A certified Speech-Language Pathologist with more than 20 years of experience treating children designed this application to assist and support parents, fellow speech and language therapists, ABA therapists, educators and Teachers who work with children with Speech and Language Disabilities
The See, Learn and Talk application is specially designed to facilitate receptive and expressive speech and language skills. It helps individuals tackle language tasks such as understanding and learning various word meanings, verbs, following one-step directions, and learning different kinds of two-word combinations. This app uses moving animations and not static photos to demonstrate word meanings and one-step directions. This reduces confusion for early learners while making it interactive and easy for children to understand.
SmarTap can be used with typically developing children, children with speech and language delays, and children with autism who exhibit speech and language delays. It can help model, cue and prompt (effective and proven strategies used by speech-language pathologists for therapy) commonly used single words, develop vocabulary using common objects and animals and help children understand how to answer, “What’s that?” SmarTap encourages basic imitation, following actions and imitation and usage of multiple two-word combinations.
See, Learn and Talk.
The first five modules are purposely sequenced to facilitate realistic and natural language learning. The sixth module introduces commonly heard sounds with visuals to children.
Instead of just using static pictures, this application uses moving images with words. This helps children conceptualize words and phrases. This also allows an opportunity for children to see, learn and develop skills such as following one step commands upon request. These are skills that speech-language pathologists, parents, special instructors and ABA therapists strive to incorporate into their time with the child.
SmarTap can be used with typically developing children, children with speech and language delays, and children with autism who exhibit speech and language delays. It can help model, cue and prompt (effective and proven strategies used by speech-language pathologists for therapy) commonly used single words, develop vocabulary using common objects and animals and help children understand how to answer, “What’s that?” SmarTap encourages basic imitation, following actions and imitation and usage of multiple two-word combinations.
