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The iPad has opened a whole new world of learning opportunities for individuals

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with autism and others with learning challenges.

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However

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it's not a magical tool.

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It's important for your child view the iPad as a learning tool

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and not associate it as a stemming tool.

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To accomplish this

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you need to choose apps that are educationally appropriate

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specific to your child's learning goals...

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setting recommendations

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that restrict access to non-educational areas like YouTube and the internet

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and promote learning.

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Instruction.

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Proven techniques that allow you to work interactively with your child

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and a detailed plan to accomplish all of this.

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Additionally, it's essential

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that you are actively involved in a learning process.

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With thousands of different apps, all of this can be an overwhelming process for many parents.

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That's why we've created a systematic process that simplifies all of this.

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Here's a brief example of an app we chose and the recommendations we provide.

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The parent's goal was to have their child expand language use

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specifically to learn verbs.

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We provided them with specific settings to ensure the app will be used for educational purposes

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and a script that provides step-by-step instructions for what to

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say when working with their child in the app.

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This is the My PlayHome app that was chosen.

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As you can see it's a highly interactive app with various features.

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This is a great app that parents can sit side-by-side with their child and work on several different verbs.

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In this brief example our goal was to teach two verbs "pour" and "eat".

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It was important for the child to learn that the concept of "pour" and "eat" can be used for various items.

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This is how we instructed the parents to do this.

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Pour the orange juice.

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Pour the cereal.

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Eat the cereal.

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Eat the apple.

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To summarize, we selected the app

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to expand understanding and use of verbs.

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We provided the parents with a step-by-step plan on how to use it

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and we provide additional strategies to generalize the skills learned in the app

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into the home setting.