ConversationBuilderTeen
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | $19.99 | Mobile Education Store LLC | iPad |
Winner - 2012 Best Teaching App by TeachHub.com
Winner - 2012 4th Best Speech Therapy App by Let's Talk SLP
Winner - 2012 Best Social Skills App by Tech in Special Ed
Winner - 2012 Best Special Needs App by Teachers With Apps
Finalist - 2012 Best Special Needs App by SmartAppsForKids
ConversationBuilderTeen is a teen version of the popular and award winning ConversationBuilder virtual conversation simulator. It is designed to help teenaged children learn how to have multi-exchange conversations with their peers in a variety of social settings. The auditory pattern of conversation is presented in a visual format to help students recognize and master the flow of conversation.
Students learn when it is appropriate to introduce themselves, ask questions, make observations and change the subject of the conversation. They will also learn how to recognize sarcasm and how to respond when someone is bullying them or someone around them.
The student will be asked to initiate conversation, respond to conversations initiated by others or participate in group conversations. Students will be guided through conversations and allowed to record and save their conversations for later playback and study. Conversations are grouped into eight themes. The themes are school, relationship, sports, entertainment, bullying, sarcasm, clothes, and summer.
Being able to converse with peers is the cornerstone of developing relationships, and ConversationBuilderTeen™ promotes development of this skill in a fun and engaging way.
Features
- Over 300 conversations
- 8 conversation themes - School, Relationship, Sports, Entertainment, Bullying, Sarcasm, Clothes, and Summer
- Visual interface to learn the pattern of conversation
- Students record their half of the conversation
- Group and one-on-one conversation settings
- Student may import photos into the group conversations
- Student can initiate or respond to conversations
- Student recordings are interlaced with pre-recorded audio to create complete conversations
- Real time history allows student to replay every segment of a conversation
- Conversations may be archived and emailed
- Parental controls to lock out some conversations
LANGUAGES
- English
REQUIREMENTS
- Compatible with iPad
- Requires 5.1 software update
ConversationBuilderTeen is part of "The Builder Series" of award winning education apps. Mobile Education Store has won over 40 app awards and has been named educational developer of the year in 2011 and 2012.
Mobile Education Tools is a member of Moms with Apps, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families.
Recommended Ages: 10-17
Categories: Special Needs
Reviews
Love it!
fortheheckofit
If you like the original conversation builder app, you will love this one! I like the specific feedback that is given when an inappropriate choice is selected from the set of choices in the scripted conversations. It definitely seems to be geared towards boys (from affluent families) though, based on the conversations I have explored so far, but it would still be very useful for girls as well.
This is AWESOME!!!
PrayerOfFaith
This is an amazing APP for Special Needs Teens! My Son (13) has done so well with this app. Being 13 with a great verbal ability and only a 1st grade Reading level, this app made it possible for him to feel like a big kid for the first time ever. conversation Builder Teen is a miracle for him! This is not a "baby" app, yet it reads the choices for him! Thank you so very much for making this app!!!! We are so grateful!!!!
Relevant and comprehensive
hs2ak
This app is well thought out, covering a wide variety of topics relevant to teens who struggle with the social pragmatics of conversing with their peers. I had the opportunity to try this app with my pre-teen son with autism and was pleased to see how well he could relate to the subject matter. Parental controls allow this app to be easily adaptable to a younger demographic by avoiding topics which may be too complex at an earlier age. As always, Mobile Education Store apps allow for multiple users with individual settings making this app a wonderful choice for parents and educators alike.
Great to learn appropriate convos
Judd167
This is an excellent app for those at a teen level who struggle with social skills and conversations. This gives real life scenarios for the user to interact with and choose the best next thing to saw. It helps instill appropriate responses for appropriate social settings.
Superb
crosales5
This is a superb app in all aspects. It is very user friendly and allows for multiple users. I really like the feature on which you can disable subject matter you may not feel comfortable with your teen knowing I.e. pregnancy, drugs, etc. After using it, I can tell right away that it is perfect for teens to learn how to hold a conversation with others. The app definitely has a plus when choosing wrong answers and you are told what would be best, and why. My favorite thing about the app is that it allows you to record your conversation and play it back. This feature allows teens to look at where they may need improvement and how the conversation sounds in that particular way. The design and layout is excellent as well.
Promising App
Alutes
This app has some promising characteristics, but I was a bit disappointed with some of the favorable responses. I reviewed it with some of my students, paras and our OT. It was suprising to hear that they felt that certian responses were deemed appropriate. My students responses to many of the "appropiate" responses were; 'If I said that I might get punched out.", "Someone might kick me if I said that to them". Some of the response might lead to our students being set up to get bullied or be deemed inappropriate and cause them to get in trouble in a school setting. I really like the format. I like the ability to have them practice it and have them hear what their own responses sound like. I would hope that the developers consider cleaning up the conversations so that they are socially acceptable and won't lead our students into situations that would be problematic. I receive this copy for review purposed, but if I had paid the full price and then found out that it was not acceptable I would not be a favorable customer.
Excellent social skills app!
3kids3pets
This is a great app for teaching appropriate reciprocal communication. The subject areas are extremely practical and provide guided practice in how to handle typical social interactions. This is a great app to use with all teens, but I definitely see the therapeutic value for our socially awkward students. The response choices provided really mimic what many of our students would say and then provide a better option. This will become a favorite in my communication arsenal.
great app for teens
karen hinkle
this is a great app for teens with every day situations and to help build social skills it has a alot of everyday conversation from school sports bulling relation ship it is well done even has parental controls for younger kids so you can let them explore but at age for them good app
Wonderful!!
EnglandFamily
This app was a wonderful transition from the original Conversation builder for my child. It wonderful in teaching her the most appropriate way to hold a conversation with someone. Keep up the great work Mobile Education!!
Awesome app
Annisafan
Have you been looking for the perfect app for your teen that addresses all of the areas that you do not know how to talk to them about? Well, Conversation Builder Teen is a must have app for you! Mobile Education has developed the app that addresses those areas. You can adapt it to your child's needs in choosing the topic areas that you desire. The recording option helps them to practice what to say so that they will be prepared when a social situation happens. Go ahead and add this awesome app to your library!
