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"The following, amazing list was compiled by Carolann Cormier and developed as a handout resource. It is not meant to be exhaustive and is not a suggestion on what apps to download. It is always helpful to review the ratings on apps before purchasing. For review of apps, click on the review button when you are on the app download page in iTunes. If a lite version is available, generally they are free or cheaper, so they can be a way for you to try an app. For children's apps, click on the Apps for Kids category in iTunes sidebar. For books, click on the Books category. Use the search parameters built into iTunes for apps by clicking on the apps button when your search results come up."

"Special Learning's Autism Communicating Basic Needs app. provides a way for non-verbal children to easily communicate their basic needs and wants using actual photographs of commonly requested items. The categories covered by this app. are: food, drinks, clothing, and activities. The app. also incorporates photographs of emotions and icons of commonly needed / requested items. The Autism Communicating Basic Needs app. includes a very attractive interface and is very intuitive and easy to use for children of all ages. Parents and providers will appreciate that the Autism Communicating Basic Needs app. was developed using the foundation and principles of applied behavior analysis. Among many other features, the app. includes three photographs for each item to teach generalization skills. Four audio options of actual voice recordings allow parents to further customize the app. to best suite the needs of their child. The app. is highly customizable and includes a reporting function to keep track of usage and preferences of the child."

"Do you own an iPhone? Do you also have toddlers or kids who are about to enter school? Put the iPhone and the kids together with some of the apps listed below to keep the kids busy as they prepare themselves for school. The list below is separated by categories, and each app is listed alphabetically under those categories to show that we do not favor one app over another. The links lead to reviews about the apps or to the businesses that created the apps. This way, you can learn more about the apps before you download them. While many of the apps listed below are free, some cost anywhere from $0.99 to under $4.00. Also, the reviews can help you learn whether the app truly is age-appropriate for your child."

"With over 300,000 apps it's easy to become overwhelmed by the number of app choices. It's also easy to spend a small fortune on a lot of useless apps. As a special needs parent I wanted to get right to the "good stuff" and figured you did too. Check out our guide that breaks down the best of the apps by skill set so you can easily find and buy apps that most benefit your child. Great for kids with autism, ADHD, apraxia, learning disability, sensory issues and more. Included are apps for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch and some Android apps. Get started right now by clicking on a category. "

"When looking for apps for students on the autism spectrum (ASD), it is important to look at all educational apps and not just those that are tagged as autism apps. They have many of the same learning needs that other students have. This list was developed to provide apps based on common learning characteristics and traits that are typical for students with ASD. It is important to remember that all students learn differently and selecting apps should be based on the unique learning needs of the student. This list is only a sampling of apps available for each skill area. This is not, nor is it meant to be a definitive list. This list is intended to give you a starting place and a rationale for picking certain apps."

Are you overwhelmed with the number of Apps available? Have you purchased an AAC App and found that it was not what you expected? The AAC Apps Assistant can help ! ! ! The AAC Apps Assistant is a unique and powerful fee-for-service tool for researching AAC communication Apps for iOS devices (iPads,iPhone, iPods with other platforms to be added). It provides information based on our review of over 100+ current communication Apps on the market.

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"The UDL Placemat of Core Apps Serving Learning for All is a starting point to utilizing the exceptional universally designed iPad to meet the needs of a wide range of learners. The iPad's versatile settings and wide range of Apps is also an exceptional tool for representing information in a wide variety of formats to meet the needs of all learners. The list of Apps provided are by no means complete and they will, no doubt, be added to and change with time. The App icons provided are clickable links to descriptors of the App and what the App can do for various users. Further explanation of how to use the App in the classroom will be provided in other published documents"

I recently led an introductory iPad workshop for Communication Sciences and Disorders faculty at a local university. One of the resources I prepared for them was a list of iPad apps that might be useful in classes with the department's students or in the clinic with the children they serve. Many of these apps also have versions for the iPhone and iPod touch device. I compiled this list from a number of websites and articles I reviewed. These are not presented in any particular order. Those working directly with the children - teachers, clinicians, parents and other caregivers - can best judge which of these apps are most appropriate to meet a particular child's needs. UPDATE: I've added a PDF file you can download at the end of the list. The file gives the app name, a brief description, price and live URL link for each app."

"We have been doing a lot of  reviews of educational  mobile apps. We particularly focused on the ones that work on iPad and we tried to cover almost all the fields from digital story telling to apps to teach creativity. Our purpose is to provide teachers with a repository of apps to choose from  when trying them with their students in the classroom. Check out the categories below and click on any title to access the correspondent apps it contains. Enjoy"

"Probably the best place to start on AppsForAAC (AAC: Augmentative & Alternative Communication) is by browsing the Full List of apps organised by category, speech system and symbol system used. For more information on a description of these categories and more information about this sites reason read the about page. You can also compare apps by clicking on the "Add to compare" link at the side or bottom of each app. Once you have added a few then just visit the App Comparison page to view your apps side by side."

"While originally designed for IPod apps, of course it works with IPad apps as well. In fact any mobile technology apps, including android apps, can be evaluated using this rubric. "

"Accessible Apps This is where you can find the list of most of the apps and services we've covered on the HTB2 blog and podcast. Some of the apps we've covered are no longer accessible so they will not be included. We know we are far from having a complete and comprehensive list of every accessible app but we only post what we've covered."

"With over 300 AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) apps available, finding the right one for your needs can be very difficult and time-consuming. With AAC apps ranking among some of the most expensive apps available, it is also costly to make mistakes! The AAC Ferret helps you to quickly find the AAC app(s) with the exact features you need!"

"Many iPad apps are available to support learners with reading and writing difficulties. This 'Wheel of Apps' is not comprehensive, but attempts to identify relevant apps and to categorise them according to some of the difficulties faced by people with dyslexia. It was originally published as an A3 poster, but works equally well as an A4 leaflet. Links on the electronic version are 'clickable, taking you information about the individual app on the iTunes site for the UK."

"Moms With Apps is a collaborative group of parent developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families." Of note is Apps for Special Needs and App Friday, where new apps are distributed free each Friday.

The Moms With Apps blog supports family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families.

"The availability and range of Apps for the iPad and iPod Touch / iPhone that support the literacy needs of people who struggle with reading and writing is growing. The following list provides an introduction to the kind of apps that are currently available to Australian and New Zealand users. I have limited this list to apps that support reading text and writing / note taking, and to Apps I have tested on my iPad / iPhone"

"Creative Book Builder is a fantastic app that allows students to create books in epub format, which can then be exported to iBooks and shared with others. There are a variety of instructional uses for this app, from using it as a publishing tool for project-based learning to a summative assessment at the end of a unit.  Students can embed images, audio files, video files, and write text.  The advantage of an epub document over a PDF document is that all of the media will be preserved and available for readers to interact with when the final product is published.   Depending on how you use Creative Book Builder with students, this app can help students complete tasks that align with every level of the revised Bloom's Taxonomy.  Explore the different ways this app can be used at each level of Bloom's Taxonomy."

"Apps for Handwritten Notes How many times have you been in a meeting or a conference and just wanted to jot down an ideas or sketch. You don't want to become totally distracted by typing reams but you do want to record it so it doesn't get lost. The following apps allow you to do just that. You can write with your finger or use a stylus if that is more comfortable. These apps will let you record, organise and then share these musings. Great for your classroom or students as well."

"Are you impressed with the Dragon Dictation App? Well, you will love Nuances new PaperPort app that has Dragon Dictation tools in it!"

"It would be impossible (and not the intent of this paper) to conduct a comprehensive review of every communication application (app) that exists as of this writing. Rather, a clinical framework for comparing and selecting apps will be offered to assist speech-language pathologists in answering the popular question "What communication apps should we use?" While this platform and certain apps may indeed represent a reasonable match to the strengths and needs of some individuals, it is important that the needs of an individual be considered on a case-by-case basis using a thorough and clinically based approach. To this end, the clinical application of a chart detailing features believed to represent critical and fundamental considerations for a broad profile of people evidencing complex communication needs will be discussed and highlighted through case examples."