IEP Checklist
Screen shot courtesy of Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC)
iPACS
Image courtesy of AdastraSoft
According to its manufacturer, AdastraSoft, "iPACS allow you to customize close to 600 voice-enabled pictures for teaching, learning, and communication for special need individuals." In a reader review of the app, SusanA writes: "You can use the camera or download pictures from the internet combined with label and voice to create a great communication system. There are 6 images per page to choose from. The images are quite small which is challenging visually and motorically, but it's easy enough to open up one image and have it cover the entire screen." ... Read more
iPrompts
Image courtesy of HandHeld Adaptive
If you have your child on a picture schedule, and have previously had to tote around notebooks or Velcro-coated scraps of paper to make it work, check this out: iPrompts, an app designed by the family of a child with autism, puts those schedules on your iPhone or iPod Touch, along with a visual countdown timer, choice prompts, and a library of images to use. ... Read more
Look in My Eyes
Screenshot courtesy of Fizzbrain
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. ... Read more
- New version: Eye Contact Toolbox
Model Me Kids
Screenshot courtesy of Model Me Kids
A few years ago, I wrote about Model Me Kids DVDs, which convert social stories about community situations into training videos for kids with autism spectrum disorders and other social-skills difficulties. Now selected scenes from that series have been incorporated into an app for iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad that lets you deliver that social-story reinforcement when you're on the go. ... Read more
My Epilepsy Diary
Android screenshot courtesy of Epilepsy.com
Remembering details and events is a natural use for a smartphone app, and when you're dealing with the frequent need to take down information about the health status of a child with disability, being able to punch it into your phone instead of waiting until you get home and hoping you remember is a terribly helpful use of technology. One such app is My Epilepsy Diary, which grew out of an online program on the Epilepsy.com site and is now available for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, and Android. ... Read more
OneVoice
OneVoice is an iPad-only app that, according to its site, "does less than most augmented communication devices. Why? Because making it easy to use is far more important than making sure it has every possible feature." ... Read more
Predictable
Image courtesy of TBoxapps
Predictable, a $159 app for iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad, can be connected to a switch via Bluetooth, or the whole screen can be used as a switch. There's also a word-prediction feature that works with the app's keyboard and dictionaries. ... Read more
Proloquo2Go
Image courtesy of Proloquo2Go
Proloquo2Go seems like the right idea for the future of augmentative communication. It puts those menus of words and snippets of sounds on an iPhone or iPod Touch, creating a smaller, lighter, cheaper, and infinitely cooler way to communicate, particularly for teens and adults who can easily manipulate its multiple screens.... Read more
Smile at Me
Screenshot courtesy of FizzBrain
Smile at Me, like Look In My Eyes above, allows for practice of a difficult skill -- in this case knowing the appropriate facial expression -- with a gadget rather than a person. ... Read more
Talking Flashcards
Screenshot courtesy of Talking Flashcards
The app Talking Flashcards has a voice option to read questions and answers to your child. You can input information for your own cards, or upload sets of cards on popular subjects from Quizlet.com. ... Read more
Voice4U
Photo courtesy of Spectrum Visions
