Category Archives: Special Education Teacher

Great Visual Timers Resource

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Visiting Todd’s Tech Tuesday blog, a really great resource on ideas for differentiation, featured a link to the a post entitled “Use Visual Timers to Ease Transitions” from  the Adapting Creatively blog. If you are looking for visual timer resources, this … Continue reading →

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Telling Time App – Another Alligator App Gone Free!

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Telling Time App  is a new, free app (limited time?) by  the Alligator/Grasshopper app developers  providing customization and multiple levels of activities to learners of all ages. This apps shows no preference in appearance for young or older students/individuals making it appropriate for … 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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Sosh App for Individuals with Aspergers

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Have you seen the Sosh app? If you work with high functioning individuals with Aspergers you’ll want to check it out! Developed by Dr. Mark Bowers, the Sosh app is based on the Sosh framework which focuses on 5R’s of social skills development: … Continue reading →

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Kiddie Countdown Activity Timer App

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Looking for a visual timer for young children? A colleague I work with (thank you Gail for this great find!) found this great free visual timer – Kiddie Countdown Activity Timer Free  – for the  young students she works with. … Continue reading →

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Lakeshore Learning Apps Gone Free!

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

Lakeshore Learning, a company that sells educational materials, is offering three new iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad apps for free until December 30th. The apps are early literacy skill apps focusing on letter formation, phonics, letter identification, vowel sounds and beginning letter … Continue reading →

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Data Collection App

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Assessment has been a part of my job whether working with students or adults, gathering information about student/client abilities to determine what skills require intervention. Working as an Occupational Therapist one on one with students, we are able to determine what steps and skills are … Continue reading →

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