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THE IPAD, HELP OR HINDRANCE?
Marsha Threlkeld
Washington Initiative for Supported Employment
APSE presentation, Friday morning, June 29, 2012
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Where’s the Help?
AssistiveWare http://www.assistiveware.com/taking-pulse-augmentative-and-alternative-communication-ios
Project showed iPad helped improve communication, independence, and reduction in behavior or frustration.
Project showed the “professionals” needed to learn to use the equipment with participants.
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Staff: Help or Hindrance?Who needs the info and expertise?
Your IT staff do not have the knowledge of individuals or the work environment
Need direct staff, or one “go-to” staff in the field, and with job seekers
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How do we support staff to learn?
What have we learned about how people learn?
We can’t just place iPads in the hands of staff
Making time to learn Incorporating it into our own
practice but moving beyond that.
Just try it! Have a little faith, have a
little fun, have a little patience,.
Don’t try to be a perfectionist. Be a continual learner.
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Marsha Threlkeld, WiSe, [email protected]
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Apps vs Built in Features and Accessibility
Don’t get beyond the equipment’s built capabilities if you don’t need to.
Look at different choices in “settings”. Look at built in accessibility features. Consider ease or usability vs. what is built in. Consider using a generic app (Skype,
Checkable, Errands). Consider using a specialized app when it will
work the best for the person and get the best results.
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Built in Accessibility Features•Zoom•Large text•Speak Selection•Custom Vibration•Assistive Touch
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Making decisions on equipment and apps for individuals
Use a team approach Make sure the person is present Ask what the challenge is or what can be gained; what
do you want the equipment or app to do? Consider the environment the device will be used in
most frequently Consider physical needs and preferences of the person Consider engagement possibilities from coworkers,
family, others Realize you are trying it out and it may or may not work
for the person; be flexible Consider generic apps vs. specialized apps
Short List of Apps1. Touchtrainer, compatible iPad, iPod, and iPhone, $4.99,
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/touch-trainer-autism-special/id424128577?mt=8
2. Little Puzzles African Plains, Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.3 or later, free, http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kids-puzzles-african-plains/id438085328?mt=8
3. Pictello, Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.2 or later, $18.99, http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pictello/id397858008?mt=8
4. FirstThen, Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.2 or later, $9.99, http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/first-then-visual-schedule/id355527801?mt=8
5. Choiceworks, Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.2 or later, $14.99, http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/choiceworks/id486210964?mt=8
6. Yes/No, Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.2 or later, $1.99, http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/answers-yesno/id337470555?mt=8
7. TalkTablet, iPad only, $79.99, http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/talktablet-neo/id501190106?mt=8
8. One Bus Away (Local app), iPhone, iPad, Ipod, Android, free, http://onebusaway.org/
9. Penultimate, Languages: English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, compatible iPad ios 3.2 or later, $.99, http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/penultimate/id354098826?mt=8
10. Checkable, Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.0 or later, $7.99, http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/checkable-checklists-for-business/id440974561?mt=8Washington Initiative for Supported Employment:
www.theinitiative.ws
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More Suggested Apps TimeTimer, $3.99, iPhone, iPad, iPod Alarmed, free, iPhone, iPad, iPod Mobiletag, free A special phone , iPhone, $.99 FotoFarm, free VoCal, free version to try, robust version to buy Skype, free Talking Tom, free Flexible Counter Budget 101, iPhone, iPad, iPod, $.99 Dragon Dictation, free for iPhone and iPad Errands, iPhone, iPad, iPod, free My Video Schedule
Or use the old PictureExchange System, $32.99 on Amazon
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Evolution to the New Natural Video Modeling Video or multi-sensory cueing Video feedback Schedulers Alarms Skype and Facetime Informing what to do now, what to do
when you are finished, and what to do next
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Vancouver & Evergreen School Districts, Vancouver, WA
RFP to school districts, two chosen Each district identified five 2013 exiting students Ipads, cases, wheelchair mount to teachers and
students, iTunes cards for apps Pre and post surveys of students, families, teachers Weekly journaling from students Looking for increased employment rates, comparing
students with and without iPads Funded by Clark County Developmental
Disabilities
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Kent School District Transition Program, Kent WA
20 iPads, one iMac, docking station One teacher dedicated to technology Use equipment to do task analysis at
community based work sites Track and document student progress Create video resumes Share video footage with families Video of Tyler
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Cohort of Employment Specialists
10 employment organizations represented Each identified one staff person to join Each received iPad & iTunes card for apps Monthly cohort meetings for 6 months Share stories of using the devices Funding: Pierce County Developmental
Disabilities Interface with VR Technology Coordinator &
VR counselors Facebook page: WiSe Assistive and
Information Technology Project Blog
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Products by “Enabling Devices” http://enablingdevices.com/catalog/Adap
tedElectronics/iPad_Accessories/ipad-mounting-system wheelchair mount
Cordless super switch from enabling devices http://enablingdevices.com/catalog/AdaptedElectronics/iPad_Accessories/ipad-cordless-super-switch
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Cases and Covers for Devices The Otter Box
http://www.otterbox.com/ipad-2-cases/ipad-2-cases,default,sc.html
HandyShell by Speck http://www.speckproducts.com/tablet-ipad-cases/handy-shell-for-ipad.html
Or something basic yet protective http://www.speckproducts.com/tablet-ipad-cases/handy-shell-for-ipad.html
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Sites for Ongoing Information BridgingApps http://bridgingapps.org/ Teaching Learners
http://teachinglearnerswithmultipleneeds.blogspot.com/2009/06/ipod-touchiphone-app-round-up-for-users.html
AssistiveWare http://www.assistiveware.com/taking-pulse-augmentative-and-alternative-communication-ios
WiSe Assistive and Information Technology Project Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/#!/GoWiSeAT
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The Future
http://atcoalition.org/article/future-assistive-technology
Gesture based interfacing Cloud computing, sharing more easily More apps on more devices Better environmental controls Robotics for assistance More generic or universal solutions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQlLT
c9M7vA/
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