You can watch us now on Autism Hangout’s excellent “Apps for Autism” Series featuring the wonderful Moms *and DADS* With Apps.
Please check out the entire series as it will help explain which Apps suit which needs and what device might be an appropriate first purchase. [read more…]
The following screenshots will give you a good understanding of how Grace App works and some of the functions available.
*The App has been updated* since I first wrote this post so please take a look at the “Guide to Grace App” as posted on 30th December 2012 . [read more…]
The following is a six step guide you can follow for using Grace App with your child or client. [read more…]
So what exactly is Grace App for? [read more…]
This chapter is particularly for tutors or teachers who have shown great commitment to introducing augmentative communication for their pupil, but are finding it hard to let go.
My message to you is from Parent Land: Once our kids get a little older, we do not like seeing them carrying a huge messy book with around on a twisted lanyard. We also hate the bent rings on the binder, we hate replacing lost or bent up sentence strips and lost or damaged cards.
Some of us may even get upset with The Book that makes our kids stand out as “different”, especially as their vocabulary increases and their needs get more sophisticated. We want our child’s communication to be as discreet and neat as possible. This is particularly true as we venture out into the “real world” where people may stop to look at our beautiful “normal” looking kids, and wonder why they have that big book on a strap.
Or when they are trying out Big School for a couple of hours a day – and they want to play with the other kids without lugging that thing around.
The good news is that the iPhone or iPod touch you gave us is discreet, cool and has endless storage for all the pictures we need to get What We Want Wherever We Go.
So why are we : Still Dragging that Book Around? [read more…]
If you would like a copy of the Grace App Manual 3.1 please email me lisa@graceapp.com and I will send you one for free.
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Here are some of the new pics we are adding with our next update. As you may know my “market research” is entirely based on observing my daughter’s interactions and she recently began leading me to look at things. Just to look at them. This kind of spontaneous sharing was miraculous and probably a lot to do with the iPhone videos we take of her preferred activities and entertainments.
So I decided I wanted to add a spontaneous comment sentence maker. My other research was based on what my friends told me their TYPICAL kids use to bring their attention to something. [read more…]
Gracie usually goes horse-riding at Festina Lente, after school on Wednesdays. With her favourite baby-sitter: Vanessa. Recently Daddy had a little bit of unplanned time off work, and we thought it would be nice if he went along instead.
But we didn’t want Grace to think he was picking her up from school to go for a walk, or McDonalds, or to the Supermarket. All the things she associates with her Daddy. So we did this: [read more…]
Grace App – FAQ 2010 and update information. [read more…]
