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Neuroplasticity: Begin to change a life with dyslexia, ADD/ADHD, autism today - San Diego special education. Brains can change. Like a city can build new roads, the brains of adults and children have the ability to create new neuronal pathways; a process called neuroplasticity. On October 18, 2012, the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation introduced one of the nation’s foremost investigators in neurobiology, Dr. Dennis Charney. While Dr. Charney’s work focuses mainly on depression, anxiety, and human resilience to stress, his pioneered research has a major impact on children with learning disabilities, dyslexia, attention deficit disorder, or autism. In a video posted by Big Think on October 17, 2012, Dr. “One of the things that we have found in our research is that in general we don’t make full use of the capacity of the human brain…So, our research groups, subsequently of hearing about this, and other groups around the country, have now taken the task that through specific exercises we might be able to enhance brain plasticity or using more of the capacity of the human brain.”

Dr. Dr. IPads May Help Kids with Severe Vision Impairments | iPadNewsDaily.com. The iPad has the potential to increase communication skills in kids living with severe vision problems and become a "life-changing therapy" tool, according to research conducted at the University of Kansas. New findings reveal that Apple's best selling tablet device may have the ability to improve cortical visual impairment, a severe neurological disorder resulting from brain damage that prevents children from interpreting visual information. Muriel Saunders, assistant research professor at the University of Kansas's Life Span Institute, was conducting a study about how children respond to adaptive switches – a tool that teaches kids with disabilities cause and effect skills needed for early language development – when her assistant asked to use an iPad to gauge interaction.

"We gave 15 toddlers between the ages of three and four with cortical visual impairment an iPad to play with and were completely shocked with the results," Saunders told TechNewsDaily. iPads give special-needs students a voice - Local News - News - General - The Canberra Times. iPads give special-needs students a voice - Local News - News - General - The Canberra Times Nine-year-old student Alana walks into Hughes Take Away and places an iPad on the counter. Her fingers glide across the screen, flicking between views and pushing buttons before a voice from the device's speakers says, ''Hello, I'd like to order fish cocktails.'' Alana completes the request with a smile.Store owner Nita Dorizas asks, ''Would you like a drink as well?

''and Alana pushes more buttons. ''Yes. Fruit juice. Apps for Special Needs. These apps for special needs were made by the developers at Moms With Apps to assist children and families. We will update this list periodically. If you have feedback on the apps, please contact the developers as they are very open to collaboration. The descriptions below are NOT reviews – they are descriptions written by the developers. Abilipad by Appy Therapy, aka “the WRITE TOOL for the iPad” was developed by an occupational therapist to facilitate writing. The Keyboard Creator lets one design keyboards using letters, words, sentences or pictures with custom key sizes, fonts, colors and audio recordings.

ArtikPix by Expressive Solutions, ArtikPix is an engaging articulation app with flashcard and matching activities for children with speech sound delays. ConversationBuilder™ by Mobile Education Store ConversationBuilder™ is designed to help elementary aged children learn how to have multi-exchange conversations with their peers in a variety of social settings. Off We Go! See. DEECD%20iPad%20support%20booklet%20for%20special%20education. 6 steps to get the iPad into your child's special needs classroom. This post is part Eight of the Special Needs iPad & App Series. Almost from the day the iPad was launched there was an immediate buzz about the special needs apps that were available in the iPad app store. Apple quickly realized that the iPad was perfectly suited to enhancing the lives of individuals with special needs and created a special education section of the app store.

Websites and blogs sprung up dedicated to reviewing apps for Assistive Communication, Social Skills, Life Skills, Scheduling and more. The word is out that the iPad is an effective device to help your child communicate. Apparently most school districts haven’t heard the news yet. In this post we give you 6 steps to convince your school to provide an iPad for your child (make sure to watch t he videos below. 1.Make sure your child qualifies There is no point in making a stink if your child won’t qualify for an AAC Communication Device. 2. 3. Before you make the case for an iPad find out why your school isn’t into it. 10 Excellent iPad Applications for Teachers. With the iPad2 on the launching pad, it’s a great time to share this list of useful iPad apps for teachers from guest writer Paula Dierkens. There’s no doubt that the iPad is an excellent device, and if you own this gadget, it makes sense to pick up the applications best suited to your lifestyle and profession.

So if you’re a teacher, here are ten great iPad apps that you must try out: [Note to readers of this article! I conducted a survey in March of 2012 to update this list of iPad apps that educators like to use in their professional roles, so it is based on actual teacher input. The results are available in this post. I hope you'll click through and check it out! - KW 3/25/12] 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. By-line: This guest post is contributed by Paula Dierkins, who writes on the topic of PhD Online Degree .

As always, comments and questions are encouraged and welcomed. About Kelly Walsh Print This Post. iPads for Education | Case Studies | Ringwood North Primary School. 10 Great iPad Apps for Autistic Children | Vitamin B12 Patch. Education experts are raving over the Apple iPad , but not for its ability to help kids with their homework or influence secondary language fluency; in the spotlight today is the way Apple’s new iPad touchscreen device is revolutionizing the way we teach children with autism. Even small children like 3-year-old Hudson Holmquist, diagnosed with autism at the age of 2, are learning to utilize the iPad as a means of communicating with the outside world. Gone are the hourly meltdowns which resulted from Hudson’s frustration at not being able to ask for something or say, “I feel sad.”

Says mom Laura, “The iPad has given us our family back.” Autism, B12 and Your Child Approximately 1/110 children born in the US are autistic, according the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Below are 5 basic skills which autistic children learn by playing games and puzzles on their iPad: Social skillsFine motor skillsLanguage and communication skillsSensory skillsStress reduction Thinking of purchasing an iPad?