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Author Archives: Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS
OT iTool Kit Tip and Trick #3 – Adding a Webpage to your Home Screen
Do you have frequently visited websites you need to access on your iPad for medical billing, attendance, or sites you or your students like to visit? Did you know that you can create an icon on your iPad to link … Continue reading
Posted in iOS, iPad, iPad Management, iPhone, iPod, Occupational Therapy
Tagged iPad, iPhone, iPod, iPod/iPad Management, occupational therapy
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Apps Gone Free – Happy App Friday
Digital Storytime – one of my sources for reviewed and free educational apps has some apps you may want to peruse today or this weekend (I am not sure how long they will be on sale or available for free…). Here … Continue reading
Posted in App Reviews, Apps for OT's, iPad, Visual Perception
Tagged App Review, iPad, OT Apps, Visual Perception
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Apps for Mental Health
One of the many areas that Occupational Therapists work in is mental health. This is not a specialty area of mine, however mental health issues definitely are areas we all address from time to time, whether in the school system, … Continue reading
Posted in App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Autism, Emotions, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mental Health, Occupational Therapy, Self-regulation, Sensory Apps, Sensory Apps for ASD, Social Skills
Tagged App Review, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mental Health, occupational therapy, OT Apps, special needs students
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Game Apps from EnsenaSoft for Individuals with Special Needs
Looking for games that transcend age or abilities for your students or clients? Games that encourage turn taking, engagement with others and leisure skills? Check out EnsenaSoft game apps for kids or adults – almost any age. This weekend they have many on … Continue reading
Posted in App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Developmental Delay, Game Apps for Special Needs, High School, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Leisure apps, Occupational Therapy, Special education, Special Needs
Tagged App Review, Game Apps for Special Needs, iPad, iPhone, iPod, occupational therapy, OT Apps, special education, special needs students
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OT iTool Kit Tip and Trick #2 – Taking and Using Screen Shots on Your iDevice
This Tip and Trick #2 – Taking and using screen shots on your iDevice was prompted by a question from Fiona about how to take a screen shot. This is a tip and trick that is so useful I thought … Continue reading
Alien Buddies App Gone Free Again!
Alien Buddies App is currently free again (until 1-27-12 ?)! This is app was previously mentioned in a post in December, 2011 (when free) for its visual motor and visual perceptual activities. Geared for 3-7 year olds, the following activities are featured in the … Continue reading
OT iTool Kit Tip and Trick #1 – Creating a Visual Schedule (Sequence) in your iPad Photo Album
I wish I was as smart as our Paraprofessionals (Tara, Olivia) and COTA (Erin) at the school I work at! They demonstrated at a training how they have been creating Albums to show sequences of tasks or events, scheduled tasks (yes, just like using a … Continue reading
New Apple Apps – iBooks 2 and iTunes U
Apple announced on Thursday, January 19th their new developments in the textbook arena – iBooks2, iTunes U and E-Book Creator for Mac computer. Upgrade of iBooks to iBooks2 (free, requires just an upgrade, not a new app) allows greater management of multimedia … Continue reading
Posted in App Reviews, Apps for OT's, eBook Creating, High School, iPad, Learning Disability, Middle School
Tagged App Review, iPad, Learning Disability
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TouchFire Screen-Top Keyboard
A comment to the post about “sturdy cases” from Ann Sciabarrasi, OTR shared the TouchFire Screen-Top Keyboard, a new iPad keyboard. Created by two tech developers, Steve Isaac and Bradley Melmon, this keyboard is small and portable attaching to the iPad with corner magnets. Compatible … Continue reading
Letter School App
Letter School app is another letter/number formation app available for iPhone/iPad (Lite/2.99) that was found by my OT colleague, Erin (nice find Erin!). She rated it as well worth the 2.99 for the choices of handwriting styles of letters (HWT, … Continue reading
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