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8 Special Needs Apps You Should Know About
With hundreds of apps now available to help individuals with special needs it has become increasingly difficult to find and choose the right special needs app. Back in January Friendship Circle launched the Special Needs App Review to make it easier for you to find the right apps for your child. Here are some of the apps uploaded in the past month. Have a special needs app we should include? Submit it here.
Visual Schedule Planner
Visual Schedule Planner is a completely customizable visual schedule iPad app that is designed to give an individual an audio/visual representation of the “events in their day”. In addition, events that require more support can be linked to an “activity schedule” or “video clip” to help model the task even further.
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Autism Tracker Lite
Autism Tracker can be life changing for families with an autistic child. Explore Autism. Track what matters to your child and your family. Use the visual calendar and multi-item graphs to view and discuss patterns. Share individual events or entire screens with your team using email or Twitter (Twitter lets you set up closed groups). Now, track several persons on one device.
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Socially Speaking
Socially Speaking is an Early Detection Screening/Lesson Plan Template for Young Children At Risk for Behavioral/Social Issues: Autism, Special Needs, Immaturity, Sensory Processing Deficits, and Learning Differences. Socially speaking is the Only Digitized, Customizable, Collaborative, Behavioral Screener in the World!
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Autism Apps
Autism Apps is simply a comprehensive list of apps that are being used with and by people diagnosed with autism, Down syndrome and other special needs. It also includes links to any available information that can be found for each app. The Apps are also separated into over 30 categories, and the descriptions are all searchable, so any type of app is easy to find and download.
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Talking Cards
Talking Cards provides children with special needs an excellent tool for improved communication. Talking Cards is user friendly and developed for the use of children with all types of disabilities, but additional efforts have been added to also suit children with motor skill disorders. Talking Cards is an excellent tool for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Choose the 1×2 view in settings for first communication training with your child. Then move on to 2×3 and 3×4 for more advanced communication.
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Care Circles
For family caregivers, Care Circles makes it easy to find and deliver the best care. It helps you learn about your family member’s condition, share that knowledge with your team, and track daily progress. Care Circles gives you peace of mind by keeping everyone on the same page.
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ANDDS
This is a screening test to look at your child’s development. The app will allow you to answer a series of questions about your child’s development at ages 8 months, 12 months, 15 months, 18 months, and 24 to 36 months., and will give you results to indicate if your child is at risk for development delays and conditions such as autism.
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Storysmart1: Trudy Goes to the Beach
Trudy is taking a beach trip with her family. Can she make expected choices when her sensory system is overloaded and she’s on a different schedule? What if things don’t go her way? She needs your help to make smart and safe choices! With storysmart™, our innovative suite of animated story apps, your child can better understand social expectations.
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