iPad, iPhone & iPod apps in Speech & Language Therapy

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The Devices
iPad 1 or 2 iPhone iPod touch Android devices
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Major App Categories

Apps not designed for therapy but can be adapted for

therapy
Apps designed for therapy/assessment Apps for motivation . Data/Caseload tracking & organisation apps
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Is there any Evidence that Apps can help children with Speech delays?

Apps do not replace you! Do not use apps as a television!

What is the evidence behind Mr. Potato Head?

STILL PLAN YOUR THERAPY The apps are just the tool or activity

We should not be mapping the use of new technologies onto old curricula, rather, we need to rethink our curricula and pedagogies in the light of the impact that we know technologies can have on learning and meaningmaking in contemporary times (Yelland, 2007).

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Can even Angry Birds promote learning?

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YES !

How can Angry Birds promote learning??

1. If the student/child is already familiar with Angry Birds, get him

to explain the whole game to you. If you are working on writing skills, this can even be a written assignment.
2. You and the child can play one or several levels together;

however the child has to describe their strategy to getting to the pig prior to playing the level. If you are with a group of students; how about having each student think out their strategies separately and get them to discuss which strategy is best and then put into action? them to describe their strategies verbally or create written material that describes their strategies.

3. Select a level and ask the student to play it once, then ask

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This can also be used for articulation:

Game Apps

Which concepts can you teach using this app? How would you use this app with a group of students?

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Talking Tom App

GOALS Articulation Phonology Any verbal output (nonverbal children) WATCH OUT FOR BUY IN APP CHARGES AND INAPPROPRIATE

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Jenga App
GOALS Prepositions Following directions Verbs

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Things to Remember
0 There is no such thing as a useless app. 0 The Apps are not meant to replace you. 0 Be creative 0 Dont lose perspective and remember how life

was before the iPad.

0 Plan therapy and teaching. 0 Use your students interest. 0 Reinforcing while playing. 0 Free apps are free you get what you pay for.
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are new apps all the time.

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Sunny Articulation Phonology Test

The S.A.P.T has 2 possible assessment options:

0 Screening 0 Full Evaluation

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S.A.P.T Screenshots

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S.A.P.T Screenshots

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S.A.P.T Screenshots

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S.A.P.T Screenshots

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The cost of apps for SLT

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Increased iPad usage in healthcare settings

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