Feb/March 2019 Closing The Gap Resource Directory

Animation-ish FableVision Learning Price: $59.95 - $2499.95 Special Skill: communication, language development Academic Skill: graphic arts, language arts, math, problem solving, reading, science, social studies Disability: learning Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary Operating System: Windows, Mac Animation-ish is an easy-to-use animation software program that inspires creativ- ity and enables children to show what they know. Sparks creative thinking and imagination. Provides engaging activities that integrate creativity across the cur- riculum. Helps teachers enliven lessons and improve understanding through visual representation. Boosts technology literacy skills. 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 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. APP2Speak Cabson Consulting - APP2speak Price: $89.99 - $89.99 Special Skill: communication, speech output Disability: speech Skill Level: secondary, adult Operating System: iOS, Android APP2Speak is an easy-to-use speech output software application. 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.The app uses a pre-recorded (or any voice that you personally record) to speak your message to family and friends.The software provides easy-to-read instruc- tions 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, and you can share your custom pages with other devices that also have the app installed. Set your preference to start APP2Speak on either a pre-set page, a text-to-speech page, or a custom page. It is designed and created for the thousands of individuals who experience speech impairment as a result of a stroke, brain injury, Parkinson Disease, ALS, autism, and other conditions effecting speech and communication.

Skill Level: preschool, elementary Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Chrome, Other These fun, educational videos (on DVDs, flash drives, or streaming) teach children how to write UPPERCASE and lowercase letters.Within each 5-minute letter chapter, 8+ vocabulary words are also taught. Great for children with Autism, Down syndrome, and Cerebral Palsy.This multi-sensory ap- proach of visuals & rhythmic chants makes breakthroughs! And, Or, But LocuTour Multimedia Price: $5.99 Special Skill: early childhood, language development Disability: cognitive, learning, speech Skill Level: preschool, elementary Operating System: iOS And, Or, But requires the player to find the object on the screen that has a specified color, size, number, or spatial relationship. There are four levels of difficulty and seven tasks.

A collection of story templates for entering your own stories for retell.Three template styles are provided: Arrows, Pages, and Swipe.The home page of each story tem- plate set includes a 5x5 grid of placehold- ers for 25 stories. Each story template has placeholders for eight sequential story cells. Alexicom Elements Teen Home (Female) Alexicom Tech Price: $19.99 Special Skill: basic living skills, communication, language development, scanning, single switch, multi switch, speech output Disability: speech Skill Level: elementary, secondary Operating System: iOS A collection of linked augmentative com- munication pages for a teen in the home environment. Includes pages for eating, drinking, feelings, needs, getting dressed, washing up, books, music, movies, games, cooking, sound effects and much more. Alexicom Tech Price: $19.99 Special Skill: basic living skills, communication, language development, scanning, single switch, multi switch, speech output Disability: speech Skill Level: elementary, secondary Operating System: iOS A collection of linked augmentative com- munication pages for a teen in the home environment. Includes pages for eating, drinking, feelings, needs, getting dressed, washing up, books, music, movies, games, cooking, sound effects and much more. Alexicom Elements Teen Home (Male)

Children learn to navigate through a maze. App helps develop spatial orientation skills, and planning skills.

Animales Fantsticos! LocuTour Multimedia Price: $1.99

Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, early childhood, language development Disability: cognitive, learning, speech Skill Level: preschool, elementary Operating System: iOS Animales Fantsticos! has six stimuli for each of 120 animal pictures: word, parentese, descriptive phrase, descriptive statement, functional statement and the initial sound of the target word.This simple language program encourages turn-taking, imitating, describing, questioning, answer- ing and playing with sounds and words. Animated Step-by-Steps Animated Step-by-Steps Price: $5 - $6 Special Skill: communication, early childhood, language development, single switch, speech output Academic Skill: language arts, math, music, pre-reading, reading, science Disability: cognitive, hearing, learning, physical, speech, vision Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, elementary Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS, Android Animated Step-by-Steps are animated PowerPoints designed to address literacy, language, AAC and a host of academic goals. Each page includes a series of animations. Read the text up to the star click and see an animation of what you just read.There are three versions of each resource.This is the Regular Version ( non symbol-supported).This resource can be displayed on the ‘big screen’ (interac- tive whiteboard, large screen TV using Apple TV) or the ‘small screen’ (computer monitor, iPad/Android tablet using the free Microsoft PowerPoint app). Please visit the Animated Step-by-Steps blog for further information on the creative use of these educational resources. Animated Toys II Judy Lynn Software, Inc. Price: $49 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.

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Animal iGames Tip Top Apps Price: $0.99

Special Skill: early childhood, eye-hand coordination, language development Academic Skill: pre-reading Disability: cognitive, learning Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool Operating System: iOS Animal iGames is an early learning play based app designed to foster independent play while teaching vocabulary, sequenc- ing, auditory processing and critical thinking skills.Three engaging activities are included that children love to play over and over! Animal Jigsaw - Assemble 4 pieces of a picture STEP BY STEP Price: $0 - $2.99 Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, early childhood, eye-hand coordination, adapted keyboard/switch access, single switch, multi switch, diagnostic Academic Skill: problem solving Disability: cognitive, learning, physical Skill Level: infant/toddler Children learn piece together a well known picture of an animal. App helps develop spatial cognition skills, visual perception skills, and fine motor skills. Animal Maze - Find a route through the maze STEP BY STEP Price: $0 - $2.99 Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, early childhood, eye-hand coordination, adapted keyboard/switch access, single switch, multi switch, diagnostic Academic Skill: problem solving Disability: cognitive, learning, physical Skill Level: preschool

All About Animals Supplemental CDs Marblesoft-SoftTouch Price: $59

Special Skill: eye-hand coordination, language development, large print Academic Skill: math, science Disability: cognitive, learning, physical Skill Level: preschool, elementary Operating System: Windows More of the types of activities that are in the All About Animals Activities Books. Over 1000 more pdfs on each CD in over 20 categories like matching, counting, ad- dition, subtraction, writing, phonics, cloze, patterning, fine motor, graphing and more. Alphabet Beats Handwriting DVDs The TV Teacher, LLC Price: $35 - $35 Special Skill: early childhood, eye-hand coordination, language development Academic Skill: language arts, pre- reading Disability: learning

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