Special Educational Needs
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.
Dexteria Junior
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
The Dexteria family of apps have been specially created to aid children with developing their dexterity and fine motor skills. Three activities-Pinch the Pepper, Squish the Squash and Trace & Erase allow children to develop their finger control, finger isolation, finger strength, finger manipulation, pincher grasp, wrist flexion and hand co-ordination. The activities get progressively more difficult and it tracks a child's progress along the way.
Cost: €4.49
Rating: 5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
The Dexteria family of apps have been specially created to aid children with developing their dexterity and fine motor skills. Three activities-Pinch the Pepper, Squish the Squash and Trace & Erase allow children to develop their finger control, finger isolation, finger strength, finger manipulation, pincher grasp, wrist flexion and hand co-ordination. The activities get progressively more difficult and it tracks a child's progress along the way.
Cost: €4.49
Rating: 5/5
Dexteria- Fine Motor Skill Development
Available from: Apple App Store and Google Play Store
Description:
The Dexteria family of apps have been specially created to aid children with developing their dexterity and fine motor skills. Choose from different activities like Write It, Pinch It and Tap It which are a set of therapeutic hand exercises which help to develop fine motor skills. The app can be set up to accommodate both right and left handed users. This app was designed in consultation with occupational therapists and can be used with students with Dyspraxia and fine motor needs. The app generates user reports that can be viewed by the teacher or parents.
Cost: €5.49 (Apple)/ €10.99 (Google Play Store)
Rating: 5/5
Available from: Apple App Store and Google Play Store
Description:
The Dexteria family of apps have been specially created to aid children with developing their dexterity and fine motor skills. Choose from different activities like Write It, Pinch It and Tap It which are a set of therapeutic hand exercises which help to develop fine motor skills. The app can be set up to accommodate both right and left handed users. This app was designed in consultation with occupational therapists and can be used with students with Dyspraxia and fine motor needs. The app generates user reports that can be viewed by the teacher or parents.
Cost: €5.49 (Apple)/ €10.99 (Google Play Store)
Rating: 5/5
Touch the Sound
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app is great for developing an awareness of sounds and children simply have to listen to a sound and then choose the picture that matches the sound. The themes covered include animals, home, musical instruments, nature and transport. The app is fully customisable and could be used to add familiar sounds from a child's own surroundings.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app is great for developing an awareness of sounds and children simply have to listen to a sound and then choose the picture that matches the sound. The themes covered include animals, home, musical instruments, nature and transport. The app is fully customisable and could be used to add familiar sounds from a child's own surroundings.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Book Creator
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
Create your own eBooks and 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 eBooks and 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
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
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
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
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
Super Stretch Yoga
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app contains 12 different yoga stretches, each based on a different character. Children can watch short animations and simple videos which demonstrate yoga poses and breathing techniques.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app contains 12 different yoga stretches, each based on a different character. Children can watch short animations and simple videos which demonstrate yoga poses and breathing techniques.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4/5
Dexteria VMI- Visual Motor Integration Skills
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
The Dexteria family of apps have been specially created to aid children with developing their dexterity and fine motor skills. Children can develop their visual motor integration skills through two different activities - Match This and Make This. These are fun activities where children need to reproduce the images presented and develop their hand-eye co-ordination and visual discrimination skills at the same time. This app would be suitable for children with Dyspraxia. The Report feature allows teachers or parents to track a child's activity and progress within the app.
Cost: €4.49
Rating: 5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
The Dexteria family of apps have been specially created to aid children with developing their dexterity and fine motor skills. Children can develop their visual motor integration skills through two different activities - Match This and Make This. These are fun activities where children need to reproduce the images presented and develop their hand-eye co-ordination and visual discrimination skills at the same time. This app would be suitable for children with Dyspraxia. The Report feature allows teachers or parents to track a child's activity and progress within the app.
Cost: €4.49
Rating: 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
Small Talk Oral Motor Exercises
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app can be used with children to develop their oral motor skills. Children can watch a range of videos that target areas such as the cheeks, tongue, palate, lips and jaw. This app is best used under the guidance of a Speech and Language Therapist.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app can be used with children to develop their oral motor skills. Children can watch a range of videos that target areas such as the cheeks, tongue, palate, lips and jaw. This app is best used under the guidance of a Speech and Language Therapist.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4/5
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
Writing Wizard
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This is a fun app which allows children to develop their fine motor skills. It has lots of pre-writing activities and allows children to learn how to form upper and lower case letters as well as numbers. A great feature of this app is that you can add your own words so children could use this app to learn how to write their name and other key words. You can also create an unlimited number of user logins which will track the progress of each student in your class. The app offers a variety of fonts including the Jolly Phonics and Handwriting Without Tears fonts.
Cost: €4.99 (iOS) and €0.99 (Android)
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This is a fun app which allows children to develop their fine motor skills. It has lots of pre-writing activities and allows children to learn how to form upper and lower case letters as well as numbers. A great feature of this app is that you can add your own words so children could use this app to learn how to write their name and other key words. You can also create an unlimited number of user logins which will track the progress of each student in your class. The app offers a variety of fonts including the Jolly Phonics and Handwriting Without Tears fonts.
Cost: €4.99 (iOS) and €0.99 (Android)
Rating: 4.5/5
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
Sight Words
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This is a good app which allows children to practise their sight words in order to improve their fluency. The words are taken from the Dolch list and appear in 6 groups. One of the best features on this app is the ability to add your own word lists which you can do to include words from the class reader and words associated with the class or child by selecting 'Customize Flashcards' from the Settings menu. You can also record your voice or the students' voices reading the words that you have added and choose different fonts and colours for the words to assist the reader. There are two modes-Practise and Quiz mode which can be selected from the Settings menu.
Cost: Free
Rating: 5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This is a good app which allows children to practise their sight words in order to improve their fluency. The words are taken from the Dolch list and appear in 6 groups. One of the best features on this app is the ability to add your own word lists which you can do to include words from the class reader and words associated with the class or child by selecting 'Customize Flashcards' from the Settings menu. You can also record your voice or the students' voices reading the words that you have added and choose different fonts and colours for the words to assist the reader. There are two modes-Practise and Quiz mode which can be selected from the Settings menu.
Cost: Free
Rating: 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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
Cost: Free
Rating: 3.5/5
Put it Away
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app involves the child tidying away objects in different rooms such as in the kitchen, the living room and the bathroom. The app can also be customised so places such as the playground and the classroom can be added.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app involves the child tidying away objects in different rooms such as in the kitchen, the living room and the bathroom. The app can also be customised so places such as the playground and the classroom can be added.
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
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
A+ Spelling Test
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app can be used by classes from Senior Infants to 6th class so that students can learn their weekly spellings. Students, parents or teachers can input the weekly spellings and record themselves saying each word or a sentence containing the word. The app then creates different games using your spelling words including Practice, where your recording is played and you spell the word, Unscramble which is a word scramble game based on your spellings, Ace It and Test. There is also the option to review and correct any words that students have misspelled during the activities.
Cost: Free
Rating: 5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app can be used by classes from Senior Infants to 6th class so that students can learn their weekly spellings. Students, parents or teachers can input the weekly spellings and record themselves saying each word or a sentence containing the word. The app then creates different games using your spelling words including Practice, where your recording is played and you spell the word, Unscramble which is a word scramble game based on your spellings, Ace It and Test. There is also the option to review and correct any words that students have misspelled during the activities.
Cost: Free
Rating: 5/5
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