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 * App Name || Appropriate Age || Description || Benefits of the App ||

Mini reward follows the end of each game. ||
 * Clean Up: Category Sorting (free) ||  Any || Game || Helps children make associations and strengthen categories and sorting skills ||
 * Preschool memory match (free) || 3-5 || 3 different levels (easy, medium, hard) and 5 categories to choose from including: Transportation, Musical Instruments, Animals/Bugs, Food, and Objects || Good for very basic vocabulary. Just a basic memory game.
 * ABA Flashcards (free) || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2+ || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Flash cards are specifically created to stimulate learning and provide tools and strategies for creative, effective language building. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Benefits to both visual and auditory learners. There is classical music with visual reinforcement built in to the app. Great tool for promoting the mastery of new words, building vocabulary and conveying new concepts. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Animal Fun (free) || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Any || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Animal learning program. Children learn about animals by seeing and hearing the sounds an animal makes. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Help builds vocabulary ||

==<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">iPhone and iPad Apps To Help Develop Articulation: ==


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">App Name || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Appropriate Age || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Description || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Benefits of the App ||

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">• Lesson Mode: Touch the card and name the picture then touch the picture to hear the word. Now try and find its match. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">• Free Play: Touch the cards to find a match and when you do try and name the picture. Now touch the picture to hear the word.Sounds in final position and medial position are coming soon! || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Great way for children to practice sounds they’re working on in therapy at home. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">All About SoundsInitial Position Words LITE (free) || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">All ages || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Children are able to practice saying sounds in the initial position of words while playing a picture matching game.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Autism Xpress (free) || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Any || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Different emotions or states are illustrated using cartoon images. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Designed to encourage people with autism to recognize and express their emotions ||

==<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">iPhone and iPad Apps To Help Develop Language: ==


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ABA Flashcards cont. (free)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What Rhymes
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What Does Not Belong
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Which Go Together || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Preschool + || * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">many different combinations of easy rhymes
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">child is shown 4 images per page, and asked which one does not belong
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">child is shown 4 images per page and asked which two items belong together || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Improve problem solving skills, such as discrimination and reasoning skills ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Toy Story Read-Along (free) || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">All ages || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Interactive reading experience, which also includes games, movie clips, coloring pages, ding-along tunes, and surprises on every page. You can hear the story read aloud, record your own narration, or explore at your own pace. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Great for building both expressive and receptive language skills. Can target vocabulary development as well. You can also work on narrative/story telling skills. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Once Upon an App – Humpty Dumpty (free) || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3+ || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">View the story with music, then help put Humpty back together again by touching the screen and shaking the device. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Can work on reading comprehension as well as developing vocabulary. ||

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Can also assist with transition difficulties ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">iTouchiLearn Musical Morning Routines (free) || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Toddlers and Preschool Kids || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Morning routines are played in sequential order followed by interactive activitiesGames included to reinforce morning routines || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Helps create excitement about an unfamiliar routine and aids in the learning of a new routine
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Who am I? (free) || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Preschool and Up || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Animal trivia; child is given 4-5 clues about an animal || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This app targets the relationship between objects and features. Children begin to learn the various features of different animals ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">123 Domino (free) || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2+ || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Logical game of 3 side dominos || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Helps teach colors, color matching, shapes and shape matching ||


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">App Name || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Appropriate Age || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Description || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Benefits of the App ||


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Talking Tomcat (free) || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">All ages || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Responds to your touch and repeats everything you say with a funny voice. You can pet him, poke and even grab his tail. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Good for reinforcement ||