Tag Archives: iPad

Apps to Support Individuals with Learning Disabilities

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Apps for Individuals with Learning Disabilities Shopping for some apps to support the needs of individuals with LD who are middle – high school aged or older? Here an updated, downloadable list of preferred apps for reading, writing, organization, reference material, math, concept … Continue reading →

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Dysgraphia Solutions for Math

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Students with dysgraphia are challenged with producing written information legibly and fluently. Written composition is a significant challenge but also writing math problems can also be a challenge. Here area a few solutions for creating math problems electronically – yes with … Continue reading →

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Play Your Musical Drawing – Hands Free with Color Band App

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

Color Band App, for iPad (free with in-app purchases) provides an interesting twist of technology to drawing with music. It Combine a drawing with crayons and music with the ability to play the music with your fingers as well as hands free … Continue reading →

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Cut the Buttons App

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Cut the Buttons is a free app (but with in app purchases) for iPhone and iPad that actually resembles a fine motor task. Promoting use of the iPad as a fine motor tool stretches my professional sense of what fine motor involves … Continue reading →

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WriteOnline App

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Crick Software has a new iPad app, WriteOnline (28.99) providing writing support : Word Prediction Word Banks (topic and alphabetical) Text to Speech Talking Spell Checker With features similar to their Clicker Docs app, WriteOnline app has a more mature look for middle … Continue reading →

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Summer Road Trip Apps – Gone Free (and other road trip games)!

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

What to do with the kids in the car on a road trip? Have a summer road trip coming up? There are many fun road trip activities to engage a whole family when riding in the car. Here are some … Continue reading →

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News-2-You App

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

Do you subscribe to News-2-You in your special education classroom? Have an iPad? Now you can access the weekly News 2 You Newspaper on your iPad.  AssistiveWare and N2Y new free News 2 You app allows you to access your online subscription … Continue reading →

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iGet It… Cooking Vocabulary and Create Recipe Photo Sequence Book App

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

iGet It Apps has developed a new app, i Get… Cooking Vocabulary and Create Recipe Photo Sequence Books for iPhone and iPad (4.99). iGet Cooking provides not only vocabulary support but also the sequential steps of cooking tasks from identifying equipment … Continue reading →

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Chillax… with an App!

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Chillax app – no it’s not your teenage son or daughter telling you to chill out, but an app that can help you do that all by yourself! Listen to varieties of music and sounds in this free and simple app … Continue reading →

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Bitsboard Pro App Gone Free

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Are you familiar with Bitsboard app? By the developers at Grasshopper apps, this fabulous iPad language app provides many activities that are customizable activities for students with special needs. Thinking this is just for speech or the special education teacher?  Think again! For students … Continue reading →

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