Author Archives: Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

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About Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, 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 students and work environments for adult clients. A RESNA Assistive Technology Practitioner with ACVREP CATIS credentials, AOTA Specialty Certification in Low Vision, USC Davis Executive Certificate in Home Modifications, servicing adults and students with disabilities in employment, education, and home environments. A 2020 graduate of the University of Alabama Birmingham Low Vision Certification Program.

Apps for Student with Autistic Spectrum Disorder Developed by Mark CoppinASD_Wheel.pdf

See on Scoop.it – SFSD iPad Scoop ASD Wheel developed by Mark Coppin provides areas of needs and appropriate apps. Always new apps to consider. Carol See on xa.yimg.com

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Block a Doodle Do & Line-Up – Visual Spatial Apps from BusyThings

Block-a-doodle-doo app for iPhone/iPad ($.99) by Busythings.co.uk  is cute game where you move a chicken riding on a gator looking mobile device through cars and trucks on the street.  The user has to problem solve to plan a course to get the chicken through the street … Continue reading

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How to Find Content Taking Up the Most Space on Your iPad | iPad Academy

See on Scoop.it – Apps for Special Education Running out of room on your iPad? Here is how to find what’s taking up the most space (memory) on your iPad.   See on ipadacademy.com

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How do I use a Switch or Joystick with an iPad? – October 2012 update! | Jane’s Blog

See on Scoop.it – Apps for Special Education Jane Farrall again shares her expertise on the quickly expanding market of switch access for mobile devices. Here is her latest update on the use of switch or joysticks with the iPad. … Continue reading

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Appdapted: Halloween Themed Apps (updated list)

See on Scoop.it – Apps for Special Education It is only two days until Halloween so for some fast spooky fun, check out the apps from The Speech Guy! A great collection of Halloween apps listed by age categories. There may … Continue reading

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Your Therapy Source – ADHD, Exercise and Learning

Your Therapy Source.com shares research on the benefits of exercise on learning for students with ADHD: Your Therapy Source – http://www.YourTherapySource.com: ADHD, Exercise and Learning. Findings of the cited research indicated students with ADHD improved their scores on academic test following … Continue reading

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Adapting Worksheets for Students with Poor Handwriting Using Your iPad

Do you have students whose handwriting legibility interferes with their production of written work? Is it hard to decipher what they write? As OT’s or teacher’s of special needs students with handwriting legibility challenges, there are many different low tech to … Continue reading

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Little Solvers – Figural Analogies – Free!

Innovative Mobile Apps has been developing again and this time it is a visual – spatial reasoning app called Little Solver – Figural Analogies. Just gone free this looks to be another great app to work on visual spatial reasoning … Continue reading

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Preparing Adolescents and Adults for Life – #3

Here is PAAL part 3 on apps presented by Avi Glick, Director of Preparing Adolescents and Adults for Life (PAAL) while attending the 2012 Closing the Gap Conference in Minnesota last week. This third post shares community life skill apps used with individuals with Autism Spectrum … Continue reading

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Shapes Touch and Write for iPad – Gone Free!

Reminder… Shapes Touch and Write  gone free today! For more information on the app see Shapes Touch and Write for iPad post dated October 25, 2012. Carol

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