Comprehension Therapy vs Problem Solve It

Comprehension Therapy is a professional speech therapy app that targets auditory and reading comprehension of single words in 5 languages. *****Enlightening! ***** Superb! ***** A Wonderful Tool! ***** Exceptional App! Designed to help people with aphasia and cognitive deficits from stroke and other brain injuries, it is also a valuable tool for older children with special needs including autism. 3 user-friendly modes include Listen, Read, and Listen&Read to target individualized goals. The app automatically adjusts difficulty based on performance, allowing for independent practice. Built-in scoring, hints, and a results summary that can be e-mailed to the therapist in report format make therapy easy! Over 500 nouns, 100 verbs, and 100 adjectives are paired with full-color photographs, recorded voice, and clear text for hours of therapy. You can add your own images too! **Try it for FREE as part of Language Therapy Lite or buy this app in our 4-in-1 Language Therapy*** Features 3 modes: - "Listen": match an auditory stimulus (spoken word) to a picture - "Read": match a written stimulus (printed word) to a picture - "Listen & Read": match an auditory stimulus (spoken word) to a written word Over 700 clear full-color photographs of functional vocabulary selected by a Speech-Language Pathologist 10 categories of nouns including animals, foods, objects, concepts, places, people, body parts and more; select which categories are targeted Select from 2, 3, 4, or 6 photos on the screen or use the "Auto" feature to automatically adjust the field size based on performance 3 levels of difficulty adjust the relatedness of foils (semantic and phonemic) to move from Easy to Hard Aphasia-friendly interface avoids use of professional jargon and features clear symbols for independent use by children and adults Child-friendly mode eliminates references to alcohol and violence as well as disables links to outside sites (iTunes & social media) Real recorded voice provides 5 choices of languages with neutral accent in slow, natural speech for easy comprehension in English (US/Canada), English (UK), Spanish, German, and French Smooth and automatic transitions to the next set allow for multiple repetitions in far less time than it takes to select and lay out photo flash cards, while still allowing you to move forward and back to review answers or skip ahead Automatic scoring tracks success and progress on-screen Results can be e-mailed in table and report-ready format so clients can keep their therapist informed of their progress for telepractice and therapists can send results to themselves for charting later, using the copy-and-paste ready format to decrease documentation time All Tactus Therapy Solutions Apps participate in the 50% off Volume Purchase Program, so talk to your school about buying in bulk! This app collects NO personal information, has NO in-app purchases, and primary links to outside pages can be deactivated.

Research suggests that performance on cognitive tasks resembling daily challenges (i.e. everyday problem-solving tasks) is a better indicator of functional cognitive abilities in individuals with cognitive deficits (e.g. Gold, 2012; Kimbler, 2013). The Problem Solve It app is designed to help individuals with cognitive impairments resulting, for example, from a stroke or early stages of dementia. The problems selected in this app are functional in nature and relate to social communication, management of finances, health, literacy, education, and personal thinking. Problem solving is an important skill in our day-to-day activities, and while performing various tasks in this app such as problem-solving based on case scenarios and sentence completion with “if,” the user will be able to identify the problem, examine the possible options, and think creatively to seek strategic approaches to problem solving. The app has six different types of tasks geared toward problem solving. The tasks pertain to everyday math problems, analysis of short scenarios, case-based solutions, sentence completion, missing links in a sequence of activities, and predictions of problems in given scenarios. Problem Solve it is engaging, with real photographs, multiple-choice options and open ended questions. Problem Solve it is easy to navigate and allows users to employ several tools to perform the following: - enter multiple users - change settings - save selected targets for the next session - select auto-scoring - select alternate counts for multiple users - enable or disable special effect sounds - audio record users’ responses - track correct and incorrect responses - view reports in table and graphical forms - e-mail results at the end of the game References: Gold, D. A. (2012). An examination of instrumental activities of daily living assessment in older adults and mild cognitive impairment. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 34, 11-34. Kimbler, K.J. (2013). Everyday Problem Solving and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living: Support for Domain Specificity. Behavioral Sciences, 3, 1, 170-191. Author: Jayanti Ray, Ph. D. CCC-SLP Developed by: Virtual Speech Center Inc.