November 7, 2012 Michele Rothstein M.A., CCC-SLP

* Things to Consider Before Purchasing an App * Check the web for videos of the app in action * Company, Google, YouTube * Look for a “lite” version that is free/reduced price * Be careful of in-app purchases * Think about-Can I save data?, Will it start my child off at the point they left off?

* Allows you to use pictures and video to create a sequence, social story, retelling * Can import pictures and videos,has a microphone to record voice, has drawing tools * Use for social skills * Video modeling of multiple skills together * Social story using personalized pictures * Use for building independent skills * Picture schedules/video schedules * Language Skills * Story retell, story sequencing, grammar skills in context, sentence formulation

* Great game of 20 questions * Answering and asking questions * Perfect for expanding language to include feature, function, and class * Great for auditory processing * Play in reverse-child listens to description and has to guess

* Another great guessing game * Can control/limit categories that items come from and field size * Great for language description-feature, function, class * Answering and asking questions

* Positional Concepts * On top of, between, under, beneath, next to, above * Adjective + Noun Combinations * Red bird, Ice Bird, Blue Bird, Space bird, Black Bomber * Mustache Pig, King Pig, Helmet Pig * Verbs-Future, Present and Past Tenses * Using screen shots will allow a child to create a story using all tenses * Where Questions * Where are the pigs? * Where did the bird hit?

* First-then / Cause and Effect concepts * Predictions-”What will happen if __?”

* Use personal pictures to create receptive lessons * Create questions/statements about the picture to ask the child to identify a part of the picture as the answer * Select or take a photo, create questions, play game * Able to “circle” the correct answer to identify the correct part of the picture * Wh- Questions * Where is?, What is?, What do you?” * Word Identification * Touch __, Find the __, Show me__ * Feature Identification * Touch what you write with * Touch what is furry

* Teaching verbs in a “natural” context while completing the steps * Mixing, cracking, whisking, baking, decorating, icing, frying * Wonderful for teaching sequencing * Screen shots to print out * Screen shots to create story/slide show with recording for narration * Using screen shots will allow you to target past tense verbs to describe what he/she did

* Question Builder * Language Builder * Sentence Builder * Rainbow Sentences * Preposition Builder * Story Builder * Student Favorites-speech and language apps-track user data

* Will turn anything you say into a song * Conversations * Reading * Telling a Story

* Imaginary “Virtual” Play * Great for students who are still working on play skills and the language associated with play skills * Shows actions and items within “natural” context * May serve as an intermediate step between adult facilitated play and independent play

* Working on automaticity of language and word retrieval * As the boy moves and races, call out the actions and directions * Right/Left * Over/Under/Up/Down * Jump/Leap/Duck

* Apps do not replace instruction!!! * Make iPad use as fun and interactive as possible! * Use the iPad to reinforce a variety of skills for home and school.