Did you know that June is Aphasia Awareness Month?!?! To celebrate – I was fortunate enough to be
provided with a code to review and one to giveaway for the Comprehension
TherAppy app! To learn more about
Aphasia feel free to visit the National Aphasia Organization’s website http://www.aphasia.org/.
As you are aware, I do not work with adults, only
school-aged students. So how can this app
benefit this population? Well if you go
to settings, you can put the app in child friendly mode (this gets rid of
vocabulary not suitable for students).
school-aged students. So how can this app
benefit this population? Well if you go
to settings, you can put the app in child friendly mode (this gets rid of
vocabulary not suitable for students).
There are 3 ways you can use this app (and various goals to
address for each).
address for each).
Listen only- a vocabulary word is expressed and your student
must select the picture that is being described. You can preselect the vocabulary or category
(nouns, verbs, adjectives). You can use
this to review the parts of speech and categorization as well. Once you student selects the picture to
describe an adjective “what is ____?”
“The ___ is ____.” To expand
utterances and to learn how adjectives describe nouns.
Read only – a word presented to read and the student must
pick the picture that is being read.
This is great for beginner readers.
What sound does it start with?
Which pictures start with that sound?
How many sounds are in the word?
How many syllables? Is it a
compound word? You can review vocabulary
the same way: what category does it belong in, what does it look like, what
part of speech is it, etc.
pick the picture that is being read.
This is great for beginner readers.
What sound does it start with?
Which pictures start with that sound?
How many sounds are in the word?
How many syllables? Is it a
compound word? You can review vocabulary
the same way: what category does it belong in, what does it look like, what
part of speech is it, etc.
Listen & Read- the word is heard and the student must
select the word by reading. This is
great for auditory bombardment of sounds, building vocabulary, and reading
skills.
select the word by reading. This is
great for auditory bombardment of sounds, building vocabulary, and reading
skills.
For all sections, you can select vocabulary and categories
or allow it to run randomly. You can
select how many trials will be presented, difficulty level, and can have
results emailed to you. The students have
the option to have the words repeated if necessary. When a response is incorrect, the students
have an opportunity to try again. This
is great for teachable moments.
or allow it to run randomly. You can
select how many trials will be presented, difficulty level, and can have
results emailed to you. The students have
the option to have the words repeated if necessary. When a response is incorrect, the students
have an opportunity to try again. This
is great for teachable moments.
Now it is your chance to win this app and try it out with
your students/clients. Remember this
app is great if you work with adults and children. Just switch the setting and you are set! Great for working on receptive language
skills at the word level! Build
vocabulary and reading skills!
your students/clients. Remember this
app is great if you work with adults and children. Just switch the setting and you are set! Great for working on receptive language
skills at the word level! Build
vocabulary and reading skills!
Not sure if these apps are appropriate for your
students?? You can now download the
language therapy lite app!! It gives you
a sample of all of their language apps: Comprehension TherAppy, Naming
TherAppy, Reading TherAppy and Writing TherAppy!!
students?? You can now download the
language therapy lite app!! It gives you
a sample of all of their language apps: Comprehension TherAppy, Naming
TherAppy, Reading TherAppy and Writing TherAppy!!
Get more information about this app o their website http://www.tactustherapy.com/comprehension.html.
