Conversation Starters vs Empathy Pics Lite

** Happy Frog Apps is a Mom’s Choice Award Winner! Also featured on FunEducationalApps.com, TeachersWithApps.com, and more! ** The “Conversation Starters” app helps children with autism initiate and maintain conversations on a variety of topics. What parents say about our awesome apps: *** 5 stars! Brilliant! An app that understands how kids actually learn. Thank you. *** 5 stars! Your social skill apps are excellent! “Conversation Starters” provides 200+ conversation-starting questions on a variety of topics. This broad diversity supports your learner in moving from their preferred topics. ** This free version contains 10 questions only ** You can use in-app purchase to upgrade. Build your learner's skills by stepping through the following skill development steps. 1. Get your learner to answer the conversation starter question. 2. Get your learner to ask the question then listen to your answer, then provide an on-topic follow-up question or comment. 3. Take turns starting a conversation and set a goal of 2, 3, or 4 turns each. Guess what... you are now having real conversations on a variety of topics! This app is perfect for learners who: - need support in initiating conversation - need support in continuing a conversation appropriately - need support in moving beyond their own special interest topics. Our apps are designed for and tested by typical and special needs children. Testers include children with Autism and other special needs. Our apps work for them! Our apps are also suitable for adults dealing with aphasia or learning English as a Second Language. To evaluate the app, download the free version, which has 10 conversation starters only. The remaining conversation starters can be accessed with an in-app purchase. If you prefer no in-app purchases, download the paid version of this app, which includes all conversation starters. We take customer service very seriously! If you ever have a problem or find that we've missed something, contact us at our website and we will do our best to fix the problem.  www.HappyFrogApps.com Our apps are safe for kids. We collect NO private information in our app. None! Our apps do not allow unrestricted web or social media access. We conform to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.

This FREE trial version of Empathy Pics gives you a small sample of the content you’ll get in the FULL version so you can see how it works and try it out. Empathy Pics is a professional speech therapy app that targets the follows areas: 1) making social inferences  2) understanding the feelings and perspectives of others 3) verbal expression including talking about personal emotions 3) problem-solving e.g. deciding what to do in different situations 4) learning appropriate responses in social situations e.g. how to respond to good or bad news Empathy Pics is ideal for older children and teenagers with autism and cognitive-communication difficulties as well as adults with autism and brain injury. The Emotions & Situations activity contains over 60 scenarios that each contain five questions.  1) What do you see in the picture? 2) How do you think the person feels? 3) How would you feel if you were in this situation? 4) What would you do in this person's situation? 5) Have you ever been in a similar situation? Tell me about it Each question acts as a thinking prompt and encourages interaction between the user and the therapist, teacher or family member. Learners are encouraged to think deeply about the people in the photos, the situations they are in and how they might feel. The Showing Concern activity presents high-quality color photos and scenarios. The user is asked to think about what they might say to the other person to show interest or concern. Multiple choice answers are available. The app is a highly versatile resource that can be used in speech therapy sessions and in the classroom. It also serves as a handy homework resource. Empathy Pics will help learners to improve their ability to make social inferences, interpret other people’s feelings, express their own emotions and show concern or interest.  If you are looking for an easy-to-use app to spark interest in empathizing with others, look no further! Features: • 6 photo scenarios in lite version, over 100 in full version • Questions that prompt deep thinking and encourage social interaction • Results summary that can be emailed • Results tracking and in-built storage (activity 2) • No subscriptions, no monthly bills, no Wi-Fi needed Are you looking for a different type of speech therapy app? Visit our website to view our full range for adults and children: http://www.aptus-slt.com/