For some children, especially many on the autism spectrum, learning how to behave appropriately can be rather challenging. Individuals at The Developmental Garden acknowledge this fact and aspire to help children succeed by developing helpful resources, such as the Give Me 5 app. Give Me 5 is a social skills learning app available on both Android and iOS platforms. […]
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Camp Discovery: Autism Learning Games
Searching for an Android app to benefit your early learner with autism? Look no further! Camp Discovery was developed by the Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD), “one of the world’s largest organizations using applied behavior analysis (ABA) in the treatment of autism spectrum disorder.” Although Camp Discovery is designed for children with autism, all children can […]
iSEQUENCES: educational app teaches social habits and emotions
For individuals on the autism spectrum, learning social habits and emotions may be rather challenging. Over the past few years, several apps have been developed to help teach these skills to said individuals. One of these apps is iSEQUENCES, which is available for both iOS and Android devices. iSEQUENCES allows children to practice 100 different sequences about daily situations, […]
Finding Apps for Special Needs
If you are a frequent visitor to our blog, you probably know we cover all forms of assistive technology for individuals with mobility, hearing, visual impairments and other special needs. In more recent years, one of the more common types of assistive technologies include smartphones and tablets. By offering a myriad of accessibility options and over 300,000 apps, these smart devices have opened […]
Tiny Tastes: iOS and Android app for your picky eaters
For many young children, trying new foods (especially healthier foods!) can be rather challenging. Children may be turned off by a food’s appearance among other things. The creators of Tiny Tastes are aware of these picky eaters and have thus developed the app to help encourage children to try new foods! The app Tiny Tastes features a cute kangaroo named Tiny, […]
6 Empathy-teaching apps
For several children, understanding and learning empathy is very challenging. However, by learning about empathy, children will ultimately improve their social skills, learn coping strategies, work on positive behavior, and more. While learning empathy is difficult for many children, it is especially challenging for individuals with autism and other special needs. Here is a list of six different apps, categorized by age group, which […]