Why do I think these apps are great, and different from other apraxia apps? 1. The target words are designed to be engaging. Most other apps require the child to "work" and then be reinforced by a game. The Talk Tales apraxia apps have animated characters or action videos/buttons that are the target words. Therefore the target itself is designed to be engaging, reinforcing, and the game. 2. Each target word has a corresponding video of a mouth with cues of how to produce the target word. 3. The apps are presented as stories rather than "work" or "flash cards," and are therefore motivating. 4. Talk Tales: Simple Words has engaging songs to help with auditory processing and excitement about the target word. 5. Talk Tales, Simple Sounds has a movie that includes all of the words learned in each story (there are 3 stories in this app) 6. Each apraxia app has a corresponding free practice sheet to help children generalize targets outside of the app 7. Low price that is affordable to families and SLPs: $11.99 per app with no subscription
Who designed them and why?
The Talk Tales apraxia apps were designed by me, Vanessa Zimmer-Powell, MA CCC-SLP. I have been treating children with childhood apraxia of speech for over 20 years and am a member of the Apraxia Kids directory. I was motivated to produce these apps because I was on a quest to find something that would help young, wiggly nonverbal and low verbal children focus on the face and speech cues. To help the kids, I designed the apps so that each target word has a video of a mouth producing the sounds and words. This has been so helpful! The kids find the videos with the mouth and cues engaging, and can attend to the face. My colleagues and I have been using the apps at our office, and the kids love them. As of March 2023 they became available to the public.
Demos of the Apps:
Get the Apps:
Talk Tales, Simple Sounds: https://onelink.to/wj4hjq
Talk Tales: Simple Words: https://onelink.to/krth7m
Free Practice Sheets: Talk Tales,
Simple Sounds: https://www.talktalesbooks.com/download-simple-sounds
Talk Tales: Simple Words: https://www.talktalesbooks.com/download-simple-words
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