Enhancing Communication with the iPad - Tips and Tricks for Special Ed and Speech Pathology
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Enhancing Communication with the iPad Brittany Lehane M.S., CCC-SLP Co-Founder Everyday Speech
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Update: Check out our eBook - "The Ultimate Guide to the iPad for Speech Pathology and Special Education", which covers these topics and more! http://bit.ly/UltimateGuideSpEd Slide Deck from 4/18/14 training at Carver Public library. Enhancing Communication with the iPad - goes over iPad tips and tricks for use in special education, speech language pathology, and other support locations for children and adults. This presentation goes over general iPad tips and tricks, special ed specific tips, and apps for both communication and the visually impaired.
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Enhancing Communication with the iPad
Brittany Lehane M.S., CCC-SLPCo-Founder Everyday Speech
Accessibility Features Tips and Tricks with iPad Apps for Vision Apps for Communication Using technology to enhance communication Let’s be Social Raffle for free apps
Overview
Start in General
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Accessibility: Vision Hearing Learning Physical & Motor
Accessibility Features
Bluetooth braille keyboard works with the iPad
http://www.apple.com/accessibility/ios/braille-display.html
this site gives you info and list of companies that make the keyboards, pair in settings, use with Voice Over
Braille Keyboards
iPad Tips- Guided Access
Tap the microphone button on the iPad's on-screen keyboard Talk Tap the done button to stop. iPad will turn your speech into words on the
screen. Voice dictation isn't perfect, so you may need to make a few adjustments before getting it right.
iPad Voice Dictation Keywords: "Period" "Question Mark” "New Paragraph" "Exclamation Point” "Comma" "Colon” "Semi-Colon” "Quote" and "Unquote” "Slash". The "/" symbol "Asterisk". The "*" symbol "Ampersand". The "&" symbol "At Sign"
Dictation
General settings>>Restrictions
Disable the use of the internet, camera, Facetime, iTunes store, installing apps, deleting app, and in-app purchases
Control the rating of music, movies, TV, apps, and websites
Hint – click on Websites under the heading Allowed Content and then click on Specific Websites Only, a pre-set list of kids websites such as discovery kids, Disney, PBS, and more come up. This is a quick way to ensure that your children only go to educational and kid friendly sites.
Restrictions
Go through list Demo on iPad
Apps for Vision
Let’s be Social Bitsboard- create/edit and share boards,
flashcards and games (free) SoundingBrd- made by AbleNet, add/edit
boards, buy more, scan/color contrast in settings (free)
Choiceworks ($6.99) make schedules, timers, express feelings
ChoiceBoard Creator- (free) settings, make own
App Tracker- collection of free or on sale apps
Apps for Communication
AAC= Alternative and Augmentative Communication
Any way to support or provide a way of communicating with the use of something else
High and Low tech
Intro to AAC
Follow hierarchy of use 1. Basic- exploring 2. Cause & Effect 3. Advanced- scanning/selecting
Switch Accessible Sites
Record many messages on it
Hit to play back Great for daily
routines Game, craft, cooking
activities Relaying messages to
other Telling jokes
Step by Step Communicator
Connects switch to any electronic
Allows switch user to control
Great for cooking activities
Basic toys or music
Powerlink
How to use our app: Works with VoiceOver, has text to speech Customized lessons Making your own lesson- going to the movies
Suggestions : Lessons on social interactions for blind teens
(making eye contact) Group homes make story about activities they
do-going to the movies If anyone has the app can make lessons now
Walk through Let’s be Social
2 apps to giveaway VoiceDream and Let’s be Social
To redeem promo codes: App store Redeem Type in code
Raffle
