Lisa G. Bardach, MS CCC-SLP

Communicating Solutions, LLC

Lbardach@gmail.com 734-973-9670

Patricia Nizio, MA CCC-SLP

DMC Children’s Hopsital of Michigan

Pnizio @dmc.org 248-305-7534

Mobile Technology Smartphone

Tablet

Restricted Tablet

Smartphone

iPhone

Android

Blackberry

Tablet

iPad, iPod Touch (iTouch)

Samsung Galaxy

Motorola Xoom

Restricted Tablet (not Google certified)

Kindle Fire

Nook

Why Go Mobile? Mainstream

Low cost

Proliferation of apps

What do you want to do with it? Mobile Technology Computer

Alternative Access Apple Android

Switch

Bluetooth switches

Switch thing for iPad

Switch

Bluetooth switches

Mouse

Head mouse

Take Home

iPads are not easily accessible in alternative manners.

If you have someone with significant physical challenges, especially with concomitant vision challenges, the iPad may not be a good solution.

BUT

You can’t put a price on independence.

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iPad

Single platform

$399-

Highly restricted

Thousands of apps

Android

Multiple devices

$199-

More open

Less apps

+ +

Cost Software Hardware

AAC

Articulation

Auditory comprehension

Categorization

Executive functions

Receptive language

Memory

Narrative development (written and verbal)

Organization

Problem-solving

Reading

Spelling

Syntax

Verbal expression

Vocabulary development (expressive and receptive)

Word retrieval

Productivity

Education

Games

Take Home

It’s not the technology, it’s what you do with it. Apps are just another tool in the clinical arsenal.

Clinical expertise, creativity, and vision are still paramount in making intervention effective.

September, 2008 5000 apps

October, 2010 300,000 apps

October, 2011 500,000 apps

September, 2012 700,000 apps

From Jane Farrall Consulting:

July, 2010 21 AAC apps

July, 2012 222 AAC apps

Averages 2.1 new AAC apps per month

How to get the right app to your client?

A strategy

A decision making process

The Client

The Functional Task

App Characteristics

App Features

Type of app or purpose

Types of activities presented

Levels of difficulty

Ability to customize

Cost (free or lite versions)

What level of prompting is available

Is performance data collected

Jessica Gosnell, MS, CCC-SLP

Children’s Hospital Boston

Debby McBride, MS, CCC-SLP

www.aactechconnect.com

Draft

Carole Zangari and Robin Parker

Jeannette Van Houten, M.Ed., ATP

Features of educational apps

App trials

App support

Ongoing, dynamic assessment

Take Home The more things change, the more they remain the same.

Feature matching still applies

While the iPad has rocked our current world, so have the personal computer, the cell phone, the Internet, etc.

Apps and potential apps must be approached the same way as every other therapy material.

Does this app do what I need it to do?

Is it working for my client and am I getting the results I want?

Comparing Parent-Child Co-reading on Print, Basic, and Enchanced E-book Platforms

Android Swype

Voice input

Dedicated Speech Apps

Speech Sounds on Cue Free Lite Version $149.99

Rainbow Sentences $7.99

Little speller First Words $0.99

Baby Flash Cards Free

Dedicated Speech Apps

Story Builder $5.99

Sentence Builder $5.99

Fun With Directions Lite Version $9.99

Articulate It $38.99

Apps for Creative Use

Pogg $0.99

Doodle Buddy Free

BrainPOP Free Subscription $1.99/month Explorer $6.99/month full

Answers:YesNo Free $3.99 HD version

Pictello $18.99

Apps for Creative Use

Toca Kitchen $1.99

Toca Kitchen Monsters Free

Real Animals Free

Scribblenauts Remix $0.99

Songify Free for 3 song styles $0.99 to $1.99 for additional styles

Counting Zoo – Mom It’s Me $0.99

AAC Apps

Speak it! $1.99

Assistive Chat $24.99

Verbally Free Upgrade $99.99

Predictable $159.99

MyTalkTools Mobile Free – Lite

GoTalk Now $79.99

Proloquo2go $189.99

TouchChat $9.99 Lite $149.99 Full

Sono Flex Free Lite $99.99 Full

Alexicom AAC Free Lite $40/month

Tap Speak Sequence Standard $29.99 Plus $49.99

Scene and Heard Lite Version Free $49.99

LAMP Words for Life $299.99

Apps vs Traditional SGDs Still need feature matching

12 Benefits of an all-inclusive AAC device

Dedicated SGD tablet – Nova Chat 5/7/9

Apps for Productivity

Timer + Touch HD $1.99

Typ-O HD Free Lite Version $14.99

Functional Planning System $4.99 $0.99 - $1.99 for add on video clips

Choice Works $9.99

Abilipad $19.99

Apps for Productivity

Evernote Free

Dragon Dictation Free

Apps for Evaluation

AAC Evaluation Genie $9.99

Percentally $2.99

Underserved Populations

ICU patients

Laryngectomees

Message Banking

Case Study 1

Case Study 2

Take Home

Reinventing the wheel can be an exercise in futility. There’s a reason the original works so well.

Trying to make an iPad mimic something else that has been successful can be really motivating, but it can also shoot you in the foot.

Just because iPads are hot doesn’t mean you shouldn’t consider other solutions.

Take Home

iPad vs traditional activity:

You don’t have to choose one or the other. Why not do both????