IPAD APPS to Support Evidenced Based Practices for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders

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1 IPAD APPS to Support Evidenced Based Practices for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders TTAC ODU Barrett, Kelly K.

2 Applications for the IPAD to Support Evidenced Based Practices for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders As results of NCLB and IDEA, Teachers are required to use Evidenced Based Practices for students with Autism. While many interventions for autism exist, only some have been shown to be effective through scientific research. Interventions that researchers have shown to be effective are called evidence-based practices. The National Professional Development Center uses rigorous criteria to determine whether a practice is evidence-based. Currently, the Center has identified 24 evidence-based practices. Here is a list of some IPAD APPS that support some of the identified Evidenced Based Practices. Please note that every identified practice is not necessarily appropriate for every learner. Practices are most effective when carefully matched to a learner s specific needs and characteristics. For more information on the Evidenced based Practices visit the Autism Internet Modules at Evidenced Based Practice Application for the IPAD to support Description of the Application Price Functional Communication Training and AAC Look2Learn Proloquo Grace Look2Learn (L2L), a revolutionary AAC software application for the ipod Touch, iphone, and ipad allows individuals to work at their communicative level using photographs to express wants and needs. The easy to use system integrates preloaded vocal output so that individuals can use their voice. In addition, users are able to record their own personalized audio and pair it with photos! Proloquo2Go is product from AssistiveWare that provides a full-featured communication solution for people who have difficulty speaking. It brings natural sounding text-to-speech voices, close to 8000 up-to-date symbols, powerful automatic conjugations, a large default vocabulary, full expandability and extreme ease of use to the iphone, ipod touch and ipad. A simple picture exchange system developed by and for non-verbal people allowing the user to communicate their needs by building sentences from relevant images. It can be customized by the individual using their picture and photo vocabulary with the user taking photos and saving pictures to the app. The application works in real time and allows the user to select their preferences, then rotate the device to present a full sized sentence to the listener - who will read it with them and respond to their request. The beauty of Grace is that it ensures the interaction of the user with the listener, and mutual understanding of the user's real needs help to increase communication opportunities and build trust

3 AAC Speech Buddy Aeir Talk icommunicate Pocket SLP TapToTalk The AACSpeechBuddy gives you the ability to share your created, customized, personalized speech sets with others. It also gives you the ability to load the speech set that specifically pertains to a certain individual or situation - by simply selecting a speech set or entering a profile id which changes the entire content loaded onto your APP in one easy action! A Speech Set consists of selected images with corresponding words/sentences. Essentially custom digital PECS icons with text and audible speech. Now including over images from the Mulberry Symbols collection by Paxtoncrafts Charitable Trust. Aeir Talk makes the very difficult task of teaching children new words fun and easy. Parents can create an unlimited amount of cards, customize them with their recorded voice and pictures they take. Need a new card? Press the "Setup" button and select an image, record your voice, and type a caption, it's that easy. There is no limit to what you can make. Flash cards featuring family members, numbers, and colors can now be created in a few clicks. Best of all, when your child selects a noun and a verb, short sentences can be played out with the touch of button, teaching them how to use the words in a sentence. Create pictures, flashcards, storyboards, routines, and visual schedules. Record custom audio in any language. Converts any words with Text to Speech that do not have custom audio recorded.. Add pictures with your camera, or from your camera roll, or use Google image search. Utilize as audio visual prompting tool or AAC device. Great for audiovisual prompting or as an AAC device.100+ photographic images included. Recorded audio messages, but no text to speech. PocketSLP is a technological breakthrough for speech therapy--a real game changer for working with articulation delays. It effectively renders card decks and traditional flash cards obsolete. Developed by practicing speech and language pathologists (SLPs), Pocket SLP creates an engaging atmosphere by offering a unique multi-sensory approach to articulation drill. Presented with over 2,100 high-quality, carefully researched flashcards targeting both the word and sentence levels clients and children are met with immediate auditory feedback, and are tacitly involved as they push buttons and/or swipe their way through the images. Pocket SLP offers 29 phoneme selections, seven of which are devoted to /r/ and it s vocalic variations TapToTalk turns an iphone, ipad or ipod touch into an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device. TapToTalk makes communication fun, like another game on this cool device. Just tap a picture and TapToTalk speaks. Each picture can lead to another screen of pictures. This free TapToTalk app comes with a free

4 I Click I Talk fully functional album that you can use with a child. If you want to create albums that are individualized to meet the specific needs of a child, visit the TapToTalk web site ( FLEXIBLE because you can insert different types of pictures such as photographs, logos, complex drawings, or even written words. You can also record your voice which allows I Click I Talk to be used in foreign languages. AFFORDABLE because for only $3.99 you can start using an effective augmentative and alternative communication and learning software. EASY TO USE because it was developed with input from many teachers, speech and language pathologists and parents Sono Flex My First AAC OneVoice AutoVerbal SoundingBoard Tobii Sono Flex 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. Sono Flex combines the benefits of structure and flexibility, providing a framework for language development, quickly matching individual and situational communication needs. My First AAC is an affordable augmentative and alternative communication application for the ipad that is specifically designed for toddlers and preschoolers with delayed speech or severe speech disorders. Intuitive and child-friendly, My First AAC helps young children to communicate with family, caregivers, teachers and other people they meet in everyday life. OneVoice turns the ipad or iphone into an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device. Building on the simplicity of ios devices, OneVoice is easy to understand, and designed for usability above everything else. Though OneVoice comes with a pre-populated vocabulary (focused on children) the real value is that you can easily add your own phrases and photos to create a custom experience. Text to Speech voice output- CUSTOM PHOTOS, Male & Female voices & 3 ways to speak: (1) 100's of built-in phrases in over a dozen categories (2) Program several buttons to speak your CUSTOM messages such as your name, address, family, etc. (3) Type ANY message and have it spoken using TEXT-TO-SPEEC Empower individuals with Autism & non-verbal patients. SoundingBoard transforms your iphone, ipod Touch, or ipad into the latest in communication technology. In just minutes, you can create custom boards using AbleNet symbols or your own photos. Perfect for children in special education, persons on the autism spectrum, and adults with disabilities

5 SpeechTree SpeechTree is an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) application (app) for the ipad that incorporates several features that are aligned with evidence-based practices. AAC has had a tremendously positive impact on improving communication, behavior, social skills, self-confidence, attention to task, and independence for individuals with autism spectrum disorders TBD Discrete Trial Training Dr. Brown s APPS ABA Colors, letters, numbers, shapes and words. This app has a setup screen that allows you to enter the basic parameters such as correct and incorrect, timing settings and number and type of cards to display. After you select the basic settings and press start, the apps simply displays multiple cards on the screen and verbally announces to your child the name of the correct Sd that should be touched. After your child has touched the correct item, the app gives positive verbal feedback to your student, letting them know if they pressed the correct or incorrect response. After ten questions/trials the app will display the number of correct answers received, and it will also write a log entry so that these results can be reviewed later. Kindergarten.com APPS Sight Words 26 different APPS of ABA flashcards presented in a DTT format. Emotions, Actions, Alphabet, Things to Play With, Actions, and FFC just to name a few. All are based on Applied Behavior Analysis using the Verbal Behavior Approach. In a discrete trial format you can teach sight words with this free APP of flashcards. Colors Numbers-6.99 Shapes Words free Tell Time Little Match up Game Matching game of analogical and digital time clocks 1.99 Social Narratives Pictello Pictello is a simple way to create talking photo albums and talking books. Each page in a Pictello Story can contain a picture, up to five lines of text, and a recorded sound or textto-speech using natural sounding voices. Stories can be shared using itunes File Sharing or via Wi-Fi with other Pictello users through a free account on the Pictello Sharing Server. Hidden Curriculum for Kids These real-life based entries spur conversations about the countless unwritten social rules that we encounter every day and that can cause confusion and anxiety Hidden Curriculum for Adolescents and Adults Learn how to deal with this ever-elusive hidden curriculum through real-life examples and suggestions by Judy Endow, an adult on the spectrum. Items cover topics such as social relationships, community, money matters, workplace, and many others. 1.99

6 Speech Journal Stories2Learn Speech Journal is similar in purpose to Pictello. It can be used to create social stories, talking photo albums, etc. However, one big difference for the purposes of video modeling is that it can be used to make home movies. Once your slideshow is finished, you can convert it to a movie within imovie, Apple s video editing app. Made by the same developer as Social Skills (MDR) above, this app allows you to create your own stories (rather than only have access to narratives) QuickCues QuickCues is a social script app designed for ipods and iphones that helps teens and young adults on the autism spectrum handle new situations and learn new skills. Social scripts have been used successfully for years, but QuickCues makes these tools mobile and easy to use in everyday situations. Visual Supports iprompts iprompts, the original picture-based prompting app for the iphone and ipod Touch, is used by parents, special educators and therapists of those with disabilities, including individuals with Autism, Down syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, and apraxia of speech. iprompts also works great with kids who just need more structure, including kids with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD), and even typical, pre-verbal toddlers! Choice Board Maker ChoiceBoard Maker is the perfect app for creating customizable choice boards for the unique needs of individuals with communication challenges. It reinforces correct choice by expanding the selected image as well as playing the customized auditory rewards. What s Next Help your kids learn about patterns and sequences in a fun way. What s Next?? Pattern Game is especially designed for early elementary aged children who are visual and multi-sensory learners. This game uses sounds, pictures and bonus activities that kids love Visules With Visules, the visual cues you need are always available at your fingertips just when you need them. Visules provides a compact way to store a large collection of visual supports, and keep them well organized. The App makes it easy to customize supports, and change the data over time as needs change. The Visules interface is straightforward. It is easy for parents or other caregivers to use with their children, and many individuals with ASD can use it independently. Visules is designed with ASD in mind, but can be used by anyone who thinks visually and would benefit from visual cues for daily tasks, decision-making, and other activities. Picture Scheduler Picture Scheduler is tasks organizer for people with disabilities. We have been asked if our app Audio Notes, could be more optimized for creating and organizing personal tasks for individuals with disabilities. We thought that it would be great to create an app, which can help thousands of people who rely on visual and auditory supports to do their common tasks easily. First and Then Visual First-Then visual schedule application is designed for caregivers to provide positive Scheduler behavior support. For individuals with communication needs, developmental delays,

7 Self-Management Interventions Behavior /Reinforcement My Choice Board Time Timer Sosh Calm Counter Chore pad Quick cues ireward and ireward chart lite Preference and Reinforcement Assessment Autism or those who benefit from a structured environment; visual schedules serve to increase independence and lower anxiety during transitions through different activities The primary purpose of MY CHOICE BOARD is to present a visual display of choices to those with limited communication skills. This gives individuals with Autism, communication delays or learning differences the opportunity to be independent and express their own specific needs and wants. Make every moment count with this visual Timer App it gives you three timers in one! Time Timer for iphone depicts time using a bright red disc that slowly disappears as time elapses. You can set it three different ways to help you improve productivity and as an antecedent intervention for transitions The Sosh is not just an app, it is a framework developed by Dr. Bowers over a 10 year period. The five components of the framework are included in the Sosh app with interactive activities that can be customized for a student using a ipad, ipod or iphone. The 5 components are Relate, Regulate, Relax, Reason and Recognize. You will recognize a number of sensory supports or strategies you may have used or are working on with your students to develop their self-regulation skills such as a voice meter, deep breathing, music to calm as well as others Calm Counter is a visual and audio tool to help people calm down when they are angry or anxious. The app includes a social story about anger, and audio/visual tools for calming down. Set up weekly schedule of chores for a student or child. QuickCues is a social script app designed for ipods and iphones that helps teens and young adults on the autism spectrum handle new situations and learn new skills. Social scripts have been used successfully for years, but QuickCues makes these tools mobile and easy to use in everyday situations. Choose the behavior you are trying to reinforce, choose your reward, and then choose the number of times the behavior needs to be completed before the reward is earned. Then, you can take a picture with your camera, or select a picture from the camera roll, which will provide extra motivation or reminders about the goal. This Preference (Reinforcer) Assessment app was designed by a BCBA (board certified behavior analyst) to make running a preference (reinforcer) assessment amazingly easy to do, so that anyone can effectively and scientifically determine their child s or client s preferences. This app includes such features as descriptions of all of the types of preference assessments, a timer to determine the end of a trial, a timer to indicate how long each item is engaged with, the ability to assign a color to each item and specific instructions and visuals to help you set up and run the assessment Free Free

8 itake Turns A turn taking app with voice output. Taking turns can be very difficult for young children with disabilities. itake Turns makes teaching turn-taking a lot more fun.99 Computer Aided ABC Magic Spelling up to 100 three letter word combinations with a touch screen instead of writing.99 Instruction Language Builder Language Builder is designed to help children accomplish the following educational 7.99 goals: 1) Improve sentence ideation; 2) Improve sentence formation; and 3) Improve receptive and expressive language. Extensive use of audio clips promotes improved auditory processing for special needs children with autism spectrum disorders or sensory processing disorders. Auditory playback of child's voice offers reinforcement for language development. Word Sort Word Sort uses the Grammaropolis characters to make practicing the parts of speech fun! Simply grab each word as it flies across the sky and drag it into the container held by 1.99 the appropriate part of speech. Study Word Great for studying weekly words or sight words! Simply enter the words, and it will speak.99 and play to help your student learn how to spell, and memorize words. A great app that leverages audio, visual, and interactive games to Study Words. Video Modeling My Video Schedule My Video Schedule is a teacher created individualized customizable app that combines video modeling within a structured schedule while providing positive reinforcement for individuals with autism. My picture talk This APP allows the user to record audio over an imported photo. A recent update allows the user to integrate videos, a great feature and perfect for video modeling. Among many other uses, we ve used it to model and teach appropriate behavior, and to teach concepts visually. Taking a photo of the child demonstrating a specific positive behavior, while adding verbal feedback, is a highly effective method and can be done easily and quickly with this app Video Scheduler Model me going places Social Skills Scheduler was created by the same educational developers who brought you Stories2Learn which is consistently noted among the top 10 applications for individuals with autism. This team is comprised of a school psychologist, special education teacher, and other specialists within the field. This includes members that are recognized across the world as experts in the field of using mobile devices with individuals with special needs. Model Me Going Places is a great visual teaching tool for helping your child learn to navigate challenging locations in the community. Each location contains a photo slide show of children modeling appropriate behavior. Similar to Model Me Kids, Social Skills is an app that is uses concepts of video modeling to create social stories. There are six social narratives available within this app. A higher price compared to some of the others, but it is very comprehensive and a great app for learning basic social skills. Again, this app is based on video modeling and you Free Free 6.99

9 cannot create your own social stories. Functional Behavior Assessment Behavior Tracker Pro To see a video of BTP 3.0 in action visit Behavior Tracker Pro for Autism is an iphone, itouch and ipad application that allows BCBAs, behavioral therapists, aides, teachers or parents to track behaviors and automatically graph them. Export the data for offline manipulation. Dramatically improves the process of teaching and treating children with Autism! Supports unlimited number of children and observers! Optionally record video of behaviors or interventions to later review with parents, teachers or therapists. (must have iphone, itouch or ipad with video camera to use this feature) Upload your data to our secure Team Portal for advanced online charting, team collaboration, video messaging, document management and more! A.B.C. data, Frequency and Duration, High Frequency and Interval data collection are all supported. Graph by Frequency, Duration or Rate. Functional Behavioral Assessments or FBA's are an ideal application for BTP. Designed by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and parent of a child with Autism Behavior Assessment Pro Behavior Assessment Pro is an iphone, itouch and ipad application that identifies factors related to problem behaviors BAP was designed by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst for use by parents, teachers, therapists, behavior analysts, special educators or anyone interested in supporting individuals with problem behaviors. Information is provided by informants to a three-part questionnaire. Multiple informants may enter information for each target behavior. The entire assessment may take about minutes to complete. The informant can complete the assessment in multiple sessions, if necessary. Data Collecting Designed to meet the paperwork intensive needs of Autism support staff including Teachers, Counselors, Administration Staff, and more. Use your Smartphone or Tablet to collect key information such as Time, Probe, Duration and Frequency Data, as well as Curriculum Planning, Classroom Observation and more using this application 3.99 TallyMander Tallymander is a powerful counting tool for iphone and ipod touch. From surveys to inventories to complicated scoring systems, Tallymander is the best way to keep track of numbers. Complex equations are recalculated instantly as you count! 3.99 Features:

10 Autism Track - Grouped, list-based counting - Dramatic range of customization options for each counter - Computations for real-time data analysis - Export and sharing options AutismTrack is a portable, customizable data tracking tool that empowers caregivers of those with autism to easily track interventions, behaviors and symptoms. Checkboxes allow daily recording of any therapy, medicine or diet. Simple "sliders" allow rating of any behavior or symptom (e.g., eye contact, aggression and echolalic speech). With multiple reporting features, this information can then be reviewed and shared, to help parents and other caregivers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) answer the ongoing and ever-puzzling question: "What seems to be working, and what's not?" The App Academy - The R.E.M.L.E. Project (Research and Empowerment in Multimedia Learning Environments) The R.E.M.L.E. Project was established in 2011 to fill in the gap between research and practice and to provide necessary services to disseminate evidence-based practices and technologies. We work to take the guess work out of which application or device would work best for your family by giving hands on evaluations as well as evaluating applications through research studies so that families never have to worry about the quality of an app that has The R.E.M.L.E. Project stamp of approval because it has been tested, measured and produces positive results.