Apps for Autism by Lois Jean Brady

As a former Special Education teacher and mom of kids who have ADD, ADHD, and sensory disorders, I try to spread awareness of autism spectrum disorders whenever I can. With information readily available, parents of these children can find resources they would have not known existed before.

Apps for Autism: An Essential Guide to Over 200 Effective Apps for Improving Communication, Behavior, Social Skills, and More! by Lois Jean Brady, a Speech Language Pathologist specializing in autism spectrum disorders, has provided an exciting new way to reach these children using and iPad or iPhone.

Autism? There’s an app for that!
Actually, there are more than 200 apps for autism, and this book will guide you through them so you can confidently utilize today’s technology to maximize your child or student’s success!

Speech Language Pathologist Lois Jean Brady wrote this book in order to educate parents, teachers, and other professionals about the breakthrough method she calls “iTherapy”—which is the use of Apple products (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) and various apps (computer applications) in meeting students’ individual educational goals.

Lois believes that all persons on the spectrum can learn how to use technology in a way that is relevant to them. She shares important tips on how to use apps responsibly and effectively by maintaining a child-centered, team approach to teaching and learning, taking into account the individual’s interests, strengths/challenges, vision, motor planning, attention, sensory processing, memory, cognitive ability, environment, and access to tools. Lois also coaches adults on how they can use prompting and reinforcement techniques to help establish and generalize skills learned, until students are able to consistently demonstrate the skills in various environments (home, school, etc.).

This book is easy to read and visually appealing. The apps are divided in sections including occupational therapy, speech, neurological conditions, general education and more. I liked the extensive beginning section that walked me through the entire process of how to use the book, how to choose an iDevice and how to choose an app. Success stories were added to each section to provide encouragement and support. The section on information for parents and caretakers was reassuring and provided up to the minute apps to help answer questions or provide relief from meltdowns.

Distributed by Future Horizons, Apps for Autism is available through Amazon. If you use the code THRIFTY you can get 15% off and Free shipping in Continental U.S.



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