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iPads, Tablets, & Apps
Many students are able to benefit from the incorporation of iPad technology during select Speech/Language sessions, when used in conjunction with other therapy materials and with the appropriate guidance and interaction. There is an extremely wide variety of apps. Some of the best apps are even free, while others can be rather costly. Listed below are a few traditional and non-traditional apps in random order:
Chatterbox : articulation app
Otismo: Articuation and Pronounciation app
Bamboo Paper: (Free) Notetaking, drawing app
Proloquo To Go: A full-featured augmentative and alternative communication solution for people who have difficulty speaking. Provides text-to-speech.
Pictello: Create talking photo albums and photo books.
Phonics Genius: (Free): Speech sounds and words
Articulation Station: Offers a comprehensive approach to articulation practice. Purchase individual sounds, or purchase the professional edition (with all sounds included).
ShowMe: (Free) Interactive white board app
Bitsboard: (Free) create flashcards, quizzes, and games with pictures and vocabulary
Endless ABC: (Free) Improve alphabet knowledge and vocabulary
Fun With Directions: App for following directions involving language concepts
Toca Boca Apps: Toca Boca develops interesting, fun, and novel apps that are especially useful for language development and social communication.
Grasshopper Apps: A great collection of apps that address a very wide range of skills, such as: vocabulary, concepts, early problem solving, early reading, counting, matching, etc.
Super Duper Apps: A collection of apps based on Super Duper's Fun Decks. The apps are not as interactive as other apps and are more similar to a flashcard-based approach.
Smarty Ears Apps: A developer of a large series of apps, with continual production of new apps, that address various skill areas within Speech/Language.
Sand Timer: (Free) Visual sand timer for time management
Mobile Education Tools: An app developer who provides a series of apps designed to increase language skills.
Model Me Going Places 2: Visual teaching tool. Photo slideshows of children modeling appropriate behavior (social stories) in various community locations.
Cookie Doodle (and other Doodle apps): Follow recipes and create cookies. A great app for following directions, taking turns, sequencing, and retelling events.
Otter (text to speech) - has AI component
Speech/Language Blogs, Wikis, etc.
If I Only Had Superpowers Blog
Other Tablet Devices
iPads are not the only device that can be of benefit in education with students with or without special education needs. Go to the Google Play Store for apps!
AAC Resources and Products: Communication Devices, etc
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