Looking for resources on flipping the classroom for students with special needs? We have posted our presentation along with flipped classroom tools and a case study from our session at ATIA 2013. Thanks to everyone who attended this great interactive session!
Next week we are on our way to ATIA 2013 in Orlando Florida! We are presenting a session on “Flipping the classroom for students with special needs” and will be tweeting with the hashtag #atia13. Have a look at our post for a quick primer on flipping the classroom…
We wanted to share exciting news for francophone families about a newer AAC app that is available in French, TalkRocket Go, a Canadian app supported by the Ontario Centres of Excellence, the University of Toronto and NSERC.
Are you an innovative speech and language pathologist (SLP) in Montreal looking to expand your practice? inov8 invites you to become part of our growing team. We’re looking for someone motivated who would like to work directly with our wonderful families. Please see the full description in the inov8-ed slp services wanted PDF.
Welcome to Part 11 of “There’s A Special App For That†series on iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad apps for students with special needs. In Part 11, we focus on creative apps for digital storytelling. These apps can help teachers and parents start a digital storytelling initiative in their school or home for their students and children with special needs.
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.
We recently presented with Kimberly Murphy (@kimberlyslp, a speech and language pathologist) at the Québec Provincial Association of Teachers conference. Our presentation focused on the planning and implementation of new assistive technologies for students with language-based learning disabilities. We created a handout that lists all the apps for language-based learning disabilities in two categories, apps for remediation and apps for language support.
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.