Name: Jacinta Grice

School: Hillmorton High School

City: Christchurch

Role: HOD Upland (Special Needs Facility for ORS funded students)

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Outline

• In school

• Out of school

• At home

• Interacting – social skills

iPads for life

Transdisciplined Approach

• Team approach and all pulling together for the common good.

• The teacher and families supports students to use apps throughout their lives.

• The SLT and OT supports all language and social skills

• The Physio supports movement and scheduling.

Apps we use

• Communication– Proloquo2Go– TouchChat

• Scheduler– Video Schedular– First Then Video Schedule

Apps we use continued

• Story making (photos with text and voice– Pictello– TapSpeak Sequence

• Language / Speech Literacy– Many available

More useful apps

• iPad Notes• iPad alarm• Recipe book

• After establishing the iPad as a tool we introduce leisure apps but it is necessary to establish the iPad is not for playing.

Places to find good apps

• DTSL –

• Spectronics – Jane Farrall

• Caroline Musselwhite -

Protection

Regular retail

Other case options

Kraken

iAdaptor for iPad

Suppliers

DTSL

Spectronics

Carry handle – with strap and stand

good for noisy environments as has own speaker

Viewing screen using Large TV