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Proloquo2Go is an AAC app that enables non-speaking people to express themselves and initiate conversations. This app can be individualized to meet individual needs.

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Our AAC app family has two new members supporting children and parents on their AAC journey.

Built from the ground up with an easy-to-use layout, step-by-step guidance and support, you can easily make communication with AAC a part of your everyday life.

Try AssistiveWare Proloquo and Proloquo Coach free of charge for one month.

You'll love how this symbol-based app helps users learn how to express themselves. Proloquo2Go puts the user's development first, with innovative features based on clinical knowledge and user research.

It's also one of the few AAC apps designed to support all users, from beginning to advanced. Completely customizable and designed for a range of fine-motor and visual skills, the app's versatility makes it useful for non-speaking people with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and a range of other diagnoses or speech impediments like apraxia and dysarthria.

Grow and develop

Communicate with ease

Core words stay in the same place throughout the vocabulary to aid motor planning.

Customizable folder organization. You can also create your own folders easily, based on thematic templates.

Designed for a range of fine-motor and visual skills with options like 23 pre-programmed grid sizes and accessibility settings which support scanning and Apple's VoiceOver.

Use it your way

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The app continues to grow with us, and each update brings only greater utility and reward. Rupert is seventeen now, and I can't see us ever using any other communication format.

Proloquo2Go lets you be you. Choose from 100 voices, ranging from friendly adult voices to genuine children's voices and bilingual voices. The voices are created using real recorded speech, making them feel surprisingly natural. For some languages, you even have multiple options.

Exploring insurance options for Proloquo2Go? We've got you covered.

Our partner, AbleNet, specializes in guiding people through the insurance process for AAC apps and devices. AbleNet works with ALL speech-language pathologists, regardless of their experience with speech devices.

Visit AbleNet's site or contact our support team and get Proloquo2Go the hassle-free way.

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Make every environment set up for quick access to AAC. These printable communication boards are handy to use across different environments. This is very helpful when the device is not available. Using core word boards means you can make AAC always available.
Quick communication boards (new!)
More words to communicate with. Read how to use the Quick communication boards.
Core word boards

Gateway to Language & Learning is an efficient core word vocabulary offering user vocabularies for children, teens, and adults.

Proloquo2Go has the CrescendoTM core word vocabulary built-in. The Gateway to Language and Learning© vocabulary is available as an in-app purchase.

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You'll love how this symbol-based app helps users learn how to express themselves. Proloquo2Go puts the user's development first, with innovative features based on clinical knowledge and user research.

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Language Acquisition through Motor Planning. LAMP is an AAC program that uses motor learning principles and a speech output device to provide non-speaking people with a method to develop communication skills.

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About the LAMP Words for Life® App

LAMP Words for Life ® is structured to enable early success and allow the client's vocabulary and communication skills to grow in a way that doesn't require re-learning along the way. Because this is a pre-programmed vocabulary program, Words for Life doesn't require extensive customization.
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Features to Support Language Learning

LAMP Words for Life ® has thousands of words to support robust communication. It allows the individual to put words together to say whatever they want to say, use verb and adjective forms, and add word endings to use language the same as verbal speakers. Having a robust communication system even if the individual is an emergent communicator, allows for words to be learned the way they will always be said on the device. It provides a pathway for unlimited growth with no change and relearning along the way. There are features in the app to simplify learning while maintaining consistency.

One Motor Pattern per Word

With verbal speech, a word is always produced by the same motor movement. That movement becomes automatic so we don't have to think about how to produce those sounds. LAMP Words for Life ® follows the same principal. Each word is produced by a unique motor movement that remains consistent whether there are 10 words or all words showing.

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Vocabulary Builder

When teaching words to beginning communicators, it may be helpful to limit the words available on the screen to increase success. Vocabulary Builder lets you target select words during engaging activities so the learner can practice the motor movement without visual distraction while hearing the word and learning it through a natural response.

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Word Finder

Word Finder helps you learn where a word is stored. For example, if you want to teach the word "thirsty" but you don't know where to find it, use the Word Finder tool to type in the word to see where it's located. Touch the picture sequence to practice the motor plan.

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Support & Education

We know achieving communication success is a process that involves much more than providing an app, so we have created a variety of resources and training to support you along the way! We offer support articles, video tutorials, live and recorded webinars on teaching strategies and app use, along with free email support and premium support offerings for those who want more personalized, real-time assistance.
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The Approach Behind the App

The LAMP Words for Life ® app is unique in that it was designed specifically to support the Language Acquisition through Motor Planning approach. LAMP Words for Life ® is a therapeutic approach based on neurological and motor learning principles that uses a speech generating device to provide opportunities to learn language in engaging activities by using a consistent motor plan to say words and getting a natural response to that communication.

The Center for AAC & Autism is dedicated to building awareness of the power of AAC to change the lives of individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities, who are challenged by limited spontaneous communication skills. The Center offers trainings on the LAMP Words for Life ® approach and collaborates with PRC-Saltillo to assure LAMP Words for Life ® meets the needs off communicators using the approach.

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Meet the App Developer

When you can't speak, life can feel overwhelming - but it doesn't have to be that way. Experience the life-changing joy of meaningful communication through our world-renowned, customized AAC vocabularies, assistive technology, and our unmatched training and personalized support. Trust our 50+ years of AAC experience to guide you to the right communication solution. Connect with us to learn more.

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Testimonials

See what people are saying about LAMP Words for Life ®

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LAMP has been life changing for my son! He went from being 4 years old and having less than 20 words to typing 2-4 word expressions within a couple months. He was so happy to finally tell us all the stuff he was thinking, but had no way to express. LAMP has given him a voice to express his needs, wants, emotions and so much more, just like other kids. With LAMP he fully participates in school and family life. I can't imagine how hard he would struggle with frustrations if didn't have his talker.

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- Tessa Hurd

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If you've never watched the scene from Mr. Holland's Opus where the mom had a heartbreaking meltdown over communication with her son-you would not understand the daily frustration and heartbreak we went through prior to LAMP. LAMP has been an absolutely life changing tool for our family! Our daughter has Robertsonian Unbalanced Translocation Down Syndrome, Dyspraxia of speech, sensory processing issues, and is mostly unintelligible even to trained or familiar ears. LAMP has given us so much hope for an independent life for our girl. LAMP has given us a way to communicate with our daughter and a way for her to give us her thoughts on what's happening in her day to day life.

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- Heather Johnson

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We did not find LAMP WFL until our son was 4 years old. Week after week after week of speech therapy and developmental preschool, and he refused to use any method of communication they tried. And then an SLP at his intensive feeding program brought me into a session where she had let him use LAMP WFL. I cried happy tears listening to him intentionally communicate for the first time in his life with what would become his voice. He had needed access to a robust language system, and LAMP WFL was able to provide it in such a way that his communication skills soared. When our son was able to start verbally speaking over 3 years later, it was with the consistency and confidence LAMP WFL had given him.

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- Jessica Savage

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TouchChat is an AAC speech output software that is used to assist in communication. It is easily customizable with a wide range of languages, vocabularies, and voices.

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Communicating with the world around you is challenging when you have difficulty speaking with your natural voice. Using the familiarity of iOS technology, the TouchChat app offers you a dynamic communication solution with easy-to-customize features and a wide range of vocabularies, languages, and voices.

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Communicating with the world around you is challenging when you have difficulty speaking with your natural voice. Using the familiarity of iOS technology, the TouchChat app offers you a dynamic communication solution with easy-to-customize features and a wide range of vocabularies, languages, and voices. Did you know you could get this app on a funded device?

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Clicker Communicator is an AAC program that provides word progression and the progressions are built using research-based core words. This program is easily editable for individualization.

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Avaz AAC is a communication software with picture and text based vocabulary. There are three levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Words are organized in a consistent pattern for quick access and motor planning.

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Every individual has the right to communicate and express themselves.

Robust and adaptive vocabulary.

3 different levels of vocabulary that can be personalized for the communicator.

Communicate effortlessly with Keyboard.

Categorize your favorite phrases in the Favorite Folder to communicate faster with your loved ones!

Easy Customization.

Add new words, record voice and many more!

Accessible everywhere.

Convert your vocabulary into a book that can be used anywhere.

Making Every Voice Heard.

Avaz is a picture and text-based AAC app that empowers children and adults with complex communication needs to express themselves and learn.

Expressing thoughts, whenever and wherever, increases their confidence in their abilities.

From communicating that they are happy to participating and learning in the classroom, Avaz helps with all!

Robust and growing vocabulary

Language plays an important role in conveying intent and communicating ideas. Hence, Avaz supports a robust vocabulary of words that can grow with the child.

Communication is not limited to getting needs met, but consists of various forms of expression - expressing feelings, thoughts, socialising with people around, commenting, asking questions, narrating, joking etc. Avaz encourages functional communication - the various purposes for which we all communicate or have an interaction with others, where the user is communicating spontaneously and with purpose.

Easy to adapt and personalize

Every child is unique, have different likings; so why have the same pictures for words for all?

With Avaz, you can easily personalize a word in seconds, be it for their favorite superhero or ice cream flavor.

Designed for the child, parent and professional.

We understand that every intervention is a team effort. Hence Avaz facilitates collaboration by offering different training modules and resources that enable the entire eco-system around the child.

Avaz offers simple, practical strategies that can be used at home and hands-on practice sessions which enable everyone to be a better communication partner to the child.

Designed to be accessible.

We believe that a device or language should not be an obstacle that restricts an individual from expressing themselves.

Hence Avaz is available across iOS and Android platforms in multiple languages.

Stories from around the world

Read how people around the world are using Avaz in their life.

Chitra shares Tarun's unique journey

Avaz became Tarun's voice in the real world in a practical situation at the optometrist.

Sara wishing her cousin

Sara lives in Romania and loves to communicate with her friends and family, recite poems using Avaz.

Travis found his voice!

Travis was given the opportunity to trial AVAZ, an and we were in awe with his success. Travis finally found his voice!

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Avaz AAC is a robust AAC app (Augmentative and Alternative communication) used for individuals with Autism, Down's Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Rett Syndrome, and other conditions that cause communication deficits

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Otismo is an app that features educational curriculum through game - based learning, speech therapy sessions, and an AAC feature. Games can be customized and adjusted for the child's age and skill level.

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GoTalk Now Lite is a customizable and free AAC app that uses the layout of the Go Talk device and the abilities of a speech output software on an iPad. This app offers up to 5 personalized communication pages.

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A customizable, free AAC app that integrates the simplicity of Attainment's GoTalk devices and the dynamic abilities of an iPad

Product Features:

A free preview version of Attainment's GoTalk Now iPad App

Introduces users to the flexible, easy-to-use, and powerful GoTalk App

Offers up to five personalized communication pages

Allows editing to premade examples of the Standard, Express, and Scene pages

Easy to upgrade to the complete GoTalk NOW App with the ability to back up or share pages and additional communication pages

GoTalk NOW Lite is available exclusively on the App Store.

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CoughDrop is an AAC software. CoughDrop is easily adaptable to the individual. It can be easily personalized and accessed across multiple devices. You can back it up to the cloud to use across multiple devices with ease.

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Let's help those with complex communication needs make their voices heard, using good technology that actually makes things easier and supports everyone in helping the individual succeed.

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Vizzle is an interactive and data driven supplemental curriculum for students with ASD. It is a standards based curriculum with lessons in all core content areas (math, english language arts, science and social studies). Lessons can instantly collect data on iep goals and objectives.

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Bridge the Learning Gap. Tiered, grade-level, and standards-aligned activities provide access for all K-12 students to achieve academic success.

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Unique Learning Systems is a standards - based instructional curriculum that is and can be differentiated and modified to meet individual learner needs. Materials can be used online through the website or through printed features.

News 2 you is adapted and accessible materials that connect students to current events. News 2 you is a symbol and picture supported online newspaper.

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Create a consistent, engaging learning environment

Unique Learning System is a one‑of‑kind solution designed specifically to help students with special learning needs master their state's extended standards. From one convenient, cloud‑based platform, educators deliver differentiated, standards‑aligned content enhanced by powerful assessments, data tools, and evidence‑based instructional support. Students from pre-K through transition have the advantage of consistent, high-quality instruction, a motivating interactive learning environment, engaging symbol support, and a path to independence.

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Easily maintain and demonstrate compliance

Administrators, teachers, therapists, paraprofessionals, and parents all benefit from the powerful supports within Unique Learning System that help them meet the ultimate goal: helping every student gain meaningful access to learning and develop greater self-sufficiency. Built‑in assessment tools and resources provide insight into each learner's knowledge, abilities, and needs as they progress. And extensive data related to that growth informs instruction and documents mastery toward IEP goals and standards.

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Simplify complex daily roles to increase educator satisfaction

Teachers, imagine starting the school day without the rush to create materials for multiple levels of learners, prepared to provide every student with access to their state's extended standards, knowing what standards that day's lessons will address-and how, and having clear insight into every student's needs and learning level to ensure they continue to progress. From one convenient and powerful solution, you can create opportunities for your students to succeed in school and life.

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Drive positive student outcomes across all content areas

With research guiding our work every step of the way, we help educators address the needs of the whole student from one easy‑to‑navigate solution that provides instruction across the content areas for pre‑K-transition. Students can chart their own course to academic success with access to extended learning standards and the same concepts as their peers in general education. And they gain pride and confidence through differentiated lessons that enable each to participate in rigorous daily instruction at the appropriate level with evidence‑based supports.

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Teach and learn anytime, anywhere

Like n2y's Total Solution, Unique Learning System is both simple and powerful-easily working with existing technology and seamlessly adaptable to future systems. Its cloud-based content and features reach students no matter where they learn throughout the day: in school or at home.

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What's Included?

A one-year Unique Learning System license provides:

Unlimited access for one service provider and 15 students to one grade band of differentiated lessons, and standards-aligned content for ELA, math, social studies & science, and transition. Designated to ensure standards mastery, grade bands include Pre-K, Elementary (K-2), Intermediate (3-5), Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12) and Transition.

Student View access from any location

Use of the powerful Goals, Preferences and Skills (GPS) assessment hub and resulting student data and reporting

Access to regular updates and additions

Time-saving, easy-to-use platform that integrates with other n2y solutions

24/7 access to our comprehensive Knowledge Base that shows how to use Unique Learning System, including Getting Started, FAQs, and support articles.

There are different levels in Unique [Learning System], and each student is on the level that [enables them to] achieve the maximum. We do monthly Checkpoints to see where they're going, and it shows me that when students need specific help, we get right on it.

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Unique Learning System is the #1 U.S. special education curriculum! Standards-aligned, individualized instruction for measurable student growth and independence.

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SchoolTube is designed to be an education based alternative to youtube. Every video on Schooltube is viewed by an educator. Students can create and upload videos. Teachers can create channels and organize videos.

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Unlike commercial video platforms that often host inappropriate content and are consequently blocked in most schools, SchoolTube has secured consistent access in classrooms nationwide. This is thanks to our rigorous safety and moderation process that ensures all user-generated content aligns with the educational needs and standards of the K-12 environment.

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PebbleGo is a standards-aligned collection of nonfiction articles specifically designed for K-2 students. These articles are packed with informational text, ready-made activities, and literacy supports for students of all abilities.

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A curriculum-connected, supplemental learning tool for elementary school educators

How PebbleGo Works

With just one simple username and password for your entire school, signing in for even your youngest students is a snap.

Your students are all set for simple, safe, and fun research that will develop a lifelong thirst for knowledge.

What Five Years of PebbleGo can mean for your students.

Georgia Brown Dual Immersion School's five-year journey with PebbleGodemonstrates that when a school is empowered with resources that support and share its beliefs, students are successful.

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We'll send you one email every month full of helpful articles, free lessons, and updates.

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Discover the go-to curriculum-connected research tool specifically for elementary school educators and students

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Nearpod is a platform that helps teachers create interactive lessons and presentations from scratch or use an existing lesson. Teachers can share lessons live or in student-paced mode. Teachers can also monitor progress and collect data on students.

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Nearpod: Foster a love of learning in every student

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Create active learning experiences students can’t wait to be a part of.

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KultureCity is nonprofit organization that helps people with sensory processing disorders and other disabilities find sensory-friendly venues. The app directs users to over 900 venues in the United States. KultureCity also provides sensory bags at the venue that contain fidgets and noise cancelling headphones for children and adults with sensory needs.

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Goally is a learning tablet for children ages 4-12 that helps them stay focused and complete tasks independently. The tablet includes over 20 learning apps, 100 video classes, and 50 built-in routines. It also has a calendar and chore charts for kids. Parents can control the tablet via the parent app.

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Hi! We're Goally. We make a Skill-Building Tablet for kids. We'll help with routines, communication, and much more!

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Gemiini is a clinically-proven program that provides speech therapy supports. These supports are in the form of videos, quizzes, and assessments targeted for learners with special needs. Gemiini uses a discrete video modeling method that focuses on presenting one concept at a time to teach speech, language, reading, and behavioral skills.

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For children with speech delay, Gemiini can increase language, cognitive, social, emotional, and motor skill development as an early intervention. As with other skills and milestones, the age at which kids learn language and start talking can vary.

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On-Demand Therapy for Special Needs Individuals | Gemiini Systems

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Gemiini is an online program that aims to develop the speech, language, reading, life, and social skills of people with and without exceptionalities. Learn more here.

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AutiSpark is a complete learning app for kids with autism. It was designed by experts to engage kids with autism to complete educational games, stories, and activities. There is also an extensive library of worksheets and workbooks.

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AutiSpark is a complete learning program for kids with autism

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Well-researched games, stories and activities

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We have hundreds of worksheets and workbooks designed especially for kids with autism.

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The app developed by AutiSpark for children with ASD is quite impressive in terms of concept, colour, content and graphics. The children with whom I am working, find the app very useful and they were interested to repeat the activities shown in the app. The parents of children with ASD expressed their happiness with regard to the app, they said that children are finding it interesting to learn the activities demonstrated in the app, children are imitating some actions too.

RAJESH RAMACHANDRAN

He is an award-winning Rehabilitation Officer who is a M. Ed in Special Education. He is currently working for the National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD), Chennai, India and specializes in teaching kids with Autism and other disabilities.

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What Makes AutiSpark The Perfect Choice?

Unlimited Learning with Fun & Engaging Games

How Are These Games Different?

These games are specially made by considering the various needs of kids on the autism spectrum, with the help and guidance of therapists. It includes positive reinforcement that kids need to learn and remember. These games are created while keeping the fundamental concepts in mind to help kids learn the basic skills needed on a daily basis.

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We usually say NO for the gadgets but when it comes to AUTISPARK App, it is highly recommended. This app teaches the concept in a very fun and colourful way where your kids never hesitate to use the app and learn concepts on the go.

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AutiSpark - Games for Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

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ABCmouse is an online learning website and app for students ages 2 through 8. There is a step-by-step learning path for different levels of learners. The complete ABCmouse curriculum, features over 850 lessons across 10 levels. Children can advance through their learning path by earning tickets and rewards.

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ABCmouse.com helps kids learn to read through phonics, and teaches lessons in math, social studies, art, music, and much more! For kids ages 2 to 8.

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Choiceworks App is a picture-based learning tool that helps children complete daily routines, understand and control feelings, improve their waiting skills and make choices. There is a Choiceworks calendar app, and a choiceworks lite which is a free version of the original app that can be downloaded as a preview.

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Bee Visual, LLC™ was founded to help improve the communication between children and caregivers. The Choiceworks and Choiceworks Calendar apps incorporate the use of picture and choice in a practical and easy-to-use format to help children learn social skills, develop self control, and complete daily routines.

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Dexteria VMI is an app that helps children and adults practice and improve visual-motor skills. It can be used to help with handwriting skills. The app includes activities that help users practice skills such as: visual figure-ground, visual discrimination, copy-build, visual-motor, and visual-perception.

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‎Dexteria VMI Visual-Motor Integration Skills

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Smithsonian Learning Lab is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex within an online and easily accessible platform. The Lab is a free, interactive platform full of millions of authentic digital resources. You can create content with online tools, and engage with the Smithsonian's expansive community of knowledge and learning.

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Learning Lab

Discover the digital education platform that connects people to Smithsonian objects, resources, and stories.

Collections by Grade

Explore some of our most popular Learning Lab Collections. Use them as a springboard to continue your exploration of the many collections available on the site.

Talk with Me!
Learn about your community and neighborhood. In this Toolkit, leaners explore different homes, shops, and people in your neighborhood and have fun with related activities.

Talk with Me Toolkits provide you with chances to talk with your children to improve thinking, vocabulary, and language development. Talking with your child is great-and research shows that the quality of words children hear matters more than how much you talk.

Talk with Me Toolkits give you ideas to begin conversations that are organized around a theme. The Toolkits feature videos, photographs, paintings, and artworks along with questions to talk about with your child. At the end of each toolkit there are more activities to do and books to read together. Go through this toolkit with your child and see how many topics there are to talk about!
This toolkit was adapted with a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services.

Links to third-party websites and videos are included in this Toolkit for informational purposes only. They do not indicate the Smithsonian's endorsement, sponsorship of, or affiliation with the third party or content of the linked site, including any advertisements that might be posted.

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

What inspires you? Get to know Alma Thomas, (b. Columbus, Georgia; lived and worked in Washington, DC, 1891-1978), an American artist and educator known for her signature painting style using bright colors and patterns inspired by nature. She became a full-time artist late in her life. Born in a time of horses and buggies, she lived through big advancements in technology, such as the space race and moon landing. Her art was inspired by the nature she saw outside her home studio, and awe for the exploration of our vast universe.
Get To Know Alma Thomas Use it in the classroom to teach:
is part of the Hirshhorn KIDS About the Artist series. About the Artist biographies are designed for kids under age 12. Modern and contemporary artists' lives reflect recent human history and events. Sharing these life stories and artworks can help kids see their own potential and better understand the world and their place in it. It is our goal to inspire future generations of artists, makers, and creative problem solvers-sharing artists stories is one way Hirshhorn KIDS realize this goal.
Art classroom: Color Theory, Pattern

Language Arts classroom: Biography

Social Studies classroom: 20th century

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National Museum of American History

In this playlist you will learn about how three of the first presidents shaped the executive branch of the United States government.

Start by clicking on the first tile in the upper left hand corner. Then move through the playlist by clicking on the ">" symbol at the bottom of the page. Look for the information and paperclip icons to provide more information about selected resources. There are 34 tiles in this collection.

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Educator Programs

Cultivating Learning is a professional development series where Smithsonian educators model teaching techniques for using digital museum resources to support student learning. This year's series celebrates America at 250. Programs are free and accessible to anyone.

Wednesday, April 15, 4:00 PM EST

Join Phoebe Sherman of the National Postal Museum to explore how postage stamps can be used in the classroom to encourage civic awareness and engagement. We'll examine how stamps can spark curiosity and deepen understanding of civics, American history, national identity, and commemoration by using thinking routines that focus on both subject matter and artistic design. You'll see how these approaches come to life with students and leave with classroom-ready resources and fresh ideas for incorporating postage stamps into your teaching practice.

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Wednesday, May 20, 4:00 PM EST

Join Nyssa Buning of the National Museum of American History's Spark!Lab and Carol O'Donnell of the Smithsonian Science Education Center to explore strategies for cultivating an inventive mindset in your students. We'll discuss the history of STEAM innovation in America and try an open-ended invention challenge that uses object-based learning techniques to encourage creative problem solving and support curiosity and perseverance, skills essential to inventors throughout history. You'll leave with a set of facilitation tools to support students as they develop their own inventive identity and become future problem-solvers. You'll also receive access to a newly released e-book from the Smithsonian Science Education Center, STEAM Innovation: Celebrating Our Nation's 250 Years.

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Wednesday, June 17, 4:00 PM EST

As America turns 250 in 2026, young people are writing its next chapter. Join a group of educators who apply interdisciplinary approaches to learning to engage young people in civic dialogue tied to their communities.

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The Social Express is an interactive, animated app designed to help children and young adults learn social skills by presenting them with various scenarios and allowing them to make choices to navigate social situations. It teaches skills like identifying emotions, reading non-verbal cues, initiating conversations, understanding social norms, and managing conflict through interactive scenarios.

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Social Learning Made Easy!

The Social Express® is engaging, educational curriculum for children and young adults with social learning challenges. The curriculum is designed to teach users how to think about and manage social situations, helping them to develop meaningful social relationships and succeed in life.

How It Works
Video Modeling on Steroids!

Help Zack, Emma, Sam, and Katie solve social problems! Each fully-animated, interactive lesson targets one of many skills children and young adults need to learn in order to develop meaningful relationships and successfully navigate our social world.

Who Can it Help?
Our innovative curriculum targets core social deficit areas that stand in the way of school, social, and life success for children and young adults with social learning challenges.

How Will Children with Social Learning Challenges Benefit?
As a safe, controlled, and familiar learning environment, The Social Express provides an opportunity for users to become more socially competent and have successful social interactions.

The Social Express membership includes the following:

81 Animated Interactive Webisodes
Flexible Teaching Plans
Pre and Post-Assessments
eBooks
Game Room
Printable User Guide
Offline Activities
Bonus Material - Enhance Social Skills Learning with our Original Songs and Worksheets

Potential benefits include the ability to:
● Identify feelings in others
● Understand the importance of "eye contact" (thinking with your eyes) in order to figure out what to say or do in social situations
● Read non-verbal social cues
● Identify appropriate coping strategies
● Learn how to start conversations
● Learn how to be part of a group
● Learn about the hidden rules in social situations
● Sequence situations and infer what will come next
● Figure out what to talk about with friends
● Monitor when others are using appropriate social behaviors
● Learn about using figurative language (idioms) in conversation
● Stay on topic when having conversations
● Watch social situations unfold and see how behavior can have negative or positive consequences

The Social Express is based on best practices and programs that feature cognitive behavioral techniques and visual strategies.

Terms of Use: https://www.brightenlearning.com/terms-of-use/
Privacy Policy: https://www.brightenlearning.com/privacy-policy/

Bug fixes for certain webisodes not being able to show correctly.

Social Express

This app is really good, however for 5.99 a month it is way too expensive since the content rarely changes.

The Social Express is a comprehensive social skills program which may be needed for some individuals for 1 month or 1 year until they have gained the benefits from the program. Therefore your monthly fee is to access the content until you no longer need it. You may cancel anytime. We give you the option of a monthly license or an annual so you have flexibility on how much time you need.

Susbscription-based apps are a no go

So sad that this is the "replacement" for the Social Express app I purchased, which was then removed from the App Store. This "replacement" equals similar content, except you pay into eternity to be able to access what you once had for a one-time fee. Those of us who used our dollars to purchase the original app (and it was not a cheap app) should have been given a LIFETIME subscription, since the app was removed from the App Store with little warning, and no recourse. Please fix this situation, the content is decent but there is a bad taste in my mouth...

Updated to make it one star instead of two. Your responses to people who purchased and loved this app before it became yet another subscription model are frankly rude. Gross.

Hello and thank you for your feedback. We are concerned that your complaint is not validated as you discuss the new content for the subscription, but you have you actually purchased the subscription? The original app featured 16 lessons, the new program has 81 lessons yes the original 16 are included but all else are new. Futhermore, we have created student logins and full data analytics to track progress none of this was part of the original application. WE do offer a lifetime discount of 50% off the new app should you contact us for the promo code. We had hoped our original app would keep working but ios11 killed it and many other apps as well.

Money maker

Back in 2012 I purchased the full app for over $200 and when I needed to update and get a new generation iPad and redownload my apps I find this one has changed to a monthly subscription and I was not allowed the access to even the version I paid for in full. To say I'm irritated is an understatement. It was a good app for me as a speech pathologist and use with many kids but I can see how if only one child the short lessons would not be valuable enough to justify the cost. That being said, I did use the app often but also can not justify paying a monthly subscription for an app that does not add new content often especially when I already spent so much to purchase in the first place.

Dear Jen,
Thank you for your review. You infer that the app was effective and you used with many students. That's a good thing right? The reason you are unable to access the original program is somnething that changed back in 2013 due to Apple changing their operating system which effected a lot of apps. Instead of investing into an update for the original program we decided to augement the program. We offered 50% off to past users for many years, somthing you never took advantage of. You mention we don't add new content, that is absoltuely false, since 2012. we tripled the content and added a full curriculum to the program. Something you have not seen as you have not subscribed. What is helpful in reviews is sharing with potential customers the efficacy of a program. The cost is irrelevant if your getting the results. We wish you the best.

The developer, The Language Express, Inc, indicated that the app's privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

Contact Info

User Content

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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The Language Express, Inc

Compatibility

iPad

Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.

Mac

Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

In-App Purchases

1. The Social Express Subscription Plan $19.99

2. The Social Express Subscription Plan $104.99

3. Add Student Slot $5.99

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Starfall is an online website and app where children can have fun while learning through exploration and play. Lessons and activities are taught through positive reinforcement to ensure children's confidence, and success. It is a website where any child can learn reading and mathematics through exploration. There are grade bands of kindergarten and prek, 1-2-3, and 4-5.

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Starfall Education: Kids Games, Movies, Books & Music for K-5 and above

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