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Autism iHelp is a vocabulary teaching aid developed by parents of a child with Autism and a speech-language pathologist. Autism iHelp was inspired by the need for specific language intervention tools for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder focusing on their unique strengths and difficulty with expressive vocabulary.
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Education Free John Talavera iPhone, iPad, iPod

Autism iHelp is an invaluable tool for your child with Autism when those first words just don’t come. The colorful real-life photos are presented in an easy-to-label format. 
This app includes several features:
24 real world photos; it has been proven that children with Autism respond best to photos as opposed to illustrations and are very visual learners. 
- 24 photos chosen based on established expressive language milestones are divided into three sub groups of eight.  With 24 photos, over-stimulation is less likely which increases the child’s ability to grasp the concepts at an appropriate rate. 

- Labels of all photos with the option to turn off the label as some children with Autism may be more drawn to the written word. At the end of eight images there will be an option to try again, aiding in repetition and drill required for learning new words.

- Option to have images presented at random or not, to additionally aid in generalization and concrete learning.  
When audio is selected, two voice options are available—male and female.  This provides the most realistic experience for your child.  There will also be an option to turn the audio off, which would prompt your child to use his or her own voice and spontaneously label the learned words.

- This app also includes two Learning Enhancement activities.  These learning activities are presented in a game-like format, and require the child to either match a picture to word given multiple word choices or choose the word that goes with the picture in a field of 4 pictures.  These games check retention of the learned vocabulary and integrate auditory and visual memory.  Additionally, you are able to track your child's gains through progress reports that average the last 3 performances of each learning enhancement activity.

Autism iHelp - Play app offers engaging pictures of toys, outdoor activities, and arts and crafts often used in therapy or school. 

“with Autism iHelp…..it gets better.”

Reviews

Masterpiece App that works!!!!
Betcha5211

This is awesome! It makes learning more fun and interesting. Cant get my grandbaby off this app once he starts working on it.


Intelligent Autistic App
Psychology Major

Like the "food" app, this also appears effective. As a psychology major who has looked into several research in autism, this seems a carefully thought and a well-conceptualized app. It takes sensitive consideration of the conditions of autistic kids, and it is optimized for the kids to fully understand the material. The sound that goes along with the visuals efficiently aids the kid to connect the concepts together. Ultimately, the material is also appropriate for the neurotypical kid of the same age, so there's no reason for any parent not to consider buying the app. Great job to the developer!


Needs additional controls
Rticul8

As a school based therapist ...the pictures are beautiful, but I need to have more control to move forward/ backward, return to the home page without having to go through all the pictures in a set. Maybe the paid versions offer more options, but I'm hesitant to pay and be disappointed. Hopefully that will be fixed on the next update.


Great app for increasing vocab
SLP4life

This app is really fantastic for increasing both expressive and receptive vocab. Its simplicity allows me to ask questions to my client while looking at the corresponding real life photo. Great for language difficulties related to autism or any other language delay.


Awesome app for the kids!
jess h baker

My neighbor told me about this app. We downloaded it for our little cousin. He got hooked almost right away. Definitely helpful for kids having autism.


Awsome Autism App!
macbook142

This Is Very Cool! Thanks You!


Really Helps!!
BlueAkinJess

Thanks for this app!! It really helps my autistic son to get better at speaking and talking. Thank you! Without this app my son wouldnt be talking!


This gave me autism
Reptillian43

This gave me autisim


Needs update
Nina11357

Love this app, worked great until i updated my ios, now cannot access it, please update to use with my students


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