Category Archives: Learning Disability

Black Friday App Deals

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

If you are a Black Friday Shopper and love deals, save a few $$ for the app deals offered this weekend. There are an incredible number of apps gone free or on sale, so checking some of your favorite sale … Continue reading →

Posted in Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Early Childhood, Fine Motor Development, iPad, iPhone, Learning Disability, Occupational Therapy, OCR, Puzzles, School Based Interventions, Special education, Visual Motor | Leave a comment

AppoLearning App – Gone Free

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Apps and services that provide app reviews are a great source when scouring for the right app. There are several that are my favorite go to apps for reviews – KinderTown app and Autism App providing a rating and overview … Continue reading →

Posted in Android, App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Assessment, Autism, Early Childhood, Education, Elementary School, Emergent Literacy, Fine Motor Development, Free apps, High School, iPad, Language Arts, Learning Disability, Life Skills, Math, Middle School, Occupational Therapy, Productivity apps, Special education, Vision, Writing | Leave a comment

Math – Visual Fraction Apps

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

A colleague asked me about fraction apps for some of her students who needed concrete methods of learning and would be motivated by using the iPads available at the school. The search began with some of the available fraction math … Continue reading →

Posted in App Reviews, Apps for Special Needs, Elementary School, Free apps, iPad, Learning Disability, Math, Middle School, Special education | Leave a comment

OT’s with Apps List for Middle School thru Adult Individuals with Disabilities 10-2013

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

OT iTool Kit App List for MS thru Adults with Disabilities 10-27-13 – (PDF file). A partial list of apps from the complete OT’s with Apps List, this list focuses on apps in the following categories (not limited to) for iOS … Continue reading →

Posted in Android, App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Learning Disability, Life Skills, Low Vision/ Blindness, Math, Mental Health, Mobility Impairment, Note Taking App, Occupational Therapy, OCR, Organization, Post secondary, Presentation Tools, Productivity apps, Scanning, Self-regulation, Sensory Apps, Text to Speech, Visual Memory, Word Prediction, Writing | 2 Comments

Claro PDF App – Free for Dyslexia Awareness Week 2013

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Annotation apps are many, however finding an app that provide tools for inserting text along with text to speech are few. The developers at Claro Apps provides annotation tools along with text to speech capabilities in their ClaroPDF app for Dyslexia Awareness Week 2013. Currently free (5.99; … Continue reading →

Posted in Adults with LD, Apps for OT's, AT for Handwriting, Dyslexia, Education, Elementary School, Handwriting, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Learning Disability, Multimedia, Productivity apps, Writing | Leave a comment

Mirror Case for iPad

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Do you or your students/clients have a need to take pictures or video, take notes and bookmark information on your iPad? The MirrorCase and MirrorCase HD app is a recently developed product that uses the camera  of the iPad to take … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessories, App Rubric, Apps for Special Needs, iPad, Learning Disability, Multimedia, Note Taking, Note Taking App | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

iAnnotate PDF App – On Sale

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

iAnnotate PDF App, developed by Branchfire, Inc. is currently on sale for 1.99 (not sure how long!),  regularly 9.99. A PDF management app, iAnnotate’s features are numerous and well suited to students in upper elementary through secondary school: Annotate with text … Continue reading →

Posted in Adults with LD, Android, App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, AT for Handwriting, Dysgraphia, High School, iOS, iPad, Learning Disability, Middle School, Note Taking, Note Taking App, Occupational Therapy, Special education, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

ER Browser – The Mobile Web Browser for Dyslexia & Visual Stress

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

ER Browser app for iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch (.99) provides a web browser with choices of color background, font size and type and simplifies the content on your devices for those with experiencing visual discomfort and difficulties. Created for … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Adults with LD, App Reviews, Apps for Special Needs, Dyslexia, Education, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Irlen Syndrome, Learning Disability, Low Vision/ Blindness, Occupational Therapy, Reading, Visual Perception | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Co:Writer App Available

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Familiar with Co:Writer software, the word prediction software from Don Johnston, Inc.? It’s gone mobile – the Co:Writer app is now available for iPhone/iPad (17.99). Although I have not had a chance to work with it yet, here are some … Continue reading →

Posted in App Reviews, Apps for OT's, AT for Handwriting, Customizable app, Elementary School, High School, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Language Arts, Learning Disability, Middle School, Occupational Therapy, School Based Interventions, Spell Checking, Text to Speech, Word Prediction, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Readdle’s Birthday Gift – Scanner Pro App Price Reduction !

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Scanner Pro App is my favorite scanning app to create PDF’s that can be opened in an annotation app such as PDF Expert (another Readdle app on sale!). We use this scanning app at our school (as well as for professional … Continue reading →

Posted in App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, AT for Handwriting, Elementary School, Handwriting, High School, iPad, iPhone, Learning Disability, Middle School, Mobile Device Use, Occupational Therapy, OCR, Productivity apps, Scanning, School Based Interventions, Special education, Special Education Teacher, Work Flow, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment