Integrating iPad® Into Your School-Based Therapy January 31, 2015

Saturday1/31/15

1:00-2:30pm Integrating Metro Speech-Language iPad® into Symposium Your Kyle Epps, MA, CCC-SLP School- www.LinkedIn.com/in/ Based Therapy KyleEppsSLP

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iOS Which version of iOS do you have?

Fun : “i” Fact ! iOS is Apple’s mobile device operating system. Much ! Check out your device to see initially stood like the operating system on your computer which system you are running. for (Windows, OSX, etc) internet ! Settings > General > About > Version

! iOS 8.1.3 is the most current version of iOS. It is highly recommended to always update to the most most current operating system to ensure that you are able to enjoy all the latest and greatest features!

Find my iPhone, iPad, and Mac HIPAA & FERPA

! Be sure to check with your site administrator or School District to ensure you are following HIPAA & FERPA guidelines and protect student/client information. Always enable your passcode on your iPad:

! Settings > General > Passcode Lock

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Helpful Tips Cleaning your Device

Apple discourages the use of certain cleaning products on an iPad screen because ! Find out what is taking up the most space of an increased risk of damage. For users looking to clean the device, chemical ! Restoring deleted apps from App Store solvents and household cleaners should be avoided to prevent damage. Don’t Use: ! Taking a Screen Shot • window cleaners ! Folders • household cleaners ! Saving webpage to home screen • aerosol sprays My Preference: • solvents ! Spotlight search • alcohol Use an alcohol ! Siri to launch apps • ammonia free hand sanitizer ! Save/copy images from Safari • abrasive substances ! Air Print Additionally, users should not use coarse cloths to wipe off an iPad screen. Instead, it ! Restrictions - disable in-app purchases is recommended that the screen be cleaned with a soft, lint free cloth.

Therapy Line Up/ Multitasking Visual Schedule

! Multitasking tray is essentially a recent app history record. If First Then Last you open an app, it becomes the first app in the tray, etc.

! Double click home button, or 4 finger swipe up to reveal the multitasking tray. Swipe right to left to reveal all apps in the tray.

! This does not mean that all of these apps are running

! Swipe up on the app tile to manually terminate the app.

! Use iPad’s multitasking tray as a “therapy line-up” or Visual Schedule

Gestures Group Sessions

! Easily capture individual data for students in a group session. ! Pinch – Finger (4-5) pinch to return to home screen (exit app) ! Examples: WH Questions, ArtikPix, Articulation Station, etc.)

! Think about the position of yourself and participants ! Swipe – Left or Right with 4 fingers to switch between apps ! Consider iPad cases/stands/sleeves to facilitate easier movement across surfaces (table tops, desks, etc.)

! Four Fingers – To swipe up to reveal the multitasking tray

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Accessories Siri

! Use Siri in treatment sessions

! Have the student ask Siri a question … Lightning-to-VGA Siri can be very particular! Adapter ! Siri is compatible with iPad with Retina Display and iPad Mini VGA Cable ! Internet access is required iPad

Projector

Using Physical Objects with iPad Specific Use of iPad Apps for Speech Apps and Language Intervention

! E.g., Peekaboo Barn ! “Apps are poised to have a dramatic impact in a wide range of fields, from education to health care to retail and financial services....[Apps] represent something large and important: the advent of a mobile technology paradigm that may just be as significant as the birth of the web...[Apps] are just the beginning of a social and technological transformation that will have major implications for years to Image Credit: Consonantly Speaking come.” (Gravitytank, 2009)

Advantages of Using Productivity Apps Apps

! Productivity Productivity can be improved in countless ways.

! Therapy and Intervention Materials

! Social and Professional Communication

! Motivation

! IEPs

! Data Collection

! Audio Recordings

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Box Scanner Pro

! For the most part, exactly like Dropbox, but … Scanner Pro - $2.99 – limited sale price HIPAA & FERPA COMPLIANT!

Alternative: Scanner Mini - Free

Therapy and Intervention Social and Professional Materials Communication

! Many therapy and intervention materials are now ! Social and Professional Communication published electronically, and through applications on the iPad, these materials can be easily accessed. can be greatly improved through the convenience of an iPad. ! Electronic books and materials eliminate the cost of printing and are just another way to go green! ! As therapists, we are able to ! Some clinicians like to put all of their PDF workbooks communicate with students, parents, staff (e.g. Super Duper Jumbo Artic Book) on their iPad for and colleagues via virtual communication. easy access!

Social and Professional Communication Motivation

! Students love technology and they will be more interested if they are rewarded by using the iPad.

! General activities can be more fun using the technology, or educational games can be used as positive reinforcement.

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Motivational Apps Games as Rewards

! Try to pick games that can be “won” quickly, such as Arcade games

! Especially important in group sessions of more than two.

! Example: Fruit Ninja (with 30 second time limit), Where’s my Water?, PAC-MAN (one life, not all three), Angry Birds.

! Stay away from apps like Temple Run, Angry Birds Go or apps in the Games categories of “Board Games”, “Strategy”, “Racing”, or “Role Playing”.

Bla Bla Bla Lorenzo Bravi (2011) IEPs

! Sound reactive ! IEPs can be completed more efficiently with ! Great for cause and effect apps that capture signatures using a stylus allowing the IEP to be completely electronic. ! Vocal initiation

Video Free!

Data Collection Audio Recording

! Data collection can be much easier as you collect it on your ! Audio recordings and the video camera can be used to save device. Some apps have data collection built right into them a speech/language sample or parent/client interview. (e.g., ArtikPix). Others are stand-alone data collection apps.

Quick Voice Recorder Audio Memos

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Speech-Language Pathology Articulation/Phonology Apps

! Articulation and Phonology ! ArtikPix

! Phonemic Awareness ! Articulate It!

! Reading ! Articulation Station

! Language ! ArtikPix Levels

! Pragmatics ! Articulation Circus

! Fluency ! Speech FlipBook

! Voice ! Minimal Pairs

! AAC ! PhonoPix

Articulation Station Pro Articulation Test Center Little Bee Speech (2014) Little Bee Speech (2014)

Quick tips for teaching each sound 20 target words per sound position (initial, medial, final) Beautiful high quality images ! An articulation and phonology test Create custom word lists developed as both an informal Shuffle multiple sounds assessment and a measure to Flashcard activity Matching activity monitor progress in speech development. It was created to be Rotating Sentences (like carrier phrases) $69.99 1300 + Unique Sentences used as a supplemental 96 Level 1 stories with picture prompts and comprehension questions assessment in conjunction with 96 Level 2 stories with comprehension questions $49.99 standardized tests. In depth Scoring and data tracking for each child/student Group sessions (Up to 6 students at one time!) Voice recording and playback feature for monitoring responses

Phonemic Awareness Reading

! iBooks

! Kindle for iPad ! BOB Books ! I Like Books ! Sound Literacy ! SightWords Pro ! ABC Alphabet Phonics ! Reading TherAppy

! Cat in the Hat

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My PlayHome Language Shimon Young (2014)

! Preschool Monkey Lunch Box ! Story Builder Teach: ! Sentence Builder • Sequencing ! Language Builder • Following directions ! What Are They Thinking? ! Flashcards* • Labeling objects and actions ! StoryPatch $3.99 • Verb +ing and plurals ! WH Questions at School • WH questions ! Name that Category ! How? Fun Deck ! Naming TherAppy ! Comprehension TherAppy My PlayHome Stores

What's the difference between Pro Bitsboard and Bitsboard Pro? Grasshopper Apps, 2015

! Allows users to play 24+ mini-games. Bitsboard Pro:

! Large catalog of content which was created by fellow ! allows you to add multiple users SLPs, teachers, and/or parents.

! Easy to create and customize boards, as well as ! includes import / export of boards via Dropbox share with anyone via the Bitsboard catalog. ! includes web image search ! Within the home screen users can view self- $14.99 generated boards, or view/edit collections. ! offers bulk discounts for schools Or ! Easy to organize all these boards and collections by ! comes with even faster and more responsive email support student, class, subject, etc., and the search button FREE allows you to find the targeted board quickly. Tracking ! gets updated faster and more frequently than the free app progress is also available.

Monkey Preschool Lunchbox WH Question Cards THUP Games (2014) Super Duper Publications (2014)

$1.99 • Super Duper Secret Decoder – Students listen to the question and answer choices, select answers, and then slide 1. COLORS. This picky monkey only likes fruit of a certain color, touch only the color the Secret Decoder over their choices to reveal the correct they like to pack the lunchbox. Teaches colors, color names, and grouping. 2. MATCHING. Match pairs of fruit hidden behind the cards to pack lunch for this responses. monkey. • Multiple Choice – This game has two ways to play. “Answer” 3. COUNTING. Count off the fruit the monkey is looking for to fill up the lunchbox. game asks students questions, and players choose answers. $11.99 or Teaches numbers and counting. The “Ask” game gives the student an answer, and the player pay per 4. LETTERS. This monkey only wants fruit that starts with a certain letter, pick the fruit deck chooses the best question to go with it. that starts with that letter. Teaches letters and letter sounds. • Matching – Each student chooses a red question card and a 5. PUZZLE. This monkey's fruit broke into pieces! How odd! Put it back together for blue answer card. If the answer matches the question, the them. Teaches shapes and pattern recognition. player taps “Match.” If it doesn’t, the player taps “No Match.” 6. SPOT THE DIFFERENCE. (NEW in 1.1!) Help the monkey spot the fruit that looks • Drag ‘n Match – Students read the prompts, or tap the cards different, or is a different size. Teaches patterns, bigger, and smaller. 7. SHAPES. (NEW in 1.4!) Help the monkey find the fruit in the shapes. and listen to the prompts. Players then drag cards on top of the matching questions/answers to make matches.

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123TokenMe SpeakColorsHD 123apps4Me (2014) RWH Technology (2013)

$3.99 $9.99 ! Quickly add reinforcers/rewards to match students’ changing interests. ! Designed to encourage young children to imitate and use simple sentences using colors and photos of objects. This app is geared toward toddlers with ! Choose token type, background, and 1- 20 tokens for each behavior. speech and language delays, autism, Down syndrome and other developmental disorders. ! Set a timer to remind staff of optimum tokening interval. ! This app does much more than just teach colors. Use SpeakColorsHD to ! Collects key data to help make decisions. improve the following: - Receptive and expressive vocabulary skills - Phrase length ! Unlimited students- store your entire caseload! Work one-on-one, or with up to - Spoken sentences six students (iPad) or three students (iPhone) at once. - Speech/Articulation skills - Initiation and choice making skills for colors and objects - Fluency skills

Flashcardlet Social Language/Pragmatics Jeff Holiday Software (2013)

Make your own flashcards for individual students or ! groups Eye Contact ! Practicing Pragmatics ! EXAMPLES: ! Model Me Going Places ! Antonyms & Synonyms ! ChoiceBoard - Creator ! Multiple meaning words ! Custom Boards ! Vocabulary words Free ! Pictello ! Site words

! Spelling words

Fluency Voice

! Fluently ! S/Z Ratio ! Fluency Tracker ! Voice Memos ! Disfluency Index Counter ! Voice-O-Meter ! Disfluency+

! DAF Assistant

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Screenings Testing Materials

! Apps: Articulation Test Center, Common Core Early LinguiSystems Articulation Test Language Screening, Sunny Articulation and Phonology Test, Profile of Phonological Awareness, etc. ! Digital version of the complete Examiner’s Manual and the five picture plates needed for administration, as well as a ! Scan your current screening tools to take with you into the screen for automatically calculating standard score, age classroom and view them on PDF Expert or Dropbox equivalency, and percentile rank based on the student’s $99.99 chronological age and raw score.

! Create your own screening tools with Keynote ! Test items are administered by touching the screen to visually isolate target words within the picture scenes.

! Original, printed LAT test forms must be used to administer this test to meet the requirement of having original documentation in the client's/student's permanent folder.

CAAP-2 GFTA-2 Digital Edition Super Duper Publications (2014)

Clinical Assessment of Articulation and Phonology-2 ! Set to arrive ! c • Automatically calculate chronological ages and normative data (Standard Scores, Percentile Ranks, last spring and Age Equivalents). • Generate Phonology Scores directly from the ! Q-Interactive $199 Consonant Inventory data. service • Email or print summary reports. • Purchase and print Articulation Response Forms in-app. • Read the manual directly from the app. • Automatically Analyze Ten Phonological Processes

Custom Boards Keynote Smarty Ears, LLC (2015) Apple, Inc. (2015)

! A fantastic alternative to BoardMaker! ! Presentation app, similar to PowerPoint ! Select from a pool of templates in six areas: Devices & Switches, Grids & Boards, Schedules, ! Use Keynote to create your own Activities, Signs, Labels & Worksheets. classroom lessons or screening/ informal testing materials. $54.99 $9.99 ! Use in conjunction with Keynote Price Varies - Free with Remote using your iPhone purchase of new iOS device

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Tactus Therapy Solutions Language TherAppy Adult App List Tactus Therapy Solutions (2014) Tactus Therapy Solutions (2014)

$59.99

Common Core Standards CCSS and Your Apps Apps

! Using the Common Core Standards app: ! Make a list of your favorite apps to use during therapy ! Using one of the CCSS apps, identify standards that can be worked on using your speech app. ! CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.1b Form and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns (e.g., feet, children, teeth, mice, fish).

Standards Resources: Accessibility Settings > General > Accessibility

! APP-titude: Apps That Crack Curriculum Content

! 1997 ELA Standards

! California’s Common Core Content Standards

! ELA/Common Core “Crosswalk” Analyses

! CCCS FAQ

! Common Core State Standards Resources http://www.apple.com/education/special-education/ios

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Large Text

! Siri ! Make text larger in Calendar, Contacts, ! Voice Over Mail, Messages, and Notes. ! Zoom ! Settings > General > Accessibility > Large ! Dictation Font ! White on Black

! Speak Selection

! Large Text

! FaceTime ! Large Multi-Touch Display ! Assistive Touch ! Closed Captioning ! Siri ! Mono Audio ! Dictation ! Keyboard Shortcuts ! Messages with iMessages ! Multiple Orientations (Portrait & Landscape)

! Visual Alerts ! Onscreen Keyboard with Predictive Text Entry

Switch Control

! Settings > General > Accessibility -- Physical & Motor > Switch Control ! Dictionary

! Allows users to connect a switch via cable or Bluetooth as well as setting up the screen itself as one big switch button. ! Speak Selection

! In iOS 7.1, Apple added another useful option: to use the ! Safari Reader Camera itself as a head switch. ! Speech (AAC) ! Guided Access

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Guided Access helps people with autism or other attention and sensory challenges stay focused Guided Access on the task (or app) at hand. With Guided Access, a parent, teacher, or therapist can limit an iOS device to stay on one app by disabling the Home button, and ! Once enabled, you are able to: limit the amount of time spent in ! “Lock” a student into an app an app. You can even restrict access to the keyboard or touch ! Restrict touch input to specified areas of the screen input on certain areas of the ! Impose a time limit on an app screen. So wandering taps and gestures won’t distract ! To Enable: from learning. ! Go to Settings > Accessibility > Guided Access

! Toggle to “on”

! Set a passcode

Guided Access Selecting and (Cont.) Evaluating Apps

Begin using Guided Access: ! There are over 1,300,000 apps ! Triple click the Home button (iPhone/iPad/iPod). ! Touch “Start” in the upper right corner

To stop Guided Access (use other iPad functions, etc.) ! To date, there are more than 675,000 ! Triple click the Home button iPad apps available. ! Enter the passcode you created ! Touch” End” in the top left corner ! 20,000+ iPad apps in the area of education!

App Stats Finding Apps

! Colleague/Friend Recommendations ! 1,473,140 active apps (currently available for download) ! Search the App Store ! 69% are free! ! Google Search (e.g., iOS app for apraxia) ! 96.6% of all apps are $4.99 or under ! Social Media – Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, etc. ! Current average price: $1.39 Most Popular Categories ! Speech/Education Blogs – ASHASphere, Advance for SLPs, Consonantly Speaking, Speech Techie, etc. 1 - Games (312,025 active) 2 - Education (148,589 active) ! SLP App Blogs! – Appaboo, Speech-Language Neighborhood Source: 148apps.biz/app-store-metrics ! ASHA Leader – APP-titude

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Keyword Searches SpeechTechie: F.I.V.E.S. Source: Sweeny, S. (2013)

! Fairly Priced—Is it free or nearly free? This isn't always an excluding factor, but most public school SLPs don't have much of a budget! Keywords to search within the App Store: ! Interactive—Does the site use technology well to provide opportunities for students ! Preschool Language, Language, Speech Therapy, to make decisions, perform actions, and possibly create, or does it mostly consist of Speech and Language, Educational, ABA, Visual Skills, text? Articulation, Learning, Children’s games, Phonics, Autism, ! Visual—Using the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), does it provide a Animal Sounds, etc. Or Looked in Special Education multisensory experience that our students' classrooms might lack, or that bears repeating? Category. ! Educationally Relevant—Does it relate to topics, skills, or strategies that mirror or enhance classroom content?

! Speechie—(a cutesy term, I know, but it fits...) when a task analysis is done, does the activity target language goals specific to the students' Individualized Education Plans? Source: Epps, K. & Wingard, T. (2011)

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