by John and Diane.
“Back to School” time means organizing yourself, and the
kids.
If your kids go to special needs classes, have busy
schedules or have additional issues like many of our adopted or foster kids do,
any help you can get in getting the kids or their lives under control would be
a blessing. Well, there may just
be an App for that!
With the decreasing cost of many computer notebooks and
“pad” devices and the increase in awareness of the needs of kids with
Autism-spectrum diagnosis or common ADD or ADHD problems, software developers
are trying to help. (Or make money, but whatever.)
In any case, there are a few Apps and products out there
that might be worth a try that can help keep your kids on task, make
transitions or social situations easier or just remind them to do their
homework. Here are a few that we
found.
Autism
iPrompts:
This is a visual prompting tool that can help Autistic kids
transition from one activity to the next, make choices and focus on a task.
Created by a Mom of an Autistic child and a speech and language pathologist, it
can be used on iPads by kids with great ease and is well received by teachers
and users.
Check out this link for more information and to watch a
video on the product.
ADD/ ADHD
Tools for ADD kids may just end up as distractions, but
according to some articles, can help make things less frustrating for them and
allow them to learn by eliminating some things that may slow them down, like
issues like poor spelling.
A highly- visual dial that can keep track of time in a
graphic way can help remind children to stay on task in class. Because of its bright colors and
countdown feature, it might help kids focus on a project better than they might
without this large and colorful reminder.
You can check it out, as well as other suggestions for ADD kids like use
of a PDA, Audio books and scanning pens at this link.
Checklists, reminders and homework trackers are just a few
of the helpful apps available at this link that might be useful for families
with ADD and ADHD kids. The Social Skills and Brain Trainer is an especially
interesting App aimed at helping kids choose appropriate behavior in common
situations that might challenge them.
Try them out for yourself by going to this website at:
Do you have an App that you love? Share it with us!
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