Ipad - good apps?

DorsetGirl_2

I have been saving my Sons' DLA and am hoping to buy him an Ipad in the new year.

I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for apps for children? My son has ASD and LD. He will be 5 by then.

flexrider

Depends on what your sons into for hobbies, They are millions of apps and games now it would be hard to say this or that one. does he want it to play game apps as apple have so many to choose from.

sorry i could nto be more helpfull

Flex

DorsetGirl_2

Sorry I should have been a bit more specific

I want it to be a learning tool, but learning thats fun. He likes numbers so anything numerical. I have seen the proloquo2go programme which looks fab.

He has very poor motor skills so choosing/matching gaes where he can use the thouch screen would be good. I am not very technological minded - can you tell

Richie-from-the-Boro

- good place to also ask is here.

24skins

Great spreadsheet of autism-friendly apps;

https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AjbIta8OTS0KdHRMVWx0Q3pvOWRXRXBfd01jc3lqakE&hl=en&single=true&gid=0&output=html

If you are going to purchase an expensive app like Proloquo, do bear in mind that it'll work out about £50 cheaper if you buy several reduced iTunes cards (Boots, Co-op & Superdrug often have them on offer) than pay for it in one go with your credit card.

DorsetGirl_2

24skins wrote: »

Great spreadsheet of autism-friendly apps;

https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AjbIta8OTS0KdHRMVWx0Q3pvOWRXRXBfd01jc3lqakE&hl=en&single=true&gid=0&output=html

If you are going to purchase an expensive app like Proloquo, do bear in mind that it'll work out about £50 cheaper if you buy several reduced iTunes cards (Boots, Co-op & Superdrug often have them on offer) than pay for it in one go with your credit card.

Thats brilliant - thank you

flexrider

DorsetGirl wrote: »

Sorry I should have been a bit more specific

I want it to be a learning tool, but learning thats fun. He likes numbers so anything numerical. I have seen the proloquo2go programme which looks fab.

He has very poor motor skills so choosing/matching gaes where he can use the thouch screen would be good. I am not very technological minded - can you tell

You dont need to be clever or tecnologial minded as you stated as long as on xmas day the darm thing works then result. Thats comes from someone who is a tech i spent most of my days saying to people over the phone about computers and web sites.....Have you turned it off then back on again like the comady show the IT crowd. :rotfl:love that show

anyway back onto topic.Some people here mentioned some good software but i would personally just have a look round. Sorry i could not be more help but there are some great apps out there for your son.

Brassedoff

But you cannot put software on an iPad. It will only run apps. Tbh, for that money you can get a laptop with touch screen such as the ASUS. That way you get the ability of a touch, but a hard drive that will allow all the programmes plus games. At moment the best iPad has only 64gig compared to 500 to 1tb odd on a laptop.

DorsetGirl_2

I know I can put the Proloquo software on the Ipad.

He has used an Ipad at the SN unit he attends and he got on really well with it. It it a touch screen he needs as he cannot use a mouse. Would I be able to use apps on a laptop?

daska

Brassedoff wrote: »

But you cannot put software on an iPad. It will only run apps. Tbh, for that money you can get a laptop with touch screen such as the ASUS. That way you get the ability of a touch, but a hard drive that will allow all the programmes plus games. At moment the best iPad has only 64gig compared to 500 to 1tb odd on a laptop.

DorsetGirl wrote: »

I know I can put the Proloquo software on the Ipad.

He has used an Ipad at the SN unit he attends and he got on really well with it. It it a touch screen he needs as he cannot use a mouse. Would I be able to use apps on a laptop?

Unfortunately the best autism apps are often not available on android and the programs are often more expensive. Trust me I've spent a long time looking at them.

Also, if he's used to an ipad, it's probably better to stick to a single platform.

daska

DorsetGirl, you may already have seen some/all of the links below but these are the ones I've bookmarked as being more interesting
http://techinspecialed.com/appy/iep.php?s=home
http://www.autismepicenter.com/TEST/autism-apps.shtml
http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/16040613/ipads-helping-children-with-autism-grow-develop
http://a4cwsn.com/
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/finding-good-apps-for-children-with-autism/
http://www.aacspeech.com/
http://www.appsinmypocket.com/index.html

What might be good for one child won't be appropriate for another but I'm getting the chance to let DS2 play with an ipad over Xmas and the apps I plan to start with are 'timetimer', 'look in my eyes' and 'pocketphonics'.