I posted blog on December 26, 2011 about apps we can use for associations. The other day I downloaded a new app that fits into that category—Things That Go Together. The pictures are clear and nicely laid out. One moves the picture on the left to fit into the corresponding empty box next to its correct association on the right. One can select to start out with 1 picture association and go as high as 8. One has the option to select or deselect various sounds. There is glitch in this app that results in sound overlay between, “Which items go together” and verbal praise so it might be best to deselect “Success Sounds” until the problem is fixed. One also has to the option of recording one’s own sounds.
Ages: 4-8; aphasic adults, or adults with dementia
Ratings: ++++
Developer’s website: Grasshopperapps.com
Cost: Free
Another app for associations
About the Author: Mirla G. Raz
I am an Arizona licensed speech pathologist and am certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. I have been in private practice for over 30 years working extensively with children who have speech and language problems. I received my Master’s degree from Seton Hall University in New Jersey. After graduation, I decided that I need sun and warmth and so headed south to work for the Volusia County Schools in Daytona Beach Florida. The next year I moved to California where I was offered a job working for the Los Angeles Unified School District in the severe oral language handicapped program. My next move was to UCLA where I worked in the department of Clinical Linguistics at the Neuropsychiatric Institute. In 1981, I moved to Arizona where I went into private practice. It gives me tremendous satisfaction to know that I have helped hundreds of children gain normal speech and language skills.
