Emotional well-being is critical for children. Breathing Bubbles is an app that helps kids practice releasing worries and focusing on good feelings.
Select an emotion and rate how strongly you are feeling that emotion.
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DreamyKid • Meditation App Just For Kids
The DreamyKid meditation app offers meditation, guided visualization and affirmations curated just for children & teens. It uses proven techniques that teach your kids methods to guide them towards a happier life through mindfulness. From issue-based and general meditations/guided visualizations to affirmations, we will be adding new programs every month.
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This is a really cool app. My son loves knowing his schedule and I think this will be a great tool to help.
First Then Visual Schedule
First-Then visual schedule application is designed for caregivers to provide positive behavior support. For individuals with communication needs, developmental delays, Autism or those who benefit from a structured environment; visual schedules serve to increase independence and lower anxiety during transitions through different activities.
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This month we chose an app to help build conversations.
ConversationBuilder™ (Pat. Pend.) is designed to help elementary aged children learn how to have multi-exchange conversations with their peers in a variety of social settings.
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WE have brought this back after a long hiatus.
Every month a new app will be shared and it can be easily found at the toolbar under “Cool Stuff” and then apps.
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With all things Back To School, we thought this would be a good app to look at in helping to aid your children with schedules.
Visual cues are so helpful for our son and this app makes it super easy to create and follow.
It is also at a low cost of $3.99.
Routines can be tailored to their needs with audio feedback, and customizable pictures, audio, and text.
Instead of carrying around pecs or a laminated schedule, this app will let you have routines preset and then run them to show the child in an easy way what they have to do.
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uChoose is $2.99 and has some very clever ways to help our children.
This app has a main character, called Billy, Billy needs help mastering everyday situations with a little help from his friend, Randy. While your children play this they will meet challenges, learn lessons, set goals and have fun!
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Words are powerful. They can help and they can hurt. What we say to others – and to ourselves – can have a huge impact. Speaking with good purpose is about always considering the intention of our words. If we think before we speak instead of blurting out whatever comes to mind, we can learn to consider the reason for our words and make sure we are speaking with good purpose. We do not have to say everything we think!
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At Autastic Avenues , we have been using The Social Express® by The Language Express, Inc., for a long time. In our opinion, it is the best app for children who experience the social learning challenges associated with ADHD, ASD, and general social learning deficits. The engaging webisodes teach how to manage social situations and how to deal with stressful ones.
Three new apps to share for March.
First, we highlight this month is Wellapets, a Free app that helps to teach and empower kids with asthma. Kids will get a pet that has asthma and learn to take care of it. Learning important steps in asthma care while having fun. Ios & Android .
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