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My Words - S

iOS Universal

This app helps your children learn their first words with touch of finger. The words included in this app are from sight words list suggested by special needs education teachers.
‘My Words’ app utilizes ABA method of intervention delivery to children with developmental disabilities, special education needs or Autism.

This app is part of iLearnNEarn App series and is organized into multiple Learn & Play sections. Each section has pictures as visual prompts.

Here is how the app progresses -
STEP1 – Training –The sight words are displayed one at a time with audio prompt.

STEP 2 – DT/Play - The Play part of a LEARN & PLAY section works like this –

* Each screen displays visual prompt for the sight word and distracters.

* Whenchild touches prompted word, the response is recorded as correct.

STEP 3 – Reward - Each correct response is rewarded with an animation.

ABA & iLearnNEarn App Series
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As we know, the recommendation of 40 hours per week of ABA programming as employed by Lovaas’s study has been cited by many parents as being vital to their child’s success. The National Research Council’s 2001 report (p. 184) summarizes the skills necessary for implementing an effective ABA program as:
“Teachers must be familiar with theory and research concerning best practices for children with autistic spectrum disorders, including methods of applied behavior analysis, naturalistic learning, incidental teaching, assistive technology, socialization, communication, inclusion, adaptation of the environment, language interventions, assessment, and the effective use of data collection systems. Specific problems in generalization and maintenance of behaviors also affect the need for training in methods of teaching children with autistic spectrum disorders. The wide range of IQ scores and verbal skills associated with autistic spectrum disorders, from profound mental retardation and severe language impairments to superior intelligence make the need for training of personnel even greater.”

iLearnNEarn offers series of apps based on ABA which help parents and teachers with minimum knowledge of theory. These apps provide supplemental intervention and are delivered through mobile device, tablets and iPads. It also helps introduce generalization in different settings.

The content is reviewed and approved by the expert educators and researchers from the Autism industry and are based on ABA therapy (the only scientifically-validated treatment for children with developmental disabilities, special education needs or autism).

This app records score information for progress tracking and analysis purposes. Recorded scores are also used for customization of the assignment of the new educational material delivered through the app as the user progresses with the targeted skills.

What's new

. The animations now total up to 55, which will add more fun to learning and not allow the child to get bored.

. We have new and improved background themes

· Auto registration : Now, a user can access app features and contents without registration

· Optional profile creation for normal user and mandatory for In App users