5. Speech vs. Language
The means of
communicating
Shared rules of the symbolic
system
• Voice
• What words mean
• How to make new words
• How to put words
• Fluency
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• Articulation
together
What word combinations
are best in what situations
13. App Match
First ask:
Then ask:
What is the goal?
Is there an app for
that?
app
Goal
Goal
Goal
app
app
14. Bad App Match
1. Really great looking
app.
2. How can my student
benefit?
app
oal
G
15. App Match
1. Really great looking
app.
2. How can my student
benefit?
app
oal
G
16. Warning #1: Keep the Goal in Mind
• This is what your SLP will do when they
individualize any learning activity to your
student’s needs
• Needs lead goals
• Goals lead teaching activities
17. The iPad’s Usefulness
• Maximize the iPad’s utility
• iPad can be used as a tool for
both consumption of
information
• And production
• Multiple uses add value to the
iPad in schools
19. Production
• Practicing
• Writing
• Making a project
• Showing what you
know
• Communication
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Material to talk about
Graphic organizers
Sequenced stories
Interactive storybooks
Communication displays
Video production
Written work (reports, poetry,
summaries)
20. Warning #2
1. Keep the goal in mind
2. Apps are not therapy in and of
themselves
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But they can help us to help students!
21. First Phrases
• By: Hamaguchi apps
• Early language development
• 2- to 4-word phrases
• Animations bring verbs to life
• Record your voice speaking the phrase
• Text - ON or OFF
22. First Phrases
• Easy - touch anywhere and it reads to you
• Normal - touch each part of the phrase
• Challenge - drag words in order
Easy, Normal
Challenge
25. Let’s play a round
• Level - Normal
• Text OFF
• 3-part phrase
on the iPad!
26. First Phrases
Additional Language Targets:
• Unlock Girl and Boy characters to create
your own phrases and target pronouns (he
and she)
• Pause the video and talk about what the
character did (past tense)
27. Picture the Sentence
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By: Hamaguchi apps
Auditory processing
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Auditory working memory - hear
and retain
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Attend to the important elements
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Find a corresponding picture
Create a picture of what you hear
in your mind
28. Picture the Sentence
• Hear and see a phrase (option for audio only)
• Wait time between is optional (5-40 seconds)
• Then choose the best picture
29. Picture the Sentence
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3 Levels of Difficulty
Easy - visuals stay, slow presentation
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Intermediate - visuals flashed, moderate
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Advanced - no visuals, moderate-fast
Text with the presentation - ON or OFF
35. Fun with Directions &
More Fun with Directions
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By: Hamaguchi apps
Auditory memory
Auditory processing
Following directions
Colors (FWD)
Spatial concepts
36. Fun with Directions
FWD Concepts:
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Location words (bottom,
middle, top)
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Actions (erase, touch,
open, close, push, give)
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Colors
More FWD:
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Location words (above,
below, behind, in front, on,
under, up, down)
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Actions (put in, take out,
turn on, turn off)
37. Fun with Directions
• Easy • (No foils) Open the
refrigerator. Color the ball.
Close the window.
• (Field of 3) Open the door
on top. Give the girl a bed.
38. Fun with Directions
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Intermediate
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(F:5) Touch something that says
meow.
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Look on the middle shelf. There is
something yellow. Put it in the
basket.
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Open a red door on the top row.
On the bottom row, open a red
door.
39. Fun with Directions
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Advanced
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(F:5) Touch something you make by
blowing on it.
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Look for something on the middle shelf
that goes on a foot. Put it in the basket.
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Open the second door in the bottom
row.
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Give the boy without a hat or glasses
something that you put food on. It goes
on a table.
52. Categories Learning Center
• By: Smarty Ears
• Categorization: Important skill for language
development and processing
• Organizing thoughts and ideas
• Prerequisite for describing skills,
recognizing similarities and differences,
comparing and contrasting
58. Tactilly
• By: Tactilly, LLC
• Create personally relevant photo albums
• Use your own photos or pics from the web
• Hotspots that talk
• Unlimited pages
59. Tactilly
• Any Language Domain can be addressed
• Albums for each student’s goals
• (Speech too - articulation targets with an
auditory model)
• Consumption - Albums made for them
• Production - Students can create too!
65. Book Creator
• By: Red Jumper Studio
• Create “books” that include photos, video,
text, drawing, music
• Add narration to make an “audio book”
students can read to themselves
• Read or even present from iBooks
69. • Export to iBooks
and read on the
iPad (within the
book)
• Export as a PDF
and email it
• Print from your
iPad or computer
70. Book Creator
• Consumption - books you write for them
• Production - books they write themselves
(or with help)
Written by three,
4th grade students
who have autism
FREE in the iBooks Store
71. Book Creator
Endless possibilities:
• “What I did on my vacation...”
• Record lines for a play to aid memorization
• Create a Social Story for a new experience
• Video yearbook
74. Puppet Pals
• Create short animations
• Use your own photos or images from
online
• Help reluctant public speakers present to
the class
• Help English language learners practice
78. Making of the Math Movie
• Take a picture of the worksheet
• Go online to gather images of the other
necessary “Actors” & Backdrop
• Books, Buster, slobber, bookshelf
• Optional - Write your script
• Rehearse
• Record
79. My Play Home
• Virtual, interactive dollhouse
• Categorized contents by room
• Various characters
• Many actions possible
• Hours of fun!
81. My Play Home Stores
• 4 Stores with employees
• Grocery, Produce, Ice Cream, Clothing
• Two apps connect
82. My Play Home
• Solo play
• Great for promoting symbolic concept
development, reinforcing categories
• Together play
• Unlimited expressive and receptive
language possibilities!
83. My Play Home
Word Comprehension
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Backyard: Touch the watering can, Point to a flower
Following Directions
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Kids Bedroom: Put the girl in bed
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Kitchen: Open the fridge and take out a piece of pizza
Bathroom: Turn on the shower then brush the boy’s
teeth
Prepositions
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Bathroom: Put the shampoo under the sink
84. My Play Home
Time Concepts
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Living room: Before you go to the kitchen, turn off
the stereo
Problem Solving
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Kid’s Bedroom: What will make it brighter in this
room
Social Skills
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Any: Provide dialog for the characters, greet, ask
questions, comment
85. Barrier Games
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2 or more players
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Same set of materials
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Without any visual cues
Some kind of barrier(s) so that players cannot
see each others materials (books, file folders, or
binders can work as barriers)
Giving directions on how to arrange the
materials
Goal: All players’ materials look the same at the
end of the activity
86. Barrier Games
Pick a room or store and arrange items and people in
a certain way.
Take a screen shot, send it to a computer and print
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Receptive: Give the student the iPad with a
“tidied” room and give spoken instructions on
where things should go, which elements to change
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Expressive: Give the student the print out and
have them tell YOU where each element needs to
be placed
87.
88. • Receptive: Give the student the
iPad with a “tidied” room and give
spoken instructions on where
things should go, which elements
to change
89. • Expressive: Give the student the
print out and have them tell YOU
where each element needs to be
placed (you have the iPad)
90. Dr. Panda’s Day Care
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Similar features, plus ongoing actions
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Present progressive tense -ing
Bouncing
Rocking
