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This app uses a unique multi-sensory approach to mathematics to make the subject fun, accessible and appealing for all learners. Appropriate for pre-K–1 1st grade, as well as Response to Intervention (RtI), remediation, and special education. Read the Full Review Price: $5.99 Platform: Apple
A visual aid time support for people with autism, special needs, ADHD, and anxiety problems. The countdown is started by touching one of the colored balls. Note that time intervals can be changed by touching the grey button down in the middle. Read Full Review Price: Free! Platform: Android
iSEQUENCES is an educational app that helps teaching social habits and emotions to children with Autism/ASD and Asperger’s Syndrome. All of this is taught by the character Tatus and its friends. Read Full Review Price: $2.99 Platform: Android and Apple
Lovable Nott doesn’t want to go to bed; there is so much more to explore! This interactive story starts when Nott is not in the least inclined to go to sleep and it ends when she is totally at peace to close her eyes. In Nott Won’t Sleep, toddlers and preschoolers aged 2 to 5 help little Nott get ready for bed. Read Full Review Price: $4.99 Platform: Apple
Able Jr AAC is an affordable and easy to use augmentative and alternative communication application for the iPad/iPhone and iPod Touch that is specifically designed for toddlers and preschoolers with delayed speech or severe speech disorders. Read Full Review Price: $24.99 Platform: Apple
Use your knowledge of what interests your child or special education student to create a video providing auditory and visual reinforcement that plays when your student taps the correct button in response to your question. Read Full Review Price: $29.99 Platform: Apple
Stepping Stones is a personal visual organizer for prompting daily routines and schedules. The simple interface allows a caregiver to create a routine, or ‘Path’, for the user to follow. The Path then works as reminder with visual and audio guides to act as prompts. Read Full Review Price: $.99 Platform: Apple
Video Modeling made simple and fun! WordToob is designed to make learning words and new skills fun and engaging through pre-stored and customized videos. People of all ages and intellectual levels enjoy watching videos. With WordToob they can now play an active role in learning while doing what they love. Read Full Review Price: $9.99 Platform: Apple
Students learn and review vocabulary such as middle ear, audiogram, etc. and problem solve commonly occurring scenarios in a board game format. Data sheets and sample IEP goals can be downloaded. The game can be individualized by using only the vocabulary and challenges applicable to your student or child. Read Full Review Price: $14.99 Platform: Apple
Rhythm Rooms is an interactive educational music game suitable for children with special educational needs. You can listen to, learn and copy given rhythms or create your own in the Music Room. You can combine up to four different instruments in the Play room. Read Full Review Price: $2.99 Platform: Apple
Todo K-2 Math Practice is a series of 6 fun and engaging multi-level games that offer children practice and support in Pre-K through 2nd grade math fluency skills including: counting, writing numerals, addition and subtraction. Read Full Review Price: Free! Platform: Apple
The idea is to create a tool that allows, in all the people who, for different reasons, are forced to move out of a wheelchair, to easily identify , the type of structure that is provided of an appropriate accessibility as well as an acceptable and if possible high standard of quality. Read Full Review Price: Free! Platform: Apple
The EDA PLAY app helps children train vision and fine motor skills. The options of image set-up and task levels enable kids with special needs (especially with visual impairment and motor skills disorders) to work with this app. Read Full Review Price: $4.99 Platform: Apple
With this app, children will learn to tell time to the hour and minute, calendar concepts, digital time, and the components of a daily schedule through fun, interactive mini games. Read Full Review Price: 3.99 Platform: Apple
Special Needs Apps from October
With over a thousand apps available to help individuals with special needs, it has become increasingly difficult to find and choose the right special needs app. The Friendship Circle's Special Needs App Review aims to make it easier for you to find the right special needs app. Below are some of the apps uploaded in the month of October. Have a special needs app? Submit it here.
TouchMath Adventures: Touching/Counting Patterns
This app uses a unique multi-sensory approach to mathematics to make the subject fun, accessible and appealing for all learners. Appropriate for pre-K–1 1st grade, as well as Response to Intervention (RtI), remediation, and special education. Read the Full Review Price: $5.99 Platform: Apple
Visual Time Timer
A visual aid time support for people with autism, special needs, ADHD, and anxiety problems. The countdown is started by touching one of the colored balls. Note that time intervals can be changed by touching the grey button down in the middle. Read Full Review Price: Free! Platform: Android
iSEQUENCES
iSEQUENCES is an educational app that helps teaching social habits and emotions to children with Autism/ASD and Asperger’s Syndrome. All of this is taught by the character Tatus and its friends. Read Full Review Price: $2.99 Platform: Android and Apple
Nott Won’t Sleep
Lovable Nott doesn’t want to go to bed; there is so much more to explore! This interactive story starts when Nott is not in the least inclined to go to sleep and it ends when she is totally at peace to close her eyes. In Nott Won’t Sleep, toddlers and preschoolers aged 2 to 5 help little Nott get ready for bed. Read Full Review Price: $4.99 Platform: Apple
Able Jr. AAC
Able Jr AAC is an affordable and easy to use augmentative and alternative communication application for the iPad/iPhone and iPod Touch that is specifically designed for toddlers and preschoolers with delayed speech or severe speech disorders. Read Full Review Price: $24.99 Platform: Apple
Guided Video
Use your knowledge of what interests your child or special education student to create a video providing auditory and visual reinforcement that plays when your student taps the correct button in response to your question. Read Full Review Price: $29.99 Platform: Apple
Stepping Stones
Stepping Stones is a personal visual organizer for prompting daily routines and schedules. The simple interface allows a caregiver to create a routine, or ‘Path’, for the user to follow. The Path then works as reminder with visual and audio guides to act as prompts. Read Full Review Price: $.99 Platform: Apple
WordToob
Video Modeling made simple and fun! WordToob is designed to make learning words and new skills fun and engaging through pre-stored and customized videos. People of all ages and intellectual levels enjoy watching videos. With WordToob they can now play an active role in learning while doing what they love. Read Full Review Price: $9.99 Platform: Apple
Rule The School Self Advocacy Board Game
Students learn and review vocabulary such as middle ear, audiogram, etc. and problem solve commonly occurring scenarios in a board game format. Data sheets and sample IEP goals can be downloaded. The game can be individualized by using only the vocabulary and challenges applicable to your student or child. Read Full Review Price: $14.99 Platform: Apple
Rhythm Rooms
Rhythm Rooms is an interactive educational music game suitable for children with special educational needs. You can listen to, learn and copy given rhythms or create your own in the Music Room. You can combine up to four different instruments in the Play room. Read Full Review Price: $2.99 Platform: Apple
Todo K-2 Math Practice
Todo K-2 Math Practice is a series of 6 fun and engaging multi-level games that offer children practice and support in Pre-K through 2nd grade math fluency skills including: counting, writing numerals, addition and subtraction. Read Full Review Price: Free! Platform: Apple
Easy Places
The idea is to create a tool that allows, in all the people who, for different reasons, are forced to move out of a wheelchair, to easily identify , the type of structure that is provided of an appropriate accessibility as well as an acceptable and if possible high standard of quality. Read Full Review Price: Free! Platform: Apple
EDA PLAY
The EDA PLAY app helps children train vision and fine motor skills. The options of image set-up and task levels enable kids with special needs (especially with visual impairment and motor skills disorders) to work with this app. Read Full Review Price: $4.99 Platform: Apple
ToDo Telling Time
With this app, children will learn to tell time to the hour and minute, calendar concepts, digital time, and the components of a daily schedule through fun, interactive mini games. Read Full Review Price: 3.99 Platform: Apple 
