SpeechStickers
By Serious Tree LLC
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Description
SpeechStickers playfully motivates young children with significant speech delay to practice the basic building blocks of speech. It was designed by a professional speech-language pathologist who specializes in working with children with autism and motor speech disorders such as Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS).
Speech-language pathologists can incorporate SpeechStickers into their therapy. Parents can use SpeechStickers at home to reinforce and supplement the speech skills that their child is working on in therapy.
SpeechStickers should be played with an adult who can monitor the child's progress and provide appropriate feedback on the production of the speech sounds.
Speaking is learned through practice, although not all children acquire this skill at the same rate. Children with speech delay due to motor speech disorders such as childhood apraxia of speech need to be taught the basic patterns of speech through one-on-one sessions with a speech-language pathologist.
Once a child understands how to produce a sound correctly, hundreds of repetitions are often required to master the coordinated oral movements so that the speech pattern becomes second nature. The necessary practice can become tedious for young children.
SpeechStickers encourages and rewards kids for practicing their speech. The therapist/adult begins a session by selecting a target sound to practice. The child chooses one of the five character stickers, places it on the screen, and repeats the sound the character makes. The therapist/adult provides feedback and discreetly scores the child's attempt. Play continues until the child has completed a set of stickers, and the child is then rewarded with their choice of an animation.
- SpeechStickers targets essential early consonant sounds, M, P, B, T, D, N, K, G, S, SH and five basic vowels sounds, AW, EE, OO, O, UH in isolation and CV/VC combinations.
- The specific target sound to practice can be selected according to a child's developmental needs.
- The number of trials that a child must produce to earn a reward can be set according to a child's attention span.
- An on-screen progress gauge clearly shows a child how many repetitions they need to complete before receiving a reward.
- A “score to advance” feature allows an adult to provide appropriate feedback, models, modifications, and reinforcement for every sound the child produces in practice.
- The child is in control of their own reward and can select from a drawer full of surprising and amusing animations once they have completed their practice session.
It is our hope that SpeechStickers helps children find their own voice in the world.
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This app is designed to be used under the guidance and direction of a certified speech-language pathologist (SLP). Since motor speech disorders and childhood apraxia of speech are communication disorders, the most qualified professional to provide assessment, evaluation and diagnosis is a certified SLP. Parents who are concerned about their child's speech and language development should first seek guidance from a qualified SLP before embarking on any treatment or intervention.
What's New in Version 2.0
- Added 7 new consonant sounds! Joining M, P, and B, are: T, D, N, K, G, S, SH. All 10 consonants are available in isolation and in CV/VC combinations with the five vowel sounds.
- New phoneme selection panel to make changing the target sound faster and easier.
- Other refinements and improvements throughout the app.
iPad Screenshots
Customer Reviews
Great!
My preschoolers love this. It is so reinforcing, we are getting so many more trials now! cute characters, great voices, and fun animation. Great app!
Best Customer Support
I bought this app for my son who is non verbal. The sound was not working on the iPad. I sent an email at night, and by the time I woke up, I had received a response from Phil (yes, I'm using his first name). He was very professional, and we went back and forth with him asking pertinent questions, and giving me directions on what to try to remedy the problem. We kept at it, until one of his suggestions worked! All the while, I never once felt like he was losing patience, or getting irritated, or feeling like he was wasting his time with some mom. I sent the same email to the customer support of another app (which shall remain nameless) whose sound was also not working, and have yet to hear from them. I have only just started using it with my son, who seems very interested (major first step), so he hasn't gotten very far yet, but all I know is that , if you experience any problems, the company will not be A.W.O.L. Go Phil!
Cute!
Great app to help teach preschoolers and kids with apraxia how to produce sounds. Would love to see more vowels added - long and short. It would also be nice to be able to change the sound without starting the trials over (if "ma" is produced correctly the 1st time, I'd like to move onto "mu" but still have the reward show after 5 productions are scored).
- $14.99
- Category: Education
- Updated: Mar 05, 2012
- Version: 2.0
- Size: 19.3 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Serious Tree, LLC
- © 2011-2012 Serious Tree LLC
Requirements: Compatible with iPad.Requires iOS 4.2 or later.
