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Author Archives: Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS
Visual Schedules Apps for Students with ASD
As Autism Awareness Month is a few days away, creating an awareness and understanding of autism as the incidence continues to increase. Also important for those of us working with students with ASD is understanding and using evidence based practices (EBP) interventions. The … Continue reading
Posted in Android, App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Autism, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Visual Communication
Tagged Android, App Review, Autism, iPad, iPhone, iPod, occupational therapy, visual communication
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Free Technology for Teachers: Studies of iPad Use in Education
Richard Byrne provides an amazing variety of tech information in his Free Technology for Teachers Blog. Here is one of his blog posts providing studies of iPad use in education : http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/03/studies-of-ipad-use-in-education.html As use of iPads actually is in its early stage having … Continue reading
Posted in Education, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mobile Device Use
Tagged education, iPad, iPhone, iPod, occupational therapy
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RocketKeys | MyVoice | The Assistive Technology Daily
See on Scoop.it – OT @ Work Carol Leynse Harpold‘s insight: Assistive Technology Daily shared a new customizable keyboard for mobility and communication impairments. The RocketKeys app by MyVoice allows customization of keys, colors, methods of touch input, speech and prediction. Targeted as a communication … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibility, App Reviews, Augmentative Communication, Autism, Customizable app, iPad, Mobility Impairment, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation, Special education, Word Prediction
Tagged Accessibility, App Review, iPad, Mobility Impaired, occupational therapy, OT Apps, special education, Word Prediction, Writing
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Dictionary Apps to Support LD
Dictionary Apps to Support LD I love dictionary apps on mobile devices. They provide spelling and word look up on demand. For individuals with reading and spelling challenges it can provide immediate access to spelling or definitions using the integrated voice recognition tools … Continue reading
Posted in Adults with LD, Android, App Reviews, Apps for Special Needs, Dictionary app, Free apps, High School, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Learning Disability, Middle School, Occupational Therapy, Post secondary, Reference, Spelling, Word Work, Writing
Tagged Android, App Review, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Learning Disability, occupational therapy, special education
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Putting Tar Heel Reader Books into iBooks – with Speech!
Jane Farrall shares her expertise on “Putting Tar Heel Reader Books into iBooks – with Speech! In her blog post Jane provides step by step directions on how to import Tar Heel Reader books into iBooks with text to speech … Continue reading
Posted in Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Book, eBook Creating, Education, Elementary School, Emergent Literacy, iBooks, iPad, Occupational Therapy, Primary Grades, Reading, School Based Interventions, Special Needs
Tagged iOS accessibility, iPad, occupational therapy, Reading, special education, special needs students
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Bridging Apps – free course on accessibility features on the iPad
Originally posted on rehabgadgets2go:
Bridging Apps is a very useful website on “Bridging the gap between technology and people with disabilities”. I just received their newsletter, and they are offering a free online course “Free Accessibility Features on the…
Flummox and Friends
Do you work with older (middle/high school and above) individuals with social and emotional challenges? Are you familiar with Flummox and Friends? No this isn’t an app, but an online show described as an offbeat, live-action comedy designed to help kids … Continue reading
ER Translate | Rx Publishing
ER Translate app for iPhone and iPad is a basic communication app developed for the health care worker for non verbal individuals to communicate via pointing in emergency cases. This app provides an alphabet board and picture communication board to … Continue reading
Posted in App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Communicaton, iPad, iPhone, Medical, Mobile Device Use, Occupational Therapy
Tagged iPad, iPhone, iPod, Medical, occupational therapy, OT Apps
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AppWriter Cloud | LingApps
AppWriter Cloud is a Google extension providing word prediction support for struggling writers. One of the only word prediction apps for Google Chrome, this app fills the need for students familiar or needing word prediction to support spelling challenges when … Continue reading
Posted in App Rubric, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Education, Google, iPad, Learning Disability, Reading, Text to Speech, Uncategorized, Word Prediction, Writing
Tagged App Review, Google, Learning Disability, occupational therapy, OT Apps, special education, special needs students, Word Prediction, Writing
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Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs: Calendar and Advanced Visual Schedule Apps for Kids with Special Needs
Kate Ahern reviews a variety of calendars and advanced visual schedule options for special needs students on her blog, Teaching Learners with Special Needs. Her review lists and describes 10 different apps for calendar and visual scheduling suited to students … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibility, App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Cognitive Impairment, Education, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mobility Impairment, Occupational Therapy, School Based Interventions, Special education, Special Education Teacher
Tagged App Review, occupational therapy, Organization, OT Apps, special education, special needs students, visual communication
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