Autistic Spectrum Disorder
All of these apps should be used under the guidance of an educational or clinical psychologist, speech and language therapist, occupational therapist or other professional agencies.
Choiceworks
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
Choiceworks App comes highly recommended by special class teachers and is a learning tool for helping children complete daily routines (morning, day, & night), understand & control their feelings and improve their waiting skills (taking turns and not interrupting). This app is designed to foster a child’s independence, positive behaviour, and emotional regulation at school, at home and in the community.
Cost: €7.99
Rating: 5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
Choiceworks App comes highly recommended by special class teachers and is a learning tool for helping children complete daily routines (morning, day, & night), understand & control their feelings and improve their waiting skills (taking turns and not interrupting). This app is designed to foster a child’s independence, positive behaviour, and emotional regulation at school, at home and in the community.
Cost: €7.99
Rating: 5/5
Book Creator
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
Create your own social stories by inserting text, pictures and sounds. The free app allows you to create one eBook. The full version allows you to create an unlimited amount of books, comics and more.
Cost: Free/€5.49
Rating: 5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
Create your own social stories by inserting text, pictures and sounds. The free app allows you to create one eBook. The full version allows you to create an unlimited amount of books, comics and more.
Cost: Free/€5.49
Rating: 5/5
Touch and Learn-Emotions
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This is a great app which allows children to explore different emotions by selecting images which match a particular feeling. Students can also upload their own images to match different feelings.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This is a great app which allows children to explore different emotions by selecting images which match a particular feeling. Students can also upload their own images to match different feelings.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4/5
ChoiceBoard Creator
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app can be used with children who are developing their communication skills. Choiceboards can be created using preloaded images and sounds. This app is customisable also as you can import your own images and sounds.
Cost: Free
Rating: 5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app can be used with children who are developing their communication skills. Choiceboards can be created using preloaded images and sounds. This app is customisable also as you can import your own images and sounds.
Cost: Free
Rating: 5/5
Feel Electric!
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This is an invaluable app which is particularly useful when working with students who find it challenging to express how they are feeling. Add up to four users to this app and use it to track how your students are feeling every day through a digital diary. Students can choose feeling words to describe their mood or can also create a Mood Dude to show how they are feeling. The What's the Word? feature is a glossary of 50 emotion words which are explained in child-friendly language. The Mood Tales feature allows children to customise different stories to reflect particular life events. Moodosphere allows you to see at a glance how a child has been feeling over the past few days. There are also a collection of motivational songs. This app would be very useful for resource teachers.
Cost: Free
Rating: 5/5
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This is an invaluable app which is particularly useful when working with students who find it challenging to express how they are feeling. Add up to four users to this app and use it to track how your students are feeling every day through a digital diary. Students can choose feeling words to describe their mood or can also create a Mood Dude to show how they are feeling. The What's the Word? feature is a glossary of 50 emotion words which are explained in child-friendly language. The Mood Tales feature allows children to customise different stories to reflect particular life events. Moodosphere allows you to see at a glance how a child has been feeling over the past few days. There are also a collection of motivational songs. This app would be very useful for resource teachers.
Cost: Free
Rating: 5/5
iSequences
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app allows students to sequence series of images in over 100 different situations including every day activities such as brushing your teeth and getting dressed. Students develop their logical sequencing and prediction skills through using this app.
Cost: €3.99
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app allows students to sequence series of images in over 100 different situations including every day activities such as brushing your teeth and getting dressed. Students develop their logical sequencing and prediction skills through using this app.
Cost: €3.99
Rating: 4.5/5
MemoryBlock
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This app allows students to develop their memory. This game involves watching a sequence of lights being lit up and copying the sequence correctly. The game gets progressively more difficult and there are a range of four play and sound modes.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This app allows students to develop their memory. This game involves watching a sequence of lights being lit up and copying the sequence correctly. The game gets progressively more difficult and there are a range of four play and sound modes.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Model Me Going Places 2
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This is a nice app which allows students to become familiar with different places that they might visit such as the doctor, the hairdresser and the playground by looking at pictures and listening to short descriptions of each place. Note that the narrator has a strong American accent.
Cost: Free
Rating: 3.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This is a nice app which allows students to become familiar with different places that they might visit such as the doctor, the hairdresser and the playground by looking at pictures and listening to short descriptions of each place. Note that the narrator has a strong American accent.
Cost: Free
Rating: 3.5/5
Action Words
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app allows students to learn and identify different verbs by choosing the image that matches the chosen verb. This app can be customised to include images and verbs that aren't already on the app. This could be used to develop language skills and to create social stories also.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app allows students to learn and identify different verbs by choosing the image that matches the chosen verb. This app can be customised to include images and verbs that aren't already on the app. This could be used to develop language skills and to create social stories also.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Sign S
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app allows students to become familiar with over 50 signs and symbols that they might see in different places and should be able to recognise in order to stay safe.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app allows students to become familiar with over 50 signs and symbols that they might see in different places and should be able to recognise in order to stay safe.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
ABA Flashcards & Games - Emotions
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This is a great app which allows children to explore over 20 different emotions by selecting images which match a particular feeling. There is a Learn Mode and a Play Mode for students to use. You can also add your own feelings flashcards by adding a photograph, a voice recording and text.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This is a great app which allows children to explore over 20 different emotions by selecting images which match a particular feeling. There is a Learn Mode and a Play Mode for students to use. You can also add your own feelings flashcards by adding a photograph, a voice recording and text.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Things to Think About
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This is a great app which is illustrated and narrated by children. Choose from over 100 thinking prompts to start a conversation, debate or piece of written work in your class. Categories include Classroom, Fun, Rules, Family, Future, Safety, Feelings, Health, Scenarios, Friends, Responsibility and School. These prompts can also be used to teach social skills, particularly the Feelings and Safety categories.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This is a great app which is illustrated and narrated by children. Choose from over 100 thinking prompts to start a conversation, debate or piece of written work in your class. Categories include Classroom, Fun, Rules, Family, Future, Safety, Feelings, Health, Scenarios, Friends, Responsibility and School. These prompts can also be used to teach social skills, particularly the Feelings and Safety categories.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Wet Dry Try Suite App
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app is based on the popular Handwriting Without Tears programme and includes formation of lower and upper case letters as well as numbers. This supports a multi-sensory approach to learning.
Cost: €6.99
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app is based on the popular Handwriting Without Tears programme and includes formation of lower and upper case letters as well as numbers. This supports a multi-sensory approach to learning.
Cost: €6.99
Rating: 4.5/5
Monster Hunt
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app could be used to develop memory skills. Children are shown where the monsters are hiding and then have to find them once the tiles are turned over. The game gets more challenging the further you progress. This app would be useful for developing visual memory skills when working with children with special educational needs.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app could be used to develop memory skills. Children are shown where the monsters are hiding and then have to find them once the tiles are turned over. The game gets more challenging the further you progress. This app would be useful for developing visual memory skills when working with children with special educational needs.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Little Finder
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app is fantastic for vocabulary development and could be used with students with Specific Language Disorders or ASD. It is fun, easy to use and child-friendly.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app is fantastic for vocabulary development and could be used with students with Specific Language Disorders or ASD. It is fun, easy to use and child-friendly.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Sort it Out 1
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Stores
Description:
The free version of this app comes with two free sorting activities where children can sort toys and modes of transport. The full version of the app has activities for sorting clothes, shapes, food etc.
Cost: Free/€2.99
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Stores
Description:
The free version of this app comes with two free sorting activities where children can sort toys and modes of transport. The full version of the app has activities for sorting clothes, shapes, food etc.
Cost: Free/€2.99
Rating: 4.5/5
Autism iHelp- Sorting
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
There are three free sorting activities on this app and further activities can be purchased for €1.99. This app is self-correcting as the objects pop back to the sorting area if they are placed in the wrong box.
Cost: Free/€1.99 for each additional sorting pack
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
There are three free sorting activities on this app and further activities can be purchased for €1.99. This app is self-correcting as the objects pop back to the sorting area if they are placed in the wrong box.
Cost: Free/€1.99 for each additional sorting pack
Rating: 4.5/5