Tag Archives: occupational therapy

Miracle Modus App for Relaxation and Calming

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Miracle Modus app (free) for iPhone/iPad and for Android,  is a really interesting app developed by an individual who enjoys patterns  and mathematical calculations. After diving under the hood I found this apps development and features to offer more than what just … Continue reading →

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Block a Doodle Do & Line-Up – Visual Spatial Apps from BusyThings

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Block-a-doodle-doo app for iPhone/iPad ($.99) by Busythings.co.uk  is cute game where you move a chicken riding on a gator looking mobile device through cars and trucks on the street.  The user has to problem solve to plan a course to get the chicken through the street … Continue reading →

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Appdapted: Halloween Themed Apps (updated list)

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

See on Scoop.it – Apps for Special Education It is only two days until Halloween so for some fast spooky fun, check out the apps from The Speech Guy! A great collection of Halloween apps listed by age categories. There may … Continue reading →

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Your Therapy Source – ADHD, Exercise and Learning

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Your Therapy Source.com shares research on the benefits of exercise on learning for students with ADHD: Your Therapy Source – http://www.YourTherapySource.com: ADHD, Exercise and Learning. Findings of the cited research indicated students with ADHD improved their scores on academic test following … Continue reading →

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Adapting Worksheets for Students with Poor Handwriting Using Your iPad

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Do you have students whose handwriting legibility interferes with their production of written work? Is it hard to decipher what they write? As OT’s or teacher’s of special needs students with handwriting legibility challenges, there are many different low tech to … Continue reading →

Posted in Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, AT for Handwriting, Differentiation, Handwriting, iPad, Keyboard, Learning Disability, Note Taking App, Occupational Therapy, OCR, School Based Interventions, Special education, Uncategorized, Word Work, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Little Solvers – Figural Analogies – Free!

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Innovative Mobile Apps has been developing again and this time it is a visual – spatial reasoning app called Little Solver – Figural Analogies. Just gone free this looks to be another great app to work on visual spatial reasoning … Continue reading →

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Preparing Adolescents and Adults for Life – #3

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Here is PAAL part 3 on apps presented by Avi Glick, Director of Preparing Adolescents and Adults for Life (PAAL) while attending the 2012 Closing the Gap Conference in Minnesota last week. This third post shares community life skill apps used with individuals with Autism Spectrum … Continue reading →

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Shapes Touch and Write for iPad – Gone Free!

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Reminder… Shapes Touch and Write  gone free today! For more information on the app see Shapes Touch and Write for iPad post dated October 25, 2012. Carol

Posted in App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Drawing, Early Childhood, Fine Motor Development, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Occupational Therapy, Pre-writing, School Based Interventions, Special education, Special Needs, Uncategorized, Visual Motor, Visual Perception | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Shapes Touch and Write by FizzBrain – (Gone Free on October 26!)

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Are you familiar with FizzBrain’s apps, Touch and Write and Cursive Touch and Write? Fizzbrain’s developers have created a new iPad app, Shapes Touch and Write, currently 2.99 gone free tomorrow – October 26! So what’s Shapes Touch and Write about? Drawing with shaving … Continue reading →

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Tangranimals App by Busythings Ltd

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Busythings Ltd  has developed a number of apps that caught my attention during a recent Internet quest. Their variety of visual perceptual apps especially caught my eye, with mobile apps that resembled many of the manual visual perceptual activities used with students … Continue reading →

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