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Summer-ies Speech Therapy App is a collection of important and helpful articles which summarise information about speech and language impairment from research papers, textbooks and publications from established organisations. Our aim is to provide accurate and reliable information about speech and language impairment and the appropriate, corresponding therapy. We believe that with the access to appropriate knowledge and information, every therapist and caregiver can help their patients recover faster. Benefits: Reliable, evidence based information about aphasia, apraxia and every other speech, language and articulation disorder. Verified articles to help you understand various reasons and solutions in a comprehensive manner. A team of experts to ensure that only the correct information is sent to you. An extensive pool of articles to ensure your information and understanding is up to date. Who can benefit from us? Caregivers taking care of an adult or child who is suffering from a speech impairment. Parents whose toddler or child is suffering from articulation and speech issues, caused by any underlying or external problem. Researchers and professionals looking to collect valuable and verified information about speech impairment and its therapy. Therapists looking for the most up to date and reliable information in the form of bite- sized articles. Why Summer-ies Speech Therapy App? We have noticed that in the plethora of content and information available on the internet, a caregiver or parent often feels overwhelmed and can tend to get lost in this enormous article pool. Moreover, not all information on the internet is verified or accurate and when it comes to patient care, even a wrong word or line read on the internet is enough to startle the caregivers. We have made it our aim to filter out and verify everything that is available about these articulation, speech and language disorders and present evidence- based write-ups in a comprehensive and easy to understand manner. We also attach the reference of each write-up under our article so that you always know what our verified source is as well. Subscriptions: By subscribing, you will receive full-access to our pool of articles. These articles range from broad topics to narrow, specific topics and aim to cover as many aspects and give out as much information as possible. Summer-ies Speech therapy App Subscription - Your length of subscription for access to Summer-ies Speech Therapy App articles, would be either monthly, quarterly or annually. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, with cost of renewal to be the same as initial subscription price (localised pricing available in-app). -Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. -Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms of use: https://www.summerstherapyservices.com/terms-of-use

Keywords Understanding LITE is a free version of Keyword Understanding. It gives you a sample of the content you would get in the full version. It allows you to see how the full version works and try it out for free. Keyword Understanding (the full app version) is a professional speech and language therapy app that works on sentence-level reading and listening comprehension. It also targets the understanding of vocabulary, basic concepts and the ability to follow directions of increasing keyword length. WHO IS KEYWORD UNDERSTANDING FOR? - Children with reduced attention and auditory processing difficulties - Children with language delay or disorder - Children with autism and language comprehension difficulties - Adults with aphasia and reading or spoken language comprehension difficulties after a stroke or traumatic brain injury - Adults with cognitive-communication difficulties due to stroke or brain injury WHAT LANGUAGE AREAS DOES KEYWORD UNDERSTANDING TARGET? FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS: Following directions is important in our everyday lives. In order to understand and follow directions, one needs a strong knowledge of basic concepts, vocabulary and the ability to process and retain spoken or written information in memory. BASIC CONCEPTS, ONE AND TWO STEP DIRECTIONS: Keyword Understanding works on the basic concepts of size and color as well as one and two-step directions of increasing length and difficulty e.g  - “Touch the red balloon” - “Touch the small green umbrella” - “Touch the yellow chair and the blue candle” - “Touch the big pink cupcake and the small green glasses”. TEMPORAL DIRECTIONS (BEFORE/AFTER): Keyword Understanding includes Temporal Directions tasks that target the child or adult’s ability to follow directions that include the concepts 'Before/After' in a variety of positions in the sentence. e.g  - “Before you touch the t-shirt, touch the phone” - “After you touch the lamp, touch the vase” - “Touch the flower before you touch the box” - “Touch the sock after you touch the bucket” SEQUENTIAL DIRECTIONS (FIRST…THEN): The app also includes Sequential Directions that target the child or adult’s ability to follow directions that include the concepts 'First ... Then' in the sentence. e.g  - “First touch the ladder, then touch the bike”. FEATURES OF KEYWORDS UNDERSTANDING LITE This FREE version, Keywords Understanding LITE allows you to sample each activity in the full version but it only includes 6 objects. The FULL version includes many more allowing for much more variety in each activity and many more trials. The full version also allows you to select and deselect vocabulary items in the Word List. 3 modes: - Listening Comprehension (Audio Only): Match the spoken direction to the pictures - Reading Comprehension (Text Only): Match the written direction to the pictures - Listening and Reading Comprehension (Audio and Text): Match the spoken and written directions to the pictures - Bright, colorful, real-life photos of common objects - 6 objects in five different colors and sizes. The full version has a large variety allowing for thousands of possible following directions tasks - 3 trials in each activity. The full version allows for up to 50 trials per session. - A comprehension check activity to find out where comprehension breakdown occurs - Audio feedback for correct answers only, incorrect answers only or both - Graded tasks of increasing difficulty - User profiles and result history - Automatic tracking of scores - Optional results summary via email - iOS voices (automatically selected based on your region). Download an enhanced iOS voice for best quality. All Aptus Speech Therapy apps participate in the 50% off Volume Purchase Program, so you can buy in bulk at a discounted price. Are you looking for a different kind of speech therapy app? Check out our full range of speech and language therapy apps for adults and children on the AppStore or on our website.