Leveling the playing field with apps
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An opportunity to level the playing field for diverse learners has arrived. With the use of mobile devices and a set of apps, barriers to learning can be removed and will set the stage for access to learning for ALL learners.
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14 Speech Therapy Apps!

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Speech Therapy Apps - articulation, language and auditory processing disorder apps.
Kathleen McClaskey's insight:

From the Virtual Speech Center, here is a select group of apps for Speech Therapy that come with a review and description for each app. Many of these apps were created by certified speech pathologists. They include:

 

>> Auditory Workout

>> Articulation Games

>> Auditory Processing Studio

>> The Multiple Meanings Library

>> The Sentence Workout

>> Wh-Questions Island

>> Verb News

>> Verbal Reasoning

>> Word Retrieval

>> Expedition with Plurals

>> Magical Concepts

>> Farm Academy

>> Outdoor Fun

>> Quick Artic

Lou Salza's curator insight, March 3, 2013 8:30 AM
Kathleen McClaskey's insight:

From the Virtual Speech Center, here is a select group of apps for Speech Therapy that come with a review and description for each app. Many of these apps were created by certified speech pathologists. They include:

 

>> Auditory Workout

>> Articulation Games

>> Auditory Processing Studio

>> The Multiple Meanings Library

>> The Sentence Workout

>> Wh-Questions Island

>> Verb News

>> Verbal Reasoning

>> Word Retrieval

>> Expedition with Plurals

>> Magical Concepts

>> Farm Academy

>> Outdoor Fun

>> Quick Artic

Steven Blomdale's curator insight, March 10, 2013 12:13 AM

The following applications provides opportunities for special needs students to effectively engage and participate in actives to develop speech. This is an important area to develop it allows students gain important communication skills needed for succeeding in the 21st century (p21.org).

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Articulation Station | Speech and Language Apps for Parents and SLPs

Articulation Station | Speech and Language Apps for Parents and SLPs | Leveling the playing field with apps | Scoop.it

"Created by a certified Speech-Language Pathologist, Articulation Station is a full featured articulation application to help children as well as adults learn to speak and pronounce their sounds more clearly. Beautiful high quality images represent target words to be practiced in fun-filled activities with the assistance of a Speech-Language Pathologist, teacher or parent.

 

Articulation Station is the first and only articulation application offering practice at the WORD, SENTENCE and STORY levels!"

 

Note:  The first app on the letter "p"  is a free download with additional apps at a cost.

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ArtikPix – App for Articulation

ArtikPix – App for Articulation | Leveling the playing field with apps | Scoop.it

Co-designed by Eric Sailers, ArtikPix for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch provide fun ways for children to receive high quality speech practice. Children enjoy flicking flashcards and finding pairs in matching. Plus, they benefit from features including recorded audio, voice recording, and scoring. Children can listen to their speech, then decide if it’s correct or incorrect. The result is greater engagement and effective practice.  Artifix 2.0 version is available with group scoring.

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iPad, iPhone, iPod, Android Apps for Speech Therapists

From the GeekSLP,  Barbara Fernandes, a 17 page list of apps for speech therapists is available on Scribed. This list is updated at least once/month and is FREE to download and to share with others.  Each entry includes the app icon, name, description and cost.

 

This extensive list of apps is is divided into

> Articulation,

> Fluency,

> Language,

> Cause and effect,

    and more.

 

The author has indicated some of the apps in this document were created by her and has indicated that by placing a star next to the icon.

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