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The iPhone, iTouch and iPad, and many of the applications designed for them, are ideal for use by therapists seeking to improve patients' fine motor skills, visual motor skills, visual attention skills, etc.

There are a multitude of free and inexpensive applications available. Each week Angelia Wood, OTR/L, a therapist with Davie County Schools in Mocksville, NC, will review an app and its use in OT.

NEW! Dexteria Jr.

Preschoolers can practice fine motor skills with vegetables on the farm.

Music Sparkle

Educational access for students with extremly limited speech and motor abilities.

Highlights Countdown

A timeless classic goes high-tech to address visual perceptual skills.

Sentence Builder Teen

Sentence formation for the older student.

First-Then Board

Easily create visual communication aids.

Talk n'Photos

The perfect introduction to assistive communication.

AutisMate

Assistive technology for alternative communicaiton.

Read2Go

Assistive technology for those with reading disabilities.

Fit Brains Trainer

Language, memory, visual, concentration, problem solving, executive functioning and speed/reaction time ALL in one app!

Shape Up

Trace and fill in shapes to increase visual and fine motor skills..

Agnitus

16 curriculum based educational games and automatic progress reports.

Shape Race

Challenge your Puzzle Piecing Skills!

Wood Puzzle Maze

Address visual motor skills, visual tracking, sorting and problem solving with 17 different puzzles and mazes!

I Can Write 2

Combine handwriting and sentence construction with this free app.

Toca Doctor

Learn fine motor and visual motor skills while taking care of patients.

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Let's Tracing!

This is a great app to work with students on pre-writing skills.

MatrixMatch 1 and MatrixMatch 2

Develop visual perceptual skills by sliding tiles and making matches.

White Lines

Practice visual motor memory skills with the swipe of a finger.

Typing Class

Students practice typing skills in an app that offers four different interactive games.

Pot Smash

Take out aggression and relieve stress with this app!

Bob Books

Popular book series now in app form.

More Holiday Apps

Celebrate the season with these cheerful apps!

Holiday Apps

Play seasonal games with Santa and style his beard!

Left & Right

Two apps to help identify left and right directions.

Flow Free

A puzzle app for visual perceptual and tracking skills.

Thanksgiving

Celebrate the holiday of thankfulness with a matching game!

Picture Communication Systems Apps

Bingo, Memory and Word Scramble

Visual Attention

Improve reading, scanning, concentration, memory, attention and speed of processing all with one app!

Shelby's Quest

Follow critters on a journey to improve fine motor and visual perceptual skills.

Sentence Maker

An alternative writing method.

Carve-A-Pumpkin, Carve it and The Very Hungry Pumpkin

Spooky fun apps for visual motor skills.

ABC Clamp Monkey

Build upon letter and word skills.

Letter School

An award winning app for letter formation.

Tap the Frog

Executive functioning, eye hand coordination, activities of daily living and more!

Sam Phibian

Feed this frog flies and improve visual and working memory.

Little Stars Word Wizard

Spelling, reading and directional skills all in one app!

Toy Balls

Practice Eye Hand Coordination and More

Letter Writer Oceans

Upper case letter formation in a fun and engaging format.

Ready to Print

This app offers letter tracing with correct formation.

Skill Game Arcade

A visual approach to aid cognitive skills.

Practice Analogy Skills With Little Solver

This app offers letter tracing with correct formation.

Wait Strip

This app provides visual and auditory cues and praise for tasks.

Brain Trainer

Bringing Cognitive Skills to the Forefront

PDF-Notes

This app allows you to open .pdf worksheets on the iPad to write and draw on them.

Dyslexia Quest

Tackle perceptual skills with the Yeti Master.

Draw a Stickman

This classic drawing style entertains and addresses fine motor skills.

Find it-Match it

A visual motor app for children and adults.

Vision Training 1

This app increases the speed and efficiency of saccades or quick visual movements of the eyes.

Dexteria - Fine Motor Skills Development

This app covers three areas of fine motor skills: tapping, pinching and writing.

Sentence Builder

This app for expressive language can also have handwriting applications.

Two Sorting Apps for Autism

Reviews of Autism: Sort and Categorize, and Clean Up: Category Sorting

iLuv Drawing People

Brush up art skills with this iLuv Drawing app.

Stories About Me

Help students create social stories with this handy app.

Apps to Develop Reading Skills

TimeReading K12 and A Sharp Eye

I Owe You

A handy app for school-based therapists who loan out equipment.

Monster Hunt

An app to exercise memory skills.

Letter Reflex

This app helps children learn the direction of the most commonly reversed letters.

Touch and Write & Cursive Touch and Write

Make learning to write letters fun with these two apps!




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