Category Archives: Apps for Special Needs

National Occupational Therapy Month – OT Resources for Mental Health

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Thank you to Carol Conway, MS OTR/L, for her comment sharing a favorite OT website Every Moment Counts, developed by Susan Bazyk, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA. Every Moment Counts provides resources for the mental health of children. The website shares her promotion … Continue reading →

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Apps Gone Free !

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Here are a few more apps gone free (not sure for how long) that might be useful in your OT mTool Kit. I have not had an opportunity to try them out but they look worthy, plus they are FREE… urTalker Lite … Continue reading →

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Autism Month Free Apps

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Autism Awareness Month always brings a host of free apps in addition to other apps gone free! Here are a few apps gone free on 4/3/2015 that you might want to consider for your teaching, parent or OT mTool Kit: This for … Continue reading →

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My Story App Gone Free!

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

My Story App (iPhone/iPad; regularly 4.99) has gone free today (3/27/2015). This storytelling, book app provides many tools for creating books, writing projects, sensory or social stories for young students. Here are some of the features of the app: * … Continue reading →

Posted in Apps for Special Needs, Early Childhood, eBook Creating, Elementary School, Emergent Literacy, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Story Telling, Writing | Leave a comment

SnapType Update & SnapType Pro App

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Familiar with SnapType app for iPad and iPhone? If you have students with dysgraphia, you might want to take note of this easy to use, worksheet filling/ annotation app. One of the many annotation apps available, SnapType app is free and created by an … Continue reading →

Posted in Activity Worksheets on Your iPad, App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Assistive Technology, AT for Handwriting, Dysgraphia, Elementary School, Middle School, Occupational Therapy, Writing | 7 Comments

iDo Hygiene App

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

iDo Hygiene is a new app providing instruction, video and games to learn personal hygiene. Included is an option to create your own images in the 12 hygiene areas. Created by the Center for Educational Technology for individuals with cognitive … Continue reading →

Posted in Activities of Daily Living, App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Cognitive Impairment, Developmental Delay, iADL's, iPad, Life Skills, Occupational Therapy, Pediatrics, Self Care, Special education, Special Needs, Visual Communication | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Great Apps from Generous Developers!

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

A huge thank you to the following app developers for supplying promo codes to OT and PT’s at a recent OT’s with Apps Workshop: Claro Software for providing ClaroPDF apps (2.99) to participants. ClaroPDF (IOS) is an annotation app with text to speech … Continue reading →

Posted in Android, App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for PT's, Apps for Special Needs, Dysgraphia, Education, Handwriting, iOS, iPad, Letter Formation, Special Needs, Therapist/Teacher Tools, Third Party Keyboards | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Step-By-Step App from SOAR

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

  StepByStep app   for iPad, (free, in-app purchase for additional sequences) is a OT created app requiring sequencing clip art pictures of steps of activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living for children and adults. Steps of activities of daily living are … Continue reading →

Posted in Activities of Daily Living, Adults, App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Early Childhood, iADL's, iPad | 2 Comments

Voice Dream Writer – On Sale

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

  Voice Dream Writer app, newly debuted in the past few weeks is on sale this weekend ( 1-29-31/2015). for 7.99. A compliment to Voice Dream Reader app, Winston Chen’s Writer app provides tools for the struggling writer. Here are … Continue reading →

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Looking for App Similar to Waitstrip App?

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Waitstrip app for iOS  no  longer is available. A blog comment/question from Emily asked about suggestions for a similar app to Waitstrip. I found few options, but here is what seems to be available currently:  Visual Timer app for iPhone/iPad (2.99) provides a … Continue reading →

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