaJlQdG1UHMlKx1Q6GSyuKzEj8d aJs_Xqig8V_fp-tBM-ZfCbZM9OtpWVhBUiFN9RTzvDpDwnyAG_QoQScyYOu4 x7BJ7JUpkgO Note: this is an iTunes address. The app contains photo slide shows of children modeling appropriate behavior in various community locations. APP LOCATIONS: - Hairdresser - Mall - Doctor - Playground - Grocery Store - Restaurant The app is based on locations included in the Model Me Going Places(TM) DVD, the latest addition to the Model Me KidsŪ social skills training series for children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome. (Expected release date for the DVD is March 2010). SAMPLE APP SCREENSHOTS: IT'S FREE AND EASY TO USE: Touch the forward and back buttons to move through the photos one by one. Or simply press the slide show button to advance photos automatically. A home button brings you back to the navigation menu where you may choose your next destination. ADDITIONAL FEATURES: The app also includes audio narration (English) and descriptive text of each photo. This is from the www.specialchildren.about.com blog. I highly recommend subscribing. I thought IEPs went high-tech when case managers in our district started filling in the blanks online instead of waiting for a secretary in the special-education office to type everything out. I thought it was cool when they started feeding in goals from a computer database instead of flipping through gigantic notebooks full of lists. Today, though, I spotted a gadget that not only puts a new-tech spin on those big piles o' paper, but does it in a way that particularly empowers parents. Meet the IEP Checklist app for iPhone and iPod Touch. You can watch a video to see how it works, but basically, you create a file for your child's current IEP and get a checklist of all the different elements that go in it, as in the screen pictured. Click on an item, and you get a reference to special-education law that applies to that item, and a space to enter notes. The checklist shows items with notes as highlighted, so you're less likely to forget what you wanted to say in the stressful atmosphere of an IEP meeting. For sure, you're going to look like an organized and savvy force to be reckoned with. The free app comes from The Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center, and can be downloaded from the iTunes store. Have you found any good apps for special education or special needs? Share them in the comments. Video social stories for your iPod. Each cost $8.Article here: http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/560980/?sc=rsla&ut m_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Fee d%3A NewswiseLatestNews %28Newswise%3A Latest News%29&utm_content=Google Reader Creator website here. You can see a preview, it just has a fairly wordy introduction. http://www.kencrest.org/autism_mi_stories.htm Another tip from www.specialchildren.about.com "Is eye contact an issue for your child? There's an app for that. Look in My Eyes is a game for iPhone and iPod Touch in which players get points for locking peepers with a child on the screen. The app was created by two teachers, one specializing in special education and the other a game developer, who called on their experience with children on the autism spectrum to design a fun way to encourage and strengthen social skills. There are two versions of Look in My Eyes available in the iTunes store, depending on whether the player would be more interested in spending points at a virtual restaurant or car-repair shop. The cost is $2.99, but if you e-mail the app developers right now, you can get a promo code to try one of the versions out for free. If you do, let us know what you think of it in the comments." Look in My Eyes has been revised. From www.specialchildren.about.com: "Last month I wrote about Look in My Eyes, an app for iPhone and iPod Touch that offers kids on the autism spectrum an opportunity to practice eye contact in a non-threatening game. Based on parent feedback on that first game, FizzBrain has come out with another version, Eye Contact Toolbox, that gives more immediate rewards. When players earn four stars, they can spend it on animated toys to put in a toybox. It's appropriate for younger kids, or kids with a shorter attention span. Like the earlier version, Eye Contact Toolbox is $2.99 and available from the iTunes store." Here's an app called "iConverse" http://www.autism-society.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&am p;id=13724 Here is an overview of various apps for special education. They mention iCal, which I've heard is an important calendar app to have. http://www.scribd.com/doc/24470331/iPhone-iPad-and-iPod-touc h-Apps-for-Special-Education Here's an app called iEarnedThat. "Designed by a Pediatrician and parent, iEarnedThat is an amazingly simple motivational tool to help children develop desirable behaviors by working towards tangible goals." http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iearnedthat/id366144564?mt=8 Review of Proloquo2Go and iPad http://lovethatmax.blogspot.com/2010/06/ipad-and-proloquo2go -review-max-tried.html Video of Proloquo2Go as used with stroke patients. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_y23dZFy1s Here's an extensive list with lots of applications in the categories of communication, data collection, prompting/visual schedules, reward charts, sign language, timers, and other. http://teachinglearnerswithmultipleneeds.blogspot.com/2010/0 6/ipossibilities-for-those-with.html Story of how an iPad transformed a 5 year old with autism. The videos show iWriteWords and Stories 2 Learn (social stories) http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/25659/
Article "iTherapy - Emerging Autism Therapy" by Lois Brady. "Some of the programs I've used with success include: Model Me Going Places, First Words: Deluxe, First Words: Animals, iSpeak and proloquo2-Go to name a few. You can use these apps individually or combine them to achieve a set goal. Whether you are using voice output, building vocabulary, correcting articulation or strengthening muscle coordination, any of these devices make it easier, more fun and reinforcing." http://ezinearticles.com/?iTherapy---Emerging-Autism-Therapy &id=4443322 MeMoves - an app that works as a tool for calming, using soothing music and visuals, and stroking the touch screen. http://www.thinkingmoves.com/memovesapp.html ABA flashcards. I'm sure there are flashcards on any number of topics, but this link is for vehicle-words. http://www.whatsoniphone.com/reviews/aba-flash-cards-vehicle s Learn to talk http://www.whatsoniphone.com/reviews/learn-talk There are also some informational apps for parents, like the Autism News Reader. http://www.whatsoniphone.com/reviews/autism-news-reader I could have found a lot more browsing around at whatsoniphone.com, but that's enough for today TimeTimer iPhone app: http://networkedblogs.com/55nng Love love love the time timer app for iphone!We got the Grace App - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/grace-picture-exchange-for/id 360574688?mt=8 It is fairly limited with not a huge range of images but my high functioning girls find it useful. A friend got Proloquo2Go for her daughter and an iPad to use with it, having seen it in use I'm really impressed, it is fantastic. I heard a rumour that Boardmaker can be installed on the iPad, that would be awesome indeed. According to the Mayer Johnson website: "The Boardmaker software products are intended to run with a device that has a CD drive with the CD in place. We do not currently have an app that is compatible with the iPad or iPhone." If you register, you can subscribe to the question and get an email from Mayer Johnson when the answer is updated.
A list made by a school. Mentions an app called "StoryKit" for social stories. http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/curriculum/special_ed/special _ed/AT/Apps%20for%20Education2.pdf
Story about how well the iPad works for a boy with "intense autism" (the iPod touch didn't work nearly as well). http://www.sfweekly.com/2010-08-11/news/ihelp-for-autism/ Top 10 article -- shows screen images. http://www.gadgetsdna.com/10-revolutionary-ipad-apps-to-help -autistic-children/5522/
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