Monthly Archives: October 2013

OT’s with Apps List for Middle School thru Adult Individuals with Disabilities 10-2013

OT iTool Kit App List for MS thru Adults with Disabilities 10-27-13 – (PDF file). A partial list of apps from the complete OT’s with Apps List, this list focuses on apps in the following categories (not limited to) for iOS … Continue reading

Posted in Android, App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Learning Disability, Life Skills, Low Vision/ Blindness, Math, Mental Health, Mobility Impairment, Note Taking App, Occupational Therapy, OCR, Organization, Post secondary, Presentation Tools, Productivity apps, Scanning, Self-regulation, Sensory Apps, Text to Speech, Visual Memory, Word Prediction, Writing | 2 Comments

The 17 Best Anxiety iPhone & Android Apps of 2013

The 17 Best Anxiety iPhone and Android Apps of 2013 As scooped from Healthline.com on October 26, 2013. Anxiety may be treated with medications, behavior therapies, and relaxation techniques. Consider these apps to help you feel less anxious. Carol Leynse … Continue reading

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Time + Touch Timer app

Time+ Touch HD app, by SixAxis is currently free today only (10-26-2013; regularly 1.99). Set the time up to 11 hr. 59 minutes and allow it to run in the background when using other apps. Provides visualization for hours (blue), minutes … Continue reading

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Bug Games App – Gone Free

Bug Games app, by Busy Bee Studios, is a fun preschool app with four different activities: counting, letter identification, music  and phonics as well as visual motor activities to entertain (don’t tell them that they are learning!!!) preschool children. Based on … Continue reading

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PT and OT Helper App

PT and OT Helper App’s Cognatus has created a series of PT and OT Helper apps available for Android with iOS apps projected in the future. Features of the apps include: Save setups for each user Create Templates for common injuries Real … Continue reading

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‘Appy’ Halloween

Apps for Halloween! Halloween Card Creator (iPhone/iPad; free) -Make a spooky greeting card and email it to a friend or family member with this app. Use it for a seasonal writing activity. The Very Hungry Pumpkin app (iPhone/iPad; free) Be a … Continue reading

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Tellagami – Create Narrated Animations on Your iPad

As scooped from ipadapps4school.com – Tellagami app Tellagami is a free iPad that elementary school students will enjoy using to create narrated animations. If you have ever used Voki or GoAnimate, Tellagami will feel familiar to you. Tellagami allo… Carol Leynse Harpold‘s insight: … Continue reading

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Overview of Accessibility Features in iOS 7

Luis Perez provides an overview of iOS 7 Accessibility Features on YouTube: This video provides a general overview of some of the new features for accessibility in iOS 7. These features are covered in more detail in their own videos … Continue reading

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Claro PDF App – Free for Dyslexia Awareness Week 2013

Annotation apps are many, however finding an app that provide tools for inserting text along with text to speech are few. The developers at Claro Apps provides annotation tools along with text to speech capabilities in their ClaroPDF app for Dyslexia Awareness Week 2013. Currently free (5.99; … Continue reading

Posted in Adults with LD, Apps for OT's, AT for Handwriting, Dyslexia, Education, Elementary School, Handwriting, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Learning Disability, Multimedia, Productivity apps, Writing | Leave a comment

Magic Stickers! Gone Free

Magic Stickers app, for iPhone/iPad is a fun emergent writing and drawing app for preschool children currently gone free. Developed by the folks at Lazoo, makers of Squiggles and Let’s Color apps for preschoolers, this app provides creative play and … Continue reading

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