iPad Apps for Special Educators

Category
Reading/writing*

iPad app (cost; company)

Comments

PCS (free; Mayer-Johnson)

Variety of vocabulary/flash cards apps; M-J well known creator

of picture communication systems

Abc PocketPhonics ($3; Apps in My Pocket)

Segmenting/blending exercises

ACT Spell ($3; Cool Tool Apps)

Vocabulary + motor/visual skills

Sight Words by Photo Touch (free; GrasshopperApps)

SentenceBuilder ($6; Mobile Education Tools)
StoryBuilder ($8; Mobile Education Tools)

Supports retelling/inferences

Story Patch ($3; Haywoodsoft)

Math

Basic Sequencing Skills ($1; Nth Fusion)

Alphabet, picture, and numeric sequencing

Super Why! (PBS Kids)

Phonological awareness

iWrite Words ($3; gdiplus)

Handwriting

Scribble Press (free; Scribble Press)

Book creation app w/50 story templates & various tools

KiddieCalc ($1; KeilaniSoftware)

Visual calculator face for number identification, simple

arithmetic

Counting Bear (GrasshopperApps)

Customizable

Park Math HD ($2; Duck Duck Moose)

Counting, simple addition/subtraction, sorting

Epic Math HD ($2; Geoff Becker)

Cash Cow Deluxe ($5; Chillingo)

Coin recognition and addition

Rocket Math ($1; Dan Russell-Pinson)

Assistive communication**

Proloquo2go ($190; AssistiveWare)

Offers discount to educational institutions

Look2Learn ($15; MDR)

Designed for customization in photos/recording sound

So Much 2 Say ($25; Close 2 Home Apps )

iCommunicate ($50; Grembe)

Also has capability for visual schedules, storyboard, routines,

and flash cards

Tap to Talk (free; Assistyx)

Can add pictures, photos, record sound

MyTalk Mobile Lite (free; 2nd Half Enterprises)

Social skills/socialemotional/behavior

iMean ($5; Michael Bergmann)

Word communication

My Pictures Talk ($5; Grembe)

Video modeling

Conversation Builder ($10; Mobile Education Tools)

Stories2Learn ($14; MDR)
QuickCues ($5; Fraser)
Hidden Curriculum for Kids ($2; AAPC)
Pictello ($19; AssistiveWare)

Designed for customization in photos/recording sound; also

supports print awareness

Turn Taker ($5; Touch Autism)

Model Me Going Places 2 (free; Model Me Kids, LLC)

Photo slideshows of appropriate behaviors in community

settings

My Day With Wh Words ($3; Touch Autism)

Social story/conversation builder

Calm Counter ($3; Touch Autism)

Touch and Learn Emotions (free; Innovative Mobile
Apps)
ABA Flash Cards and Games Emotions (free;
Innovative Mobile Apps)
eTom ($8; Pragmatom)

Theory of Mind

Comic Life ($5; Plasq)

Can be used to create social story comic/conversation strips

Strip Designer ($3; Vivid Apps)

Fine motor skills

Bubbles ($1; Hog Bay Software)

Uncolor ($1; ChristyBrantCo)
Fish School HD ($2; Duck Duck Moose)

8 different activities using letters, numbers, matching

Visual schedules/timers

iPrompts XL ($50; Handhold Adaptive)

Visual Schedule Planner ($15; Good Karma)
Video Scheduler ($13; MDR)

App can also be used for video modeling

Time Timer ($7; Time Timer LLC)

First-Then Board (DataNull Software)
Picture Scheduler ($3; Petr Jankuj)
IEP/data collection

Behavior Tracker Pro ($30; Marz)

Video/audio recording, charting/graphing

Skill Tracker Pro

Miscellaneous

SymTrend ADL ($11; SymTrend)

Tracks activities of daily living to identify challenge areas

No More Meltdowns ($11; SymTrend)

Identifies potential precursors of problem behaviors

iReward ($5; Grembe)

Star chart/token board

See.Touch.Learn (free; Brain Parade)

Variety of libraries w/lessons for picture communication/ABA

programs

Flashcards Creator (free; NAHLA)

Idea Sketch (free; Nosleep Software)

Create concept maps/flowcharts

*There is also a variety of interactive books that support fluency.

**There are currently over 100 apps designed to support communication for students who are nonverbal or have communication difficulties; see
http://appsforaac.net/applist.
App collections (not included above):
Anusen (http://www.anusen.com/) about 10 different education apps focusing primarily on reading and math (Math Magic, Match Magic, Word
Magic)
Super Duper (http://www.superduperinc.com/apps/apple.aspx) about 2 dozen apps designed as a collection; includes apps for data tracking, reading
(homophones, plurals, irregular verbs), social/emotional development, problem solving, inferences.
Conover (http://a4cwsn.com/the-conover-company/) apps designed to work with Functional Skills software, including communication, money,
community settings, social skills, reading/language, personal care; extensive library of videos/photos
Additional resource: SNApps4kids.com is a community sponsored by Easter Seals thats a great portal for finding apps suitable for use with students
with special needs in a variety of categories.