Advanced Naming Therapy vs Advanced Writing Therapy

Take your speech therapy to the next level! Practice word-finding skills for adults with aphasia after stroke with this evidence-based app. Four engaging activities give you lots to talk about in new ways as you improve higher-level expressive language skills including thought organization, attention to detail, and mental flexibility. **Try Advanced Language Therapy Lite for FREE** Advanced Naming Therapy is your next step up from our best-selling Naming Therapy app - perfect for the speech therapy clinic and home practice for people with aphasia, cognitive-communication challenges, and unclear speech after stroke. Challenging, fun, and perfect for groups, Advanced Naming Therapy will be your “go-to” app for verbal expression. ------------------ 4 Trusted Activities: 1) CREATE sentences using 250 action words based on the evidence-supported Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST) method for aphasia. 2) GENERATE words in over 300 sound- and meaning-based categories to stretch your mental dictionary as you improve verbal fluency and speed after stroke. 3) DESCRIBE over 500 interesting photographs that will make you laugh or scratch your head – and talk! 4) COMPARE and contrast over 200 pairs of items from concrete to abstract using verbal reasoning skills. Over 1,250 unique stimuli – you won’t get bored as you improve with this exciting speech therapy app! ------------------ Here’s what you’ll be able to work on: * Word Finding * Sentence Creation * Verb Conjugation * Semantic Organization * Non-Literal Language * Verbal Reasoning * Synonyms * Mental Flexibility * Speed of Processing These activities can help people with aphasia or anomia after stroke, cognitive-communication challenges after brain injury, tip-of-the-tongue sensation during conversation, or other cognitive and communication challenges. ------------------ Helpful features and settings: * Track progress easily with automated reports that include data and responses * Assess verbal fluency easily with built-in tests with published norms * Record your voice with on-screen audio recording you can email * Adaptable to any level with multiple input methods: type, dictate*, or choose * Learn quickly with helpful instructional overlays that guide you ------------------ See what Speech-Language Pathologists are already saying about this app: “I love using the VNeST technique with my patients with aphasia, but I struggle to come up with good verbs and choices. I can’t believe how easy it is with this app! What’s even better is that now my patients can practice at home too. Thank you Tactus!” – Outpatient SLP “The members at my stroke group were so engaged with the Describe pictures – even the ones who are normally quite passive spoke up. I can’t wait for my volunteers and families to start using this app.” - Community SLP “My client with aphasia used your 4-in-1 app until he got too good. I showed him this one and he loved it! It’s just the right level for him now. In general, for the stroke and brain injury clients I usually see, I think this is your most useful app yet!” – Private Practice SLP “Everyone loves Generate – including me! I’ve used it to elicit clear speech while engaging in a cognitive challenge for a patient with Parkinson’s, and my aphasia group gets very competitive with it. Each activity is useful for so many goals.” – Rehab SLP “I used the app today with 2 kindergarten students working on /s/ and turned to Describe for the silly pictures. We were all giggles, and they were so motivated!” – School SLP ------------------ Download now to get started – or try it for FREE with Advanced Language Therapy Lite! Looking for something different in a speech therapy app? We offer a wide range to choose from. Find the right one for you at tactustherapy.com/find *Voice dictation requires 3rd generation iPad or newer

The fourth and final app in the Advanced Language Therapy series! Advanced Writing Therapy is designed to pick up where Writing Therapy left off by delving deeper into phoneme-grapheme correspondence to strengthen writing skills. Next,​ you apply those skills to write common words and sentences to dictation, and then you can practice generating your own content. Take your writing skills to the next level! **Try this app for free with Advanced Language Therapy Lite! ** **Get this app as part of the Advanced Language Therapy 4-in-1 value-priced app!** Four activities with built-in therapeutic supports to encourage independent practice for people with aphasia and other writing disorders. 1) Match: Strengthen sound-letter matching by selecting the letters (graphemes) that match the sounds (phonemes) you hear. Work on letter names, consonants, vowels, or blends. **Built-in Support: Use the Keyword picture, audio, and written word cues at the top to help you learn. 2) Spell: Practice spelling common words. The 700 words in this activity come from a list of the most common words in the English language, plus words based on vowel patterns. **Built-in Support: Press the Hint button to see 4 choices. Select the correct spelling, then copy the answer. 3) Type: Practice typing common sentences from 1-8 words in length. These 400+ sentences are ones you might use in an online chat, text message, email, or social media discussion. **Built-in Support: Touch the Hint button to see the sentence to copy. See your errors highlighted. 4) Write: Generate a sentence or paragraph to a writing prompt in functional categories such as taking notes, writing personal information, and making lists. **Built-in Support: The Hint button gives you a word bank. Select words from the word bank to add to your entry. The settings allow you to adjust the difficulty, cues available, and letter case for Match. You can select word length restrictions for the Spell activity, and you can choose to show or hide the scores on-screen for users who rely on the hints. Exercises in the Type and Write activities are organized by levels of difficulty. Other Tactus Therapy Apps to Work on Writing: * Writing Therapy: part of Language Therapy 4-in-1 to spell pictured words * Advanced Comprehension Therapy: use Build to arrange words in a sentence * Advanced Naming Therapy: use Create to makes sentences around a verb * Conversation Therapy: write your answers to all 10 question prompts Looking for something else? Find the right apps for you at tactustherapy.com/find In all Tactus Therapy apps, you’ll get evidence-based activities, thousands of exercises, and an adult-friendly interface designed by a speech-language pathologist. You never have to log in, pay a subscription, or connect to Wi-Fi to use our apps. Try them for FREE by downloading the Lite versions today!