Recommended Therapy Related Apps
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Free Apps
Mr. Potato Head (body parts or as a reward activity)-download all the Potato
Head pieces for free
Mrs. Potato Head (body parts or as a reward activity)-download all the Potato
Head pieces for free
Hungry Hippos (reward)
Legos (reward)
Four in a Row (i.e. Connect Four)
Toddler Jukebox (has familiar toddler songs and let's you slow down the song so
pt's can do fingerplays slower)
Crayola ColorStudio HD (following directions, colors, reward activity)
Toca Monsters- Following directions, emotions, food vocabulary.
Feel Electric (The Electric Company)- great feelings/ emotions app, infer feelings/
emotions from facial expressions, talk about how you are feeling, provides
explanations/ definitions of feelings, "MadLibs" of sorts with stories focusing on
feelings
Wordball ( The Electric Complany)- videos on letter sounds/ blends/ word making
Decibel 10th - decibel meter ( I use this on a child who has volume control/
provides immediate visual feedback on level of loudness)
Oral Motor ( SmallTalk Oral Motor Exercises: Lingraphica)- provides video and
instructions of oral motor exercises
Using I and Me Fun Deck (Super Duper Publications) - pronoun (grammar) fun
deck with data collection and game options
The Entire World of (AR) - free, others available for purchase. A Flip Book for
/ar/ production
Little People Learning Market- great pre-k app for vocabulary, categorizing,
colors, shapes, etc.
Articulation Station (Little Bee Speech Education)- /p/ free, others available for
purchase. Allows you to create activities at varying levels ( isolation, word/
positions, etc. Data collection occurring during task
Chronological Age Calculator- use cautiously with BDI age calculation!
Vocab PCS
Autism iHelp- simple vocabulary flash cards for the following categories: toys,
outdoor activities, arts and crafts, and games
Autism iHelp- Wh Questions - who questions with multiple choice answers (four
color photograph): other " wh" questions available for purchase
Endless Alphabet
Letter School (Lite)- great OT app, letter identification, tracing and writing of
letters
Fisher-Price (others for free/ low cost apps on animal sounds, basic vocabulary,
etc.)
Reading Apps
McGraw-Hill makes interactive storybooks. These are great for reading
comprehension or "wh" questions. Stories include: Little Red Hen, Why the
Sea, Beanstalk, Riding Hood, and Country& City. Cost: FREE
Speech/Language Apps
WH-Questions Pro- Great app for wh-questions. Cost $11.99
Pronoun Fill- In app. Cost $4.99
Language Adventures Quiz Game Show. THere are two levels for this app
Grades1-3 and 4-6. Great for groups of language kids. Cost- $1.99
Toca Store- Great for turn taking, requesting, counting, vocabulary. Cost: $2.99
Toca Tea Party- Great for turn-taking, requesting, following directions. Cost:
$2.99
Toca House- Great for pronouns, action words, describing people, following
directions. Cost: $2.99
Toca Band- Following directions and pronouns. Cost: $2.99
Articulation Scenes (Has all the phonemes included. Pick a sound, then choose a
"scene" ie IP, MP, FP for sound. With each scene you can perform a variety of
tasks including recording the pt's production for playback and rating the
production) My pt's love it and it's super easy to use. No set up required.
Animated verbs (Have free version or you can pay to upgrade to 98 common
verbs animated with cute animals. You can keep tapping the animal so pt has
multiple chances to see the action and hear the word).
Touch Animals (tap the animal and it says the name then makes the animal
sound)
Abby's Puzzle (put animal puzzles together, then says name and sound of
animal)
My Play Home (great for following directions, categories, locations, prepositions,
labeling, etc) You can move from room to room and outside house. Adding family
members, moving items around in house, touching items to animate them, etc.
Say It Again (Artic bingo game. Comes with /l/ already loaded. $59.99 to add all
the phonemes or can add phonemes individually as needed)
Phonics Studio (Artic practice. Can select multiple phonemes or single phoneme
to address during session, choose position in word, can record pt and rate, and
keep score).
Pocket Artic ((Artic practice. Can select multiple phonemes or single phoneme to
address during session, choose position in word, can record pt and rate, and
keep score).
ABA Receptive by Class (Works on categories. From field of 4 pictures, pt has to
select the item requested (ie touch the dessert)
Social Skills App
Conversation Builder Deluxe. Great for working on maintaining topic. $19.99
Other/ Related
Puffin Web Browser (has free trial for 1 month) Allows you to run anything that
needs Adobe Flash- Which normally you can't do on iPad
Also helpful link on how to put PDFs on your iPad:
http://www.simplehelp.net/2010/06/22/how-to-add-pdf-files-to-read-in-ibooks-onyour-ipad-ipod-touch-or-iphone/