Category Archives: Apps for OT’s

More Step by Step Drawing Apps

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Step by step drawing apps reviewed in the post dated 12/20/2011 listed two apps that were appropriate for young elementary school students when learning to draw. A comment from Margaret Rice (thank you!) suggested the app Pirate Scribblebeard’s Treasure as more creative … Continue reading →

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LetterReflex App

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Do you work with students who have difficulty with letter reversals and identifying left versus right? Binary Labs, creator of Dexteria app have created LetterReflex App which focuses on remediating  reversals of letter and in words and right and left discrimination. Games focusing … Continue reading →

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Text to Speech Apps – Supports for Students with LD # 3

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Text to speech tools provide access to print to struggling readers to support decoding, vocabulary and comprehension skills. For many years as an OT and ATP having software that provides text to speech capabilities was a staple on my computer for students or … Continue reading →

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Step by Step Drawing App

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

In my years of OT work with students, intervention for improving visual motor skills included many activities. When needing to support students ability to produce artwork in classroom projects or in art class using step by step drawing tasks focusing on production of … Continue reading →

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Appy Holidays!!!

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Looking for some holiday apps to use with your students? Digital Storytime provides great reviews and deals on apps for children and students. Their Daily Deal Page, Holiday tab lists 9 different holiday apps for free. The apps feature drawing, educational … Continue reading →

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App Reviews offered on The Friendship Circle Blog

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

It seems like endless resources are available for special needs students for mobile devices! I never cease to be amazed at what is available! The Friendship Circle Blog is a website dedicated to the Friendship Circle organization of Bloomfield Michigan that supports … Continue reading →

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Grasshopper Apps – New and Free!

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Grasshopper apps are some of my favorite apps for special needs students and pre-k and elementary aged students. They provide clean, wonderful real pictures, customization and real voices to their apps. Again, they provide those of us in education more new … Continue reading →

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Spell A Word App

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

A post a couple of days ago briefly reviewed RJ Cooper’s Point to Pictures app currently availlable  for free. As a developer of software and hardware for individuals with special needs, RJ has developed software Spell A Word  for the Mac and PC … Continue reading →

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App Review Website – Fun Educational Apps

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Fun Educational Apps website reviews educational apps for kids in different age categories. They also list sale apps or apps gone free. This is a new website I just stumbled upon and found a number of interesting apps suited to … Continue reading →

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Point to Pictures App

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

RJ Cooper has provided accessibility devices and software with special needs students for many years. As the cheese moves so has RJ Cooper, creating specialized apps for mobile devices that support students with physical and cognitive challenges. Point to Pictures … Continue reading →

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