Parenting books, books that have autistic main characters, books about resilience in teens, and lots of holiday books for kids. I also have many lists of apps, like apps for executive functioning, apps for social and emotional regulation, and much more.
Math Apps With so many more kids learning at home or on a hybrid program, I am finding more parents frustrated at math. It’s just not taught the way we learned it. And, after several decades, it’s hard to get my brain to add and subtract a different way. (No! You carry the 1 dammit,…
Autism Apps It’s kind of hard to remember life without tablets and smartphones, but it did exist. When the iPad was introduced a little over a decade ago, it was revolutionary. And, the autism community and special education community were some of the pioneers in developing apps. Now, our disabled kids, regardless of their issues,…
Text to Speech This past year has had our kids accessing technology more than ever before. Even those who didn’t previously use Assistive Technology now find themselves with Chromebooks and other devices to do their school work at home. But, a new environment can expose skill gaps. When school information is presented in a different…
Mindfulness and Meditation for Kids We have a lot to think about these days. I don’t even think I could list all that’s wrong with the world right now. For one, it’s too depressing. It’s completely natural to feel overwhelmed right now. And, as parents, we often cannot let our true feelings show because we’re…
Social and Emotion Regulation Apps Did you know that there are apps that can help your child rehearse for social situations? Or help them learn to regulate their emotions? There really is an app for everthing. Including social skills apps. I can’t believe it’s been over a decade that we’ve been using apps with Kevin….
Apps for Executive Functioning After preparing this blog post, I plan to go back to the Google Play store and get some of these apps for myself. I can be scatterbrained, and stress makes it worse. And now having two kids, with their own schedules and sets of things to remember, it’s no wonder I…
Speech Therapy Apps Ever since iPads and devices came on to the scene about a decade ago, our kids have been benefiting from apps. If you own a device or if your child has one on loan from the school, now is a great time to get in some extra practice. Many times when I…