AAC Ferret App – A Way to Sift and Winnow for an AAC App

AAC Ferret App

As a huge fan of the folks at Spectronics, I felt compelled to share this app with those supporting individuals with special needs. As an OT and AT Practioner, finding the right tool for the client, environment and task is a huge job, especially with the overwhelming number of apps available these days. Although AAC is not my specialty, we often are a part of a team working to find the right tool to support the individuals we work with. Sometimes it feels like a needle in a haystack with many new haystacks appearing daily!

AAC Ferret app is a searchable database app providing a listing of AAC apps using a features match system to determine possible apps. Created for the iPad/iPhone, this free app provides an updated, curated list created by a team of speech and language pathologist on the Spectronics Consultancy Team to search for the right type of AAC app.

If you are not familiar with their work, you should peruse the Spectronics website of rich information on supports for individuals with special needs. It is a fabulous resource!

If this is not your area of expertise, but you work with SLP – you might gain additional popularity by sharing this resource.

Here are a few more AAC resources provided by the developers of the AAC Ferret that are well worth sharing or perusing:

Spectronics Blog: Apps for AAC
http://www.spectronics.com.au/iphoneipad-apps-for-aac

Spectronics Blog: App Feature Matching: An Essential Step!
http://www.spectronics.com.au/blog/apps-and-mobile-learning/app-feature-matching-an-essential-step/

Spectronics Blog: AAC in Classrooms
http://www.spectronics.com.au/blog/tools-and-resources/aac-in-classrooms/

PrAACtical AAC Blog: Supports for Language Learning
http://praacticalaac.org/

Now as an OT, aren’t you jealous that we don’t have a similar type of app for visual motor, handwriting or writing support?

Carol

About Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, AdEd, OTR/L, ATP, CATIS

OTR/L with more than 35 years experience in pediatrics, school based therapy and adult rehabilitation. Masters of Science in Adaptive Education/Assistive Technology with 20 years experience in AT in education of elementary, middle school, secondary, post secondary and work environments. A RESNA Assistive Technology Practitioner with ACVREP CATIS credentials, servicing adults and students with disabilities in employment, education and home environments. Currently a graduate student in the University of Alabama Birmingham Low Vision Certification Program.

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