In the next few weeks we’ll be posting areas of assistive technology and educational technology, along with resources, that can make a significant difference for teachers, students and parents this year. First up is teaching core vocabulary which has had a huge impact on the field of AAC and is essential to teach AAC effectively.
Light it up blue for World Autism Awareness Day 2013! We have collected some great resources and new apps for today’s special day.
World Autism Awareness Day is April 2nd, part of April’s Autism Awareness Month — an official declaration by the United Nations in 2007. This day encourages individuals across the globe to take measures to raise awareness about the prevalence and rate of autism in our society as well as encourages early diagnosis and early intervention. We wanted to thank all the developers working to help raise awareness and have listed some of our favourite apps in different areas to support individuals with autism spectrum disorders.
Proloquo2Go is one of the most popular augmentative and alternative communication apps for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. CBS’s 60 Minutes featured the impact of this app on communication for individuals with autism and their families. We embedded the video in the post for easy viewing.
Welcome to Part 8 of “There’s A Special App For That” series on iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad apps for students with special needs. There is an interesting “side-effect” of using the iPad or iPod as a communication or educational device. And its a good one… it’s called self-determination. In this post we focus on apps that help support the development of autonomy and independence of children with special needs.
Thanks to all the families who came to our May event with Apple! It looks like our June event with Apple is full, so we will not be able to take any further registration. However, there is still time to register for our succeed@school Seminar Series: Mobile Communication Tools for Children with Developmental Delay or Autism Spectrum Disorders on May 9th, 7pm-9pm at the Atwater Library in Montreal!
We are big fans of the iPad and the various special education apps available to children … Autism. Is there an app for that?Read more
We think (or rather, we KNOW) that Proloquo2Go is revolutionary and has truly re-defined the term … Vote for Proloquo2Go for 2010 Best App Ever Awards!Read more