Icon Name)of)App) Detailsaboutit) Price WebsiteSCHEDULES)AND)TASK)ORGANIZERS) Icon Name)of)App) Detailsaboutit) Price Website Visules& Allows&you&to&quickly&access&all&your&visual&cues&when&you&need&them,&easily

COMMUNICATION Icon Name of App Details about it Price Website

Augie

Contains 6 content areas for users that may be modified by the administrator of the app. They are Configure Access bu:on, User Informa>on, Note Pad, Cri>cal Communica>on dock, Home Environment, School/Work Environment. EVERYTHING is customizable. Can

import curriculum.

$159.99 www.augieaac.com

Proloquo2Go Includes natural sounding text-‐to-‐speech voices, up-‐to-‐date symbols, powerful automa>c conjuga>ons, a default vocabulary of over 7000 items, full expandability and extreme

ease of use. $189.99 www.proloquo2go.com

TouchChat

Words, phrases and messages are spoken with built-‐in voice synthesizer or by playing back a recorded message. Has a unique feature whereby one can simply >lt the device to make the message expand to fill the en>re screen in large le:ers. It gives an individual

the ability to navigate through page sets and speak messages.

$149.99

www.silver-‐kite.com/index.php?request=touchchat

TapToTalk

Turns an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch into an AAC device. Just tap a picture and TapToTalk speaks. Each picture can lead to another screen of pictures. Func>onal library. h:p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/icommunicate/id320986580?mt=8 Can hold as many as 10

albums, each with hundreds of pictures.

FREE www.taptotalk.com

iCommunicate Very dynamic-‐ create pictures, flashcards, storyboards, rou>nes, and visual schedules. Created by parents to help their own child.

iPhone: $39.99 iPad: $49.99

www.grembe.com/

Look2Learn

Allows individuals to work at their communica>ve level using photographs to express their wants and needs. The easy to use system integrates preloaded vocal output so that individuals can use their “voice.” Users can also record their own personalized audio and

pair it with photos.

$14.99 www.look2learn.com

Grace Helps to communicate effec>vely by building seman>c sequences from relevant images

to form sentences. The app can be easily customized by using picture and photo vocabulary of your choice.

$37.99 www.graceapp.com

AAC Speech Buddy

Can quickly and easily create custom Speech Sets Online (aacspeech.com) which could be loaded on one or many AAC SpeechBuddyApps. It comes complete with several demo

speech sets. $39.99 www.aacspeech.com/

PTP Point to Pictures is an Augmenta>ve Communica>on training app designed for those persons learning to point/select a picture on an iPad in order to get that item in real life. Free

h:p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/point-‐to-‐pictures/id479371604?mt=8

Au>sm Spectrum Ins>tute Dec. 2011

COMMUNICATION Icon Name of App Details about it Price Website

Neu. Notes Take notes and draw on your iPad with the best app in the store for handwri:en notes,

sketching, mind mapping, and more! Express yourself with mul>ple pens, each customizable with mul>ple colors, line widths, and transparency.

Free

h:p://itunes.apple.com/us/

app/neu.notes/id373693319?mt=8

Sono Flex

It is an easy to use AAC vocabulary app that turns symbols into clear speech. It offers language to nonverbal users who are not yet in full control of literacy. It combines the benefits of structure and flexibility, providing a framework for language development,

quickly matching individual and situa>onal communica>on needs.

Free

h:p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sono-‐flex-‐lite/id463709444?mt=8

NeoPaul

Experience NeoSpeech natural-‐sounding text-‐to-‐speech somware. NeoSpeech offers superior text-‐to-‐speech applica>ons with natural-‐sounding voice synthesis somware. The languages include English, Spanish, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese. NeoPaul

is a Text-‐To-‐Speech App that uses NeoSpeech Paul’s voice (US English Male).

Free h:p://appsforaac.net/app/neopaul

Answers HD

The features on this app include large bu:ons with ample selectable borders to assist with ac>va>on, 5 yeas-‐no voices, the ability to program custom bu:ons with user defined color, text, audio, and pictures, enhanced naviga>on op>ons, and mul>-‐

language support.

$3.99

h:p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/answers-‐yesno-‐

hd/id393762442?mt=8

Custom Boards

Custom Boards is an evidence based app designed to serve as a board and ac>vity creator for speech therapists, teachers, special educa>on and parents of children who

need symbols to communicate and learn. $69.99

h:p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/custom-‐boards/id463344117?mt=8

Easy Boards

This app was created by a teacher for the purpose of providing an easy way to provide visuals without the hassle of s>cky Velcro or messy white board markers. The easy

board can ul>mately help with communica>on through the use of simple strategies like first/then, yes/no, and lis>ng.

$0.99 h:p://

redapemobile.com/apps/easyboard/

So Much 2 Say It is a picture communica>on AAC iPad app that is designed specifically for individuals with cogni>ve and language impairment. So much 2 say is well suited to adapt and

grow right along side with the learner. $12.99 h:p://appsforaac.net/

app/so-‐much-‐2-‐say

Spell-‐A-‐Word This large-‐print, early academic program is for beginning to advanced le:er users. It uses an errorless learning method. It works on iden>fica>on, spelling, and word

recogni>on. Free

h:p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/spell-‐a-‐word/id480176452?mt=8


SCHEDULES AND TASK ORGANIZERS Icon Name of App Details about it Price Website

Visules Allows you to quickly access all your visual cues when you need them, easily customize

and evolve your supports to meet your needs, work with individuals with ASD, or let them use it independently.

h:p://sites.google.com/site/deanashuff/

Visules

iPrompts

Picture Schedules: allows caregivers to create sequences of pictures, guiding those they care for through ac>vi>es of any sort. Social Stories: can create simple picture prompts using only two images. Visual Countdown Timer: displays an image of the choice op>ons along with a graphical countdown >mer. Choice: lets you select any 2 images which may be offered as a choice. Image Library: includes hundreds of useful illustra>ons and digital

pictures.

$49.99 www.handholdAdap>ve.com

Picture Scheduler

Create picture/auditory task lists or video-‐based instruc>onal material. Set alerts to inform “when” a task needs to be completed. $2.99

www.jankuj.com/Picture_Scheduler.h

tml

First-‐Then Visual Scheduler

Designed for caregivers to provide posi>ve behavior support. For individuals with communica>on needs, developmental delays, Au>sm-‐ visual schedules serve to increase independence and lower anxiety during transi>ons through different ac>vi>es. Provide posi>ve behavior support through the use of images that show daily events. It is unique in that it is completely customizable. User can record their own voices and add their own

images. 3 different formats.

$9.99

h:p://goodkarmaapplica>

ons.com/Good_Karma_Applic

a>ons/FTVS_About.html

WhatNext

Create simple lists and mark off when completed. Create up to 9 lists with different >tles. Color code by choosing different background colors. Swipe back and forth to switch between lists. View tasks one at a >me to prevent jumping ahead. Switch to the back view to manage your lists like a regular checklist. Email your lists. Clear all items or only

items done to keep list up-‐to-‐date.

$1.99

h:p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/whatnext/id367284041?mt=8


SCHEDULES AND TASK ORGANIZERS Icon Name of App Details about it Price Website

Bold Calendar

The Bold Calendar is a wonderful way to keep track of you and your families busy lives. Each daily journal entry and photo can be saved to the associated day so that you can go back at any>me and read your thoughts. Your journal entries are automa>cally saved

when you minimize the keyboard. At the end of the year, you will have a cherished record of your year.

Free h:p://

www.boldeduca>on.tv/bold-‐calendar

Visual Board

Visual Prompts Board offers to enhance communica>on abili>es for individuals with limited speech communica>on schools. The applica>on empowers the individuals with Au>sm, Down syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, Apraxia of speech, communica>on delays

or learning differences with opportunity to become independent and able to express their own specific needs and wants.

Free

h:p://www.garageangels.com/Applica>ons/Garage-‐Angels-‐What-‐is-‐Visual-‐

Prompts-‐Board.htm


SOCIALIZATION Icon Name of App Details about it Price Website

Pictello (Social Story App)

A simple way to create talking photo albums and talking books. Each page in a story can contain a picture, up to five lines of text, and a recorded sound or text-‐to-‐speech using high

quality voices. Developed for all ages and skill levels. $18.99

h:p://www.assis>vewar

e.com/pictello.php

Model Me Kids (Social Story

App)

Model Me Going Places is a great visual teaching tool for helping your child learn to navigate challenging loca>ons in the community. 6 loca>ons, easy to use, addi>onal

features. FREE

h:p://www.modelmekid

s.com/

Conversa>on Builder

A Conversa>on S>mulator designed to help elementary aged children learn how to have mul>-‐exchange conversa>ons with their peers in a variety of social sesngs. Presented in a visual format to help students recognize and master the flow of conversa>on. Students

learn when it’s appropriate to introduce themselves, ask ques>ons, make observa>ons and change the subject of conversa>on.

$5.99 h:p://mobile-‐

educa>onstore.com/ipad-‐apps

Hidden Curriculum-‐

Adults

These real-‐life based entries spur conversa>ons about the countless “unwri:en social rules” that we encounter every day and that can cause confusion and anxiety. For

adolescents and adults. $1.99

www.aapcpublishing.net/

Hidden Curriculum-‐ Kids

These real-‐life based entries spur conversa>ons about the countless “unwri:en social rules” that we encounter every day and that can cause confusion and anxiety. For kids.

$1.99

Func>onal Skill System

19 func>onal life skills programs, 3 func>onal math skills programs, 7 func>onal literacy skills programs, 6 func>onal social skills programs, 3 func>onal work skills programs, 4

func>onal skills sampler programs. Can purchase apps/programs individually.

h:p://conovercompany.

com/


BEHAVIOR: REINFORCEMENT Icon Name of App Details about it Price Website

Earn it Stars Gives a constant reminder of what the reward is and what you are doing to earn it. Shows current progress. $0.99

h:p://sites.google.com/site/re>centarts/earn-‐it-‐stars

iEarned That Turns any reward that your child is working towards into a 3D puzzle. It works because it keeps children interested in accomplishing things through providing instant and ongoing

posi>ve reinforcement. $1.99

www.funeduca>onalapps.com/2010/07/iearnedthat-‐fun-‐

educa>onal-‐apps-‐for-‐kids.html

iReward Chart The App for parents who want to mo>vate their young kids to behave. When stars have been earned, your child can pick from the default list of suggested rewards, or you can

setup your own custom rewards. $3.99

www.funeduca>onalapps.com/2010/07/iearnedthat-‐fun-‐

educa>onal-‐apps-‐for-‐kids.html

iReward

A mo>va>onal tool where you can create a star chart of token board to help reinforce posi>ve behaviors using visual rewards. Organize by name for families, classrooms, or pa>ents. Custom color backgrounds and tokens. Use camera, pictures loaded on the

device, or image search to add pictures. Use two pictures to reinforce a first-‐then reward.

$4.99 www.grembe.com

BEHAVIOR: TRACKING

Behavior Tracker Pro

Tracks behaviors and graphs them. Take ABC data or only frequency and dura>on data. Send graphs in an email. Analyze and graph data by student. $29.99 www.behaviortracker

pro.com

Super Duper Data

Tracker

Is an advanced tool for monitoring and documen>ng your students’ progress. When you finish tracking your students’ responses, touch View Sessions to see the session data

organized by goal, player, or group. At the end of the session, touch End Current Session. You can also email the data to yourself, add notes, and even graph data to show a student's

progress.

$5.99

www.superduperinc.com/products/view.aspx?pid=MXAU02


OTHER EDUCATIONAL APP’S

Icon Name of App Details about it Price Website

My Choice Board Primary purpose is to present a visual display of choices to those with limited

communica>on skills. Allows individuals to be independent and express their own specific needs and wants.

$9.99

www.goodkarmaapplica>ons.com/

Good_Karma_Applica>ons/CB_About.html

IEP IEP checklist is a tool for parents and teachers to consider as they develop the IEP.

This new IEP app helps parents of students with special needs become be:er informed advocates by making IEP informa>on easier to access.

FREE www.peatc.org

Time Timer Depicts >me using a bright red disc that slowly disappears as >me elapses. You can

set it 3 different ways to help you improve produc>vity. Visual Timers help individuals “own” their tasks.

$1.99 www.>me>mer.com/

See.Touch. Learn

A picture learning system designed by professionals specifically for those with au>sm and other special needs. Makes tradi>onal picture cards obsolete. Use to build custom picture card lessons and automa>cally track their child’s responses.

Addi>onal libraries of images and lessons are available for purchase from within the app.

FREE www.brainparade.com/

iDress As simple as providing you with a weather forecast and a closet full of acceptable

clothing that corresponds to that weather. When you open up the app it asks to use your current loca>on and then gives you a weather es>mate.

$1.99 www.pebroproduc>ons.c

om/iDress_for_Weather.html

Talking Tom

Talk to Tom and he will repeat everything you say with a funny voice. Pet him to make him purr. Pose his head, belly or feet Grab his tail, pour a glass of milk for him,

make Tom scratch the screen. Record videos, save them to your library, upload them to YouTube & Facebook or send them by email.

FREE h:p://ouvit7.com/apps/talking-‐tom-‐cat/

CASES: iBallz, Big Grips Stand and Frame ($50), O:er Box Defender Case ($81), O:er Box U>lity Series Latch ($50), Trident Kraken ($45).




Au>sm Help 5 Point Scale

The Au>sm Help App assists individuals with Au>sm Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and other disabili>es to communicate in emergency situa>ons. U>lizing the 5 Point Scale, individuals

can easily communicate their level of anxiety and needs in a high stress situa>on without the need to be verbal. Au>sm Help levels are color-‐coded with different facial expressions. Each

level of the emergency increases as the numbers get higher.

FREE

Discrete Trial Training: Colors,

numbers, le:ers

Discrete Trial Training is the primary teaching method used in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) to teach numerous pre-‐academic and social skills to children with au>sm.

$13.99-‐ Colors

$6.99-‐

Numbers

$6.99-‐ Le:ers

h:p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/au>sm-‐colors/id406336763?

mt=8

Show Me ShowMe allows you to record voice-‐over whiteboard tutorials and share them online. It’s a

radically intui>ve app that anyone will find extremely easy to use, regardless of age or background.

Free

h:p://ipad.appstorm.net/reviews/produc>vity/showme-‐get-‐interac>ve/

Kid Cart

Kids will beg you to bring them grocery shopping once they start using this app. They will learn an important life skill while prac>cing reading and coun>ng in English, French, or

Spanish.

$0.99

h:p://www.macworl

d.com/appguide/app.html?

id=838519&expand=false

.




Common Core

View the Common Core State Standards in one convenient app. A great reference for students, parents, and teachers to easily read and understand the core standards. Quickly

find standards by subject, grade, and category. Free

h:p://www.tech4ed.

com/2011/06/12/common-‐core-‐

app/

Au>sm Apps

Au>sm Apps is simply a comprehensive list of apps that are being used with and by people diagnosed with au>sm, Down syndrome, and other special needs. It also includes links to any available informa>on that can be found for each app. The apps are also separated into over

30 categories, and the descrip>ons are all searchable.

Free

h:p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/au>sm-‐apps/id441600681?

mt=8

My PlayHome My PlayHome is a doll house for the iGenera>on. The user can use everything, even the closets, TV, and shower. The pieces are impossible to lose and never break. A doll house which grows over >me and where new accessories and rooms are given to you for free.

$2.99 h:p://

www.myplayhomeapp.com/

Gube Gube provides parents with a catalog of pre-‐screened, moderated, and safe yet fun YouTube

videos. Designed and developed by parents of toddlers for parents with young children. Thousands of videos are categorized by age group, and are completely searchable.

$3.99

h:p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/

gube/id432713858?

mt=8


Literacy Icon Name of

App Details about it Price Website

Sentence Builder

Designed to help elementary aged children learn how to build gramma>cally correct sentences. Explicit a:en>on is paid to the connector words that make up over 80% of the English language. Sentence Builder offers a rich and fun environment for improving the

grammar of all children.

$3.99

h:p://mobile-‐educa>onstore

.com

Ques>on Builder

Designed to help elementary aged children learn to answer abstract ques>ons and create responses based on inference. Extensive use of audio clips promotes improved auditory processing for special needs children with ASD or sensory processing disorders. Audio clip

reinforcement can be turned on or off for non-‐special needs children.

$3.99

Story Builder

Record feature that allows students to record narra>ve in their own voice. 3 levels of play. Simple and intui>ve interface to record narra>ve. Recorded answers are s>tched together to create complete narra>ve. 50 dis>nct story lines to create narra>ves from. Over 500 audio clips to guide narra>ve. Op>onal ques>on text and answer introduc>on reinforcement.

$5.99

iWrite Words

Teaches children handwri>ng. Help Mr. Crab collect the numbers in sequence by dragging him with your finger-‐and drawing the le:er at the same >me. Once all the le:ers in the word

are drawn properly, a cute drawing appears.

Dragon Dicta>on

This app is an easy-‐to-‐use voice recogni>on applica>on that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages. When you're on the go, stop typing and start speaking-‐ from short text messages to longer email message, and anything in-‐between.

Free

h:p://www.dragonmobileapps.com

/apple/dicta>on.html

Doodle Buddy

What makes doodle buddy so special? Funny sounds paired with stamps are a blast, doodle and stamp all over your own pictures, scribble inside fun stencils to draw perfect shapes, text tool with resizable text and four fonts, and you can send your drawings to friends via email.

Free

h:p://download.cnet.com/Doodle-‐Buddy-‐Paint-‐Draw-‐Scribble-‐Sketch-‐It-‐s-‐Addic>ve/

3000-‐2124_4-‐75020225.html


SENSORY: Cause and Effect Icon Name of


Art of Glow Art of Glow allows the user to make glow/light pain>ngs, fireworks, twinkle starts, animated text arts, and much more with unlimited sesngs. Free

h:p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/art-‐of-‐

glow/id387680399?mt=8

Draw Stars

The stars, anima>ons, and sounds will help make this app quite entertaining. It is open-‐ended, crea>ve and a joy to interact with and listen to. Draw with animated stars and

share your drawing.

$0.99

h:p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/draw-‐stars-‐!-‐play-‐musical/

id367460661?mt=8

Fireworks

You can coordinate your own firework show on this app. iFireworks is an interac>ve visualiza>on program designed to run in tandem with your iTunes library., There are 15 different locals around the globe , mul>ple burst shapes, intui>ve single-‐touch color

selec>on, automa>c firework show, and striking sound effects.

$0.99

h:p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fireworks/id291181390?mt=8

Fireworks 123

It is a cause and effect app designed to support the development of early literacy skills and the comprehension of descrip>ve concepts such as number, size, and color in a fun and entertaining way. Launch the firework show you selected to watch a fun and dynamic

visual display designed to further reinforce comprehension.

Free

h:p://itunes.apple.com/

us/app/fireworks-‐123/

id442807770?mt=8

Koi Pond

You can run your fingers across the cool surface of the pond. Water ripples away from your touch. The koi, disturbed, dart away. Only to quickly forget and swim close to you once more. Features include touch reac>ve, dynamic water simula>on, virtual fish, and

display op>ons.

$0.99

h:p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/koi-‐pond/id286420263?mt=8


SENSORY: Fine Motor Icon Name of


Dexteria It is a set of therapeu>c hand exercises (not games) that improve fine motor skills and

handwri>ng readiness. Dexteria’s unique hand and finger ac>vi>es take full advantage of the mul>-‐touch interface to help build strength, control, and dexterity.

$4.99

h:p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dexteria-‐fine-‐motor-‐skill/

id420464455?mt=8

Me Moves Perform finger puzzles correctly to the beat of the music and watch as the screen comes alive. The Me Moves app can provide instant calm and focus anywhere. $6.99

h:p://www.thinkingmove

s.com/memovesapp.html

Slide 2 Unlock

Slide to unlock is a great teaching aid for people that need help prac>cing and/or understanding how to unlock their iPad. It features a series of fun games/lessons that

encourage lem-‐to-‐right finger sliding, with each game/lesson incrementally approxima>ng the iPad’s Slide to Unlock requirement.

$9.99

h:p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/slide-‐2-‐

unlock/id412790296?mt=8

Slide and Spin

This game is one of a series of educa>onal games for kids. Learning, playing, exploring and experimen>ng is what children do best. Children are fascinated with the wonderful,

exci>ng world around them. Young children can now enjoy colorful, exci>ng new games, helping them acquire new cogni>ve and fine motor skills.

$0.99

h:p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/slide-‐spin/id421655192?mt=8


SENSORY: Other Icon Name of


FacesiMake

Faces iMake is all about s>mula>ng the right brain and giving kids a fun and playful educa>onal environment. The app encourages kids to solve problems crea>vely; to innovate; to see things from a different perspec>ve; to create forms with the most

unexpected combina>on of objects.

$0.99

h:p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/faces-‐imake-‐lite/

id357230884?mt=8

Face Goo HD

It is a fun photo app that allows you to stretch, pinch, and twist your photos in crazy ways! Key features are that you can pinch and distort pictures, pick from included sample pictures or your own, add funny s>ckers to your pictures, draw messages on your good

using the new pen tool.

Free

h:p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/facegoo-‐

hd-‐lite/id424492407?mt=8

Relax M. HD

It is the leader in personalized relaxa>on and sleep assistance. Custom mix your favorite sounds from a selec>on of 41, then slip naturally into a relaxed state or deep rejuvena>ng

sleep. There is also a complete alarm and >mer system, clock display with brightness adjustment, individual sound volume adjustment, and you can save and nape your

favorites easily.

Free

h:p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/relax-‐melodies-‐hd-‐a-‐

white/id367506176?mt=8


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