MyLifeSkillsBox allows a child to learn about life. If your child has difficulty learning in a natural environment, MyLifeSkillsBox is an app that can help. This app teaches a child the necessary skills for three very important environments: Everyday life skills such as showering and getting dressed; Social skills such as coping techniques with different social situations; and Playing with functional objects by learning how to use objects for play. The app separates each activity making them easier to learn and simplifies task analysis for the child.
For a tutorial of MyLifeSkillsBox, watch the video below:
Requirements: Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
ConversationBuilder is a must-have application for every speech language pathologist. This app prompts students through each stage of an interactive conversation and records their spoken responses. At the end of each session, the entire conversation is played back at a natural pace so that students can hear themselves successfully exchanging comments with their virtual peers. Recorded conversations can be stored and even emailed to teachers and parents.
ConversationBuilder is designed to help children learn how to have multi-exchange conversations with their peers in a variety of social settings. The auditory pattern of conversation is presented in a visual format to help students recognize and master the flow of conversation. Students will learn when it is appropriate to introduce themselves, ask questions, make observations and change the subject of the conversation.
For a tutorial on ConversationBuilder, watch the video below:
Requirements: Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 and later.
Time Timer app provides a visual representation of the time remaining that is easily recognizable without the need to understand clocks or numbers. The Time Timer app displays time as a red disk that quietly gets smaller as time elapses. Individuals understand that when the red is gone, time is up! Features in Time Timer are: Quick Start; Play a Timer; Create and Save Timers; Total Flexibility, Awake Mode; and Make Every Moment Count.
For a demo of Time Timer, watch the video below:
Requirements: Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
Living Safely provides self-directed learning sessions for 27 important safety skills topics based on proven content. Living Safely provides an accessible learning tool that is specifically designed to be used directly by individuals with autism, learning or other developmental disabilities at their own pace on the iPad. Living Safely also utilizes the AbleLink’s Instructional Media Standard (AIMS), step-by-step multimedia training system which applies universal design principles to provide multimodel instruction using visual and auditory media. Anyone who needs support with understanding important safety skills necessary for daily living can benefit. Learning sessions are based on two areas: Home Safety and Personal Safety.
Everyday Skills provides self-directed learning sessions for 40 important skills necessary for living independently and accessing the community based on proven content. Everyday Skills provides an accessible learning tool that is specifically designed to be used directly by individuals with autism, learning or other developmental disabilities at their own pace on the iPad. Everyday Skills also utilizes the AbleLink’s Instructional Media Standard (AIMS), step-by-step multimedia training system which applies universal design principles to provide multimodel instruction using visual and auditory media. Anyone who needs support learning and maintaining skills necessary for daily living, learning context appropriate social skills, and skills necessary for accessing the community can benefit. Learning sessions are based on three areas: Community Skills, Personal Skills, and Transition and Transportation Skills.
Stories2Learn app is a powerful way to promote social messages to individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities. S2L offers parents and educators the ability to create personalized stories using photos, text, and audio messages. These stories can be used to promote an individual’s literacy, leisure, as well as social skills. This app comes preloaded with 12 finely crafted social narratives that can be used to teach social skills in the areas of reciprocal play, non-verbal communication, playground and school rules, turn taking, and more. The preloaded stories can also be changed and adapted to the user’s needs. The user can create their own stories and add their own audio and write dialogue that correspond to their photos as well.
For a quick overview of Stories2Learn, watch the video below.
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
BeSeen is an app developed at Carnegie Mellon University to help learners develop an awareness of safety issues when using simulates a social networking website. Once you create a profile, you can start earning friends, playing puzzles and winning awards. Gain friends by choosing statuses to post and helping out others. Will you make the best choice? Find out and see. Give good advice to win more awards! The game is provided by Carnegie Mellon University and Web Wise Kids to show you how to secure your personal information, protect your online reputation and defend your peers.
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
This app allows you to store photos of pictures you take of your exact grocery items, creating a list of those things you need for a specific shopping trip. As described on iTunes, app features include the following:
√ Photo your grocery items to add to list
√ Add text with photo for specifics or quantity
√ Share list via Email
√ Click your items and Checkout
√ Checkout/Clear List moves items to History
√ Add History items to Favorites
√ Add History/Favorites back to List
√ Edit photos in History/Favorites
√ Help menu with instructions
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
