Category | Price | Seller | Device |
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Education | $9.99 | Smarty Ears, LLC | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Go-Togethers is based on research around vocabulary and word meaning development in students. Studies have found that semantic knowledge and naming performance are strongly linked, and that increasing the strength of semantic representations will aid in word retrieval (McGregor, Newman, Reilly & Capone, 2002). Go-Togethers targets semantic representations by having students identify items that “go with” category items in a wide variety of linguistic categories (such as vehicles, school subjects, and seasons). In this way, Go-Togethers aligns with research indicating that improving vocabulary, describing ability and associations between words assists students in language comprehension and reading skills (Bromley, 2007). Therapists, teachers and parents may choose to target items within specific categories, an option within the application that is consistent with studies indicating that categorization improves word storage and retrieval (Miller & Eilam, 2008).
Students with language disorders and autism spectrum disorder often have identified deficits in word knowledge, an area that is targeted by Go-Togethers (ASHA, 2006). Many researchers have supported the use of visual “word maps” to improve associations and retrieval (Westby, 2005, Wallach & Miller, 1988), a technique that is incorporated in the “Receptive” activities within this application. The “Expressive” activities in the app encourage and reinforce rapid retrieval of associated items, an intervention that has been shown to foster significant gains in word retrieval accuracy and vocabulary (Wolf & Seagal, 1999).
Go-Togethers can be used to:
-Help children identify items that share a semantic association.
-Target categories of items, such as rooms in a house, weather and seasons, and buildings.
-Elicit and score students’ naming and description of semantic associations.
-Measure treatment effectiveness and skill growth over time through reported data.
Go-Togethers has the following Features:
-Receptive Activity in which students identify items that are associated with a target word (presented visually and with audio).
-Ability to customize Receptive Activity according to number of possible correct answers presented (1, 2, or 3) to modify level of difficulty.
-Choice of application responses when child selects incorrect item (subtle indication of incorrect response, incorrect item disappears from screen, or “Try Again!” message).
-Selection of specific or all categories to target.
-Expressive Activity in which students verbally generate associated items and association rationales so that SLPs, parents or others can tally the number of times the student “said what” (an item associated with the target) and “said why” (a description of how the item and target are associated).
-Quick Play and Receptive-Expressive combination activities.
-Report presented at conclusion of activity; can be emailed to parent or self for record-keeping.
Go Togethers is now compatible with the Therapy Report Center
Love how each item is introduced deceptively and then immediately follows up on an expressive follow up task. Also of course I love the ability to track data and the ease of taking on the run for speech therapy on the go.
Great for keeping data and cueing for other language concept use such as WH questions.
Great for targeting word associations. Nice that it goes receptive to expressive. My kids enjoy watching their numbers go up on the sticky notes.
I like the idea of this app. I especially like the video tutorial. I'm excited to use this app in therapy, I will write a more detailed review after using it with a child.
Great app for SLPs to teach semantic relationships! I've been able to use it with all different ages. I have recommended to the special education teachers as well!
Disappointed in the capabilities of this app. Difficult to navigate. Was looking for an app to target making associations such as "toothbrush-toothpaste" or "sock-shoe"..this app does not provide those types of associations.
Go-Togethers is a great app for students to practice receptive and expressive semantic association. The app is fully customizable, with the ability to choose levels, target categories, the number of possible correct answers presented, and the consequence for an incorrect response. The app also has the ability to generate a report at the conclusion of the activity, to track and monitor student progress.
I really like the fact that this as both receptive ID and expressive abilities! Lots of great apps to work receptively but not many have an expressive section as well. Very nice group of objects as well - much more comprehensive than just animals/food/furniture :). Thanks Smarty Ears!
Love this app. It does both receptive and expressive skill. My students love to see who gets the most matching items.
Great App for a large age range! I have used it in individual & group sessions. Can be used to address many language goals. Love that the difficulty can be adjusted and the field can be narrowed.