Tag Archives: special education

The Electric Company – Feel Electric

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

The Electric Company – Feel Electric app is a free app developed by Sesame Street/PBS that is compatible with iPhone, iPod and iPad. Geared to upper elementary, middle and even high school students, this app focuses on awareness and identification of feelings … Continue reading →

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Autism 5 – Point Scale EP App

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Autism 5 -Point Scale EP is a free app for iPhone and iPad developed by the Autism Society of Minnesota. Ms. Van Dixhorn, EBD teacher at the Sheboygan Falls Middle   this app with me as an app to help with the programming of a student … Continue reading →

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My Little Suitcase – Memory Board Game – Gone Free from Grasshopper Apps!

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Those busy folks at Grasshopper Apps just keep developing! Here is another app gone free from them… My Little Suitcase – Memory Board Game for iPad only, now free.  Here is their description of the app: The premise of the … Continue reading →

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Touch and Write – Gone Free!

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Touch and Write  is a letter identification and writing app that provides options for early literacy for young learners. Compatible with iPad and currently free, here is a description of the features of this well rated app: 16 different writing … Continue reading →

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Little Stars Word Wizard App – Gone Free

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Little Stars Word Wizard   is another Innovative Mobile App(Grasshopper/Alligator Apps developers) providing beginning phonemic practice  offered free for a short time (48 hours).! Compatible with iPhone/iPad, this app features 150 – 3 letter words requiring identifying first, middle and last letter consonant … Continue reading →

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SoundingBoard App from AbleNet – Free

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

SoundingBoard app is a communication app developed by AbleNet that currently is free. It provides the ability to create board with 1 to 9 cells using their in-app picture library or by using images from your photo library.  Additional picture libraries … Continue reading →

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Visual Figure Ground (I Spy) Apps for Your Students

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

A request from one of the teachers I work with for “I Spy” apps started the search for such apps with hidden pictures. As an OT I would categorized these apps as visual figure – ground apps requiring users to find hidden … Continue reading →

Posted in Activity Worksheets on Your iPad, App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Early Childhood, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Occupational Therapy, Special education, Special Needs, Visual Figure Ground, Visual Perception | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Differentiation in the Classroom – Using an iPod Touch with Voice Recording Apps

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Presenting information individually in front of the class is often a requirement of class assignments for elementary through high school students. Some of our special needs students struggle with this task, whether due to difficulty with reading, recalling, speech challenges or extreme shyness … Continue reading →

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ClaroSpeak App

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Are you familiar with ClaroRead software – a text to speech application to help struggling readers and writer?  They have produced a mobile app for your iDevice called ClaroSpeak! ClaroSpeak App is now available in iTunes for 5.99 for iPad and iPhone. Described in iTunes … Continue reading →

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Do Apps Help with Fine Motor?

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

KinderTown is a websites and app that curates apps for young children ages 3-6 years. Their website has reviews of apps, an educational blog for instructional ideas and resources, and is a portal for their KinderTown app,. The KinderTown app, compatible with iPad and iPhone, provides … Continue reading →

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