Category Archives: Early Childhood

Time Timer Apps – Gone Free

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Are you in need of a tool to structure your student’s time?  Many special education classrooms, staff and students are familiar with the TimeTimer clock and app used to visually display time. The developers of the TimeTimer app and TimeTimer devices … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessories, Activities of Daily Living, Adaptive Devices, Android, App Reviews, Apps for Special Needs, Assistive Technology, Developmental Delay, Early Childhood, Elementary School, Executive Function, Focused attention, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Visual Communication, Visual Supports | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Assistive Technology for Kids who Experienced Trauma — Michigan Assistive Technology (AT) Program Blog

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

By Aimee Sterk, LMSW, MATP Staff I’m working on a trauma certificate and recently attended a symposium on Somatic Experience therapy for children who have experienced trauma. The presenter, Maggie Kline, LMFT, explained that for young children (birth to 18 … Continue reading →

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AutoBrush for Kids – A Smart Toothbrush

Posted on May 19, 2019 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

The Assistive Technology at Easter Seals Crossroads in their weekly AT reviews offers another interesting tool, the AutoBrush for Kids.  As an occupational therapist, tools for self cares are always helpful and learning about new oral hygiene tools always seems to … Continue reading →

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CDC Milestone Tracker App and Developmental Milestone Resources for Parents

Posted on December 2, 2017 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

The Center for Disease Control collects and provides statistic on many health and medical conditions. Over the past year or more, professional information I have read consistently cited an increase in the incidence of developmental disabilities. In a recent CDC … Continue reading →

Posted in Android, Apps for OT's, Apps for PT's, Developmental Delay, Early Childhood, Education, iOS, Pediatrics, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Unite for Literacy Resource

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Unite for Literacy is a free online picture book resource supporting non-readers of individuals of different cultures. It counteracts book scarcity for non-readers of different languages with this online resource of digital books. A community based organization supported by business who have partnered … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Android, Early Childhood, Education, Emergent Literacy, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Reading, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Read to Me in Book Creator 5 — The Website of Luis Perez

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Luis Perez shares a new feature of Book Creator 5  for iPad (4.99) that provides a “read to me” for stories created. This is a great new feature of the popular Book Creator app for iPad. Read more on Luis’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Assistive Technology, Early Childhood, Emergent Literacy, iPad, Reading, Text to Speech | Leave a comment

The AT Daily Shares Sparkup Book Reader

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

As reposted from Assistive Technology Daily…Sparkup Book Reader a new book reading device for emergent readers. Meet SparkUp® The Sparkup Magical Book Reader is a revolutionary device that clips directly on to any picture book and reads it aloud in … Continue reading →

Posted in Assistive Technology, Book, Early Childhood, Education, Elementary School, Emergent Literacy, Language Arts, Reading, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Toca Boca Apps Gone Free

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

More Apps ? With so many apps available and a device loaded with apps it is hard at times to consider more – I resemble that! However, if you work with young children, apps like those created by Toca Boca may be … Continue reading →

Posted in Android, Apps for OT's, Early Childhood, Free apps, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Just for Fun, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Toca Live Town App- Gone Free

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Toca Boca apps are favorites for their quality content and engagement for teachers and for kids. One of their new Life Series apps, Toca Life: Town has gone free for iOS (regularly 2.99). Available also for  Android (2.99),  Kindle Fire (2.99) and Windows … Continue reading →

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What’s the Write App?

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

I was excited to be invited to participate in the Appy Hour at AOTA’s 95th Annual Convention in Nashville Tennessee. So I am enjoying the convention, the speakers and the vendors hall – I can’t believe the all the vendors present! Amazing! Our Appy … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessories, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Assistive Technology, AT for Handwriting, Dysgraphia, Early Childhood, Handwriting, iPad, Occupational Therapy, Pre-writing, Third Party Keyboards, Word Prediction, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments