Specific Speech and Language Impairment
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.
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
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
Sleepy Cat Prepositions
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This is a child-friendly app which teaches children about prepositions through a story about a sleepy cat. Children need to listen to the instructions and help Sleepy Cat to find a comfortable place to sleep. This app is suitable for children in Junior and Senior Infants.
Rating: 4/5
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This is a child-friendly app which teaches children about prepositions through a story about a sleepy cat. Children need to listen to the instructions and help Sleepy Cat to find a comfortable place to sleep. This app is suitable for children in Junior and Senior Infants.
Rating: 4/5
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
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
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
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
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
Collins Big Cat: It Was a Cold, Dark Night
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This gorgeous app could be used by Junior Infants to 2nd Class. It is based on the Collins Big Cat book called "It Was a Cold, Dark Night." It has three main uses: it can be listened to as an eBook, children can read the story to themselves or children can create their own story using images and characters associated with autumn. Junior and Senior Infants could create an autumnal scene and record their voice to tell their story, while 1st and 2nd Class students could add text to make their own story. There is also a built in word bank that children can use when writing their story. This is a great app to develop reading, writing and oral language skills.
Cost: Free
Rating: 5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This gorgeous app could be used by Junior Infants to 2nd Class. It is based on the Collins Big Cat book called "It Was a Cold, Dark Night." It has three main uses: it can be listened to as an eBook, children can read the story to themselves or children can create their own story using images and characters associated with autumn. Junior and Senior Infants could create an autumnal scene and record their voice to tell their story, while 1st and 2nd Class students could add text to make their own story. There is also a built in word bank that children can use when writing their story. This is a great app to develop reading, writing and oral language skills.
Cost: Free
Rating: 5/5