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Special Skill: early childhood, single switch Disability: cognitive, physical Skill Level: infant/toddler Operating System: Windows Animated Toys II is comprised of 26 seg- ments, each containing a toy animated on the computer screen.The toys are activated by a switch, mouse click, or the keyboard enter key.The toys incorporate cause and effect skills, increasing attention span, visual tracking, and focusing on objects. Aphasia: Start Speaking Again iPhone/iPad App Parrot Software Price: $19.99 Special Skill: communication, voice recognition Disability: speech Skill Level: secondary, adult Operating System: iOS (Apple) Users move images on the left side to colored boxes on the right side using verbal instructions. Examples are:‘Move bread on the purple box’ or ‘bread purple box’. Program listens for the name and the box color.See the app: https://itunes.apple. com/us/app/aphasia-start-speaking-again/ id1179403684?mt=8 App MyEar App MyEar Price: $9.99 Special Skill: , speech output, voice recognition Disability: hearing Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: iOS (Apple) Are you deaf and tired of lipreading? Even the best lipreaders follow ~22% of their conversations - imagine what you’re missing out on. MyEar App was developed by Gerald Isobe, deaf hall-of-fame golfer and his son, Brandon. Gerald grew up lipreading but became frustrated with understanding only 30% of what was be- ing said and tired of asking people around him “what are you talking about”.This app was created from those frustrations and it’s an app he and others are using to com- municate with their hearing colleagues, friends, and family. App MyGroup App MyEar Price: $1 Disability: hearing Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: iOS (Apple) As a deaf person, have you ever found yourself as the only deaf person at a family dinner with no way to understand what’s going on? As a family member, friend, or co-worker of a deaf person and wanting to connect but have no idea where hire an ASL interpreter, no idea if an ASL interpreter is good or bad, App MyGroup is here to help.This app helps hearing

classroom success: compost, awesome, LOL, USB port, browser, search engine, server, etc. Sort the words by target sound and position and by curriculum area. Articulation IV for iOS LocuTour Multimedia Price: $9.99 Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, language development, Disability: cognitive, hearing, speech Skill Level: elementary, secondary Operating System: iOS (Apple) Four of the most common articulation targets in the Initial, Medial and Final positions and in Consonant Clusters. New vocabulary includes words necessary for classroom success: compost, awesome, LOL, USB port, browser, search engine, server, etc. Sort the words by target sound and position and by curriculum area. Assistive Technology Suite Innovation Management Group, Inc. Price: $699.95 - $25000.00 Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, eye-hand coordination, vocational, adapted keyboard/switch access, scanning, single switch, speech output Disability: physical, vision Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows Complete set of IMG’s Assistive Technol- ogy, Computer Access Software Utilities with no licensing hassles. Single User Home or School, Single or Multi-site School / District / Enterprise. Licensing covers all computers, all students and all teachers. OnScreen, CrossScanner, Joystick-To- Mouse, My-T-Mouse, SmartClick, The Magnifier, TouchRight, and WordComplete in One Suite Deal. Assistive Technology Tracker Web Adaptive Solutions Price: $420 - $1200 Special Skill: , , diagnostic, IEP/IPP Disability: cognitive, hearing, learning, physical, speech, vision Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS (Apple), Android, Chrome ATTW is a web based database that resides on a server and is accessed via a web browser.You can access the database from anywhere in the world via a standard internet connected PC.This online database is found at www.at-tracker.com. Assistive Technology(AT), Response to Intervention(RTI) and Accessible Instruc- tional Materials (AIM) can all be tracked using the new Assistive Technology Tracker WEB© and the best thing of it all is that you can do this from ANYWHERE. If you have access to the internet on any device with a browser you can track all your data for AT, RTI, AIM and MORE.You can also

and play inside each of the fully animated pages, where everything comes to life.

people communicate clearly with deaf friends/family members.This app is not for medical/legal use and we use only Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) certified interpreters in our network -- aka the best. If you’re tired of seeing your deaf family member/friend left out of group conversa- tions, then try out this app! APP2Speak® AAC app APP2speak Price: $179.99 - $179.99 Special Skill: communication, speech output Disability: speech Skill Level: secondary, adult Operating System: iOS (Apple), Android APP2Speak® is a fully functional photo- based augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) app for individuals who experience difficulty speaking and communicating. Simply touch a pre- loaded photo to talk, or easily customize the app by adding your own photos or by taking a photo within the app itself. APP2Speak uses a pre-recorded (or any voice that you personally record) to speak your message to family and friends.The app provides easy-to-read instructions and includes a built-in “Help” system, and it requires no special training to create the optional “voice” and “photo” customiza- tions. Custom pages are endless, Create and save one or more phrases per photo for convenient conversation.Create your Text -to-Speech page, with the option to save text to speech history of common words and phrases.APP2Speak AAC app is available on iOS and Android platforms.

Arthur’s Teacher Trouble - interactive storybook Wanderful Inc. Price: $3.33 - $4.99 Special Skill: communication, early childhood, language development, Disability: learning Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, elementary, secondary Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS (Apple), Android, Chrome Arthur ‘s Teacher Trouble is an imaginative and interactive reading experience with fully animated content loved by children, parents and teachers alike. A favorite of Autistic children. Read and play along as Arthur learns to cope with his strict new teacher, Mr. Ratburn and compete in a school-wide Spelling Bee.

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Artic Games and More LocuTour Multimedia Price: $19.00

Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, communication, early childhood, language development, Disability: learning, speech Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary Operating System: Windows, Mac Each of the games can be played with one of the four focus areas: Articulation, Phonology, Content and It’s a... (confronta- tion naming).The word choice and saving features allow you to individualize the treatment sessions.You may create as many lesson plans as you wish and use them all year. Artic Practice LocuTour Multimedia Price: $9.99 Special Skill: early childhood, language development, Disability: speech Skill Level: preschool, elementary Operating System: iOS (Apple) Artic Practice gives you more Speech Therapy for school and home practice with 538 words.This app has colorful drawings to hold children’s interest as they practice their good speech. Focus on Initial, Medial, and Consonant phonemes along with Con- sonant Clusters and some Vowels plus R. Articulation IV LocuTour Multimedia Price: $19.00 Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, language development, Disability: cognitive, hearing, learning, speech Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac Four of the most common articulation targets in the Initial, Medial and Final positions and in Consonant Clusters. New vocabulary includes words necessary for

Apraxia Therapy Tactus Therapy Solutions Price: $24.99 Special Skill: communication, Disability: speech

Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: iOS (Apple), Android Speak more easily and build indepen- dence with video-assisted speech therapy to help people with apraxia after a stroke. Free trial available. Arthur’s Birthday - interactive storybook Wanderful Inc. Price: $3.33 - $4.99 Special Skill: communication, early childhood, language development, Disability: learning, speech Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS (Apple), Android, Chrome Arthur ‘s Birthday is an enchanting interac- tive reading experience with fully ani- mated content featuring Arthur, star of the longest running children s animated show in history.Wanderful brings every page of this heart-warming story to life. Read

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