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We are hearing amazing things from parents about Apple’s iPad. For girls with retained hand function this can be used as an amazing tool for communicating, educating and entertainment.
It is an excellent tool to train and prepare users for more sophisticated communication device via this easy, simple-to-use choice-making platform. The possibilities are as much as your creativity can go. Parents of girls with little to no hand function still say the iPad and many of the apps provide endless entertainment for their girls. Definitely worth checking out or putting on that wish list we all have. The iPad and Apple have apps that play music, movies, read books and much more. Easy: Requiring just a touch anywhere on the screen to activate Pocket Fish Pond – FREE BUBBLES – $1.99 I Love Fireworks – FREE Lite version or Upgrade $.99: Uncolor- $.99 Fish School HD-$1.99 Sound Touch Lite - FREE with optional upgrade Virtuoso -FREE Talking Tom – FREE with optional upgrade EDUCATIONAL: ABA Receptive Identification – FFC Combined-$.99 - Clear, Colorful, Concrete Images Check out all of kindergarten.com’s ABA apps for endless fun and learning learn more I Learn ABC Lite – FREE Choiceboard Maker-Creator-FREE ChoiceBoard Maker is the perfect app for creating customizable choice boards for the unique needs of individuals with communication challenges. It reinforces correct choice by expanding the selected image as well as playing the customized auditory rewards. Features include: •Large buttons, and black/white contrast to facilitate visual attention
ANSWERS YES/NO HD – $3.99 - Large buttons with ample selectable borders to assist with activation - 5 Yes-No voices: man, woman, cartoon, boy, and girl - Custom buttons with user defined color, text, audio, and pictures - 5 lesson plans, each consisting of 6 pages of custom button pairs - Enhanced navigation options - Visual cue of selected buttons for the hearing impaired - Multi-language support Grace App -$37.99 OneVoice-$199.00 OneVoice turns the iPad or iPhone into an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device. Building on the simplicity of iOS devices, OneVoice is easy to understand, and designed for usability above everything else. Though OneVoice comes with a pre-populated vocabulary (focused on children) the real value is that you can easily add your own phrases and photos to create a custom experience. Proloquo2Go – $189 SoundingBoard by AbleNet – $49.99 TapSpeak Sequence – $29.99 TapSpeak Choice-$149.99 TapSpeak Choice for iPad is our interpretation of a low- to mid-tech communicator for the iPad. It’s a complete communication board editor and player that saves up to 75% of the setup time over conventional devices and virtually eliminates maintenance time. Use the DynaVox/Mayer-Johnson PCS library, your own photos or images, and geometric symbols for visual targets. You can record your own voice for playback (a set of sample libraries include a pre-recorded voice). OTHER: Picture Pusher- $.99 First Then Visual Schedule First- $9.99 Doodle Buddy – FREE Dr. Suess ABC – $3.99 BOOKS: Mee Genius-A collection of free and purchasable books that highlight words as the story is read to your child. A favorite. Choose “read to me” and sit back and watch her follow the words. Story Boy-Auto read books and fun apps for all girls. Pages change automatically or with a swipe. Prices vary and are affordable with many free. Miss Spiders Bed Time Story-$.99 Read, watch, listen, and play with Miss Spider and her buggy bunch as they earn special sleepy-time rewards in this interactive story that is really five apps in one. With multi-touch animation, painting, puzzles, and games, Miss Spider’s Bedtime Story for iPad reinvents the reading experience for the entire family. Make bedtime fun time with Miss Spider and her friendly bug pack. If you’re not completely amazed by Miss Spider’s app, Callaway Digital Arts will refund your money, guaranteed. SPECIAL FEATURES: -Watch story in lush 3-D CGI animation -Touch images for multimedia surprises -Read or follow along with spoken narration -Play games, solve puzzles, and paint pictures -Listen to original music and sound effects ABOUT THE STORY: Everybuggy in the Spider family is just too busy to get to sleep on time. What’s a spider mom to do? Luckily, Miss Spider and Holley find a creative way to get the kids’ nighttime routine under control—and realize they may need a bit of help getting to bed, too! learn more and see it in action-
Websites with App info and suggestions: RettGirl iPad Videos Accessories Leather Carrying Case Cover/Folio With Built-in Stand iPad Carrying case/Shoulder bag Car headrest mount for iPAD |
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How can I get the upgrade for the yes/no app for iPad?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4009
You must already have the yes/no app. There are two ways. Turn the yes/no app on and use it for a minute or so then turn it off. When you turn it back on you may see a window that pops up askig if you want to updrade for 2.99. If this does not happen then look at your ipads main screen. There should be a number in red. Click on that and it will ask you which apps you want to upgrade. Most will say free. Yes/no will say 2.99 and you will have to enter your itunes password. It should just take a minute or so to load.
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Can’seem to fine “pocket fish pond” help?
In itunes..go to store and type in pocket pond. It will give you the choices for ipod and ipad. Hope this helps
Sono Flex Lite is FREE at the itunes apple store.
Tobii Sono Flex meets the goals of preliterate AAC users with limited or no literacy skills; it promotes interaction and long-term language and communication development while helping to encourage the regular and continual use of a communication aid. It allows for quick wins and successful interaction based on pre-made situational vocabulary subsets, which require little learning effort. At the same time Sono Flex fosters vocabulary development through the use of scaffolding structures. This lays the framework for successful conversation in unanticipated situations. The powerful combination of structure and flexibility is achieved by a well-selected core vocabulary in logical categories and a unique linking system into over 50 pre-made topic-boards.
What kind of ipad are being used? How many gb are needed?
Either version of the ipad works just fine – as far as the GB, it depends on how many apps you plan on using/running, a couple of the moms I asked seem to be using the 16GB.
Any ipad can be used for education, communication or entertainment. There are tons of apps that can be used with either the ipad or the ipad 2 and the basic 16 GB one gives you plenty of room for lots of apps, pictures, songs and some videos.
In the video “lower hand function” the little girl is playing the five little monkeys from the website helpkidzlearn, does anyone know how she is accessing it on her iPad? I found the website, but it says I need flash which is not supported on the iPad. Any help would be great, I’m sure I’m missing something simple.
Let me reach out to that mom and get back with you.
Suzanne, The mom said that this video was taken a few years ago and they had actually connected the ipad to the computer and were able to some how get the website onto the ipad. However, now there is an app that will let you play any flash games on your iPad. It’s called iswifter. You open the app and and go to the website using the browser in the app. Hope that helps!
if only all blogs were this amazing
Thank you!!!