Switch Accessible Puzzles vs Step Scanning

Switch Accessible Puzzles is an exciting 3D puzzle matching app for ages 2 and up. The app is modeled after the popular wooden puzzles with cutouts. The user is presented with a board that can have 2,3,4, or 5 cutouts in it. One at a time, a puzzle piece appears on top of the board and the user must place the piece in the proper cutout. When it is properly placed, a new puzzle piece appears. Once all of the pieces are placed into the correct cutouts, a new puzzle board appears. Unlike other apps of this type, the puzzle pieces and board are large and the screen is not cluttered with distractions. Switch Accessible Puzzles was developed by a joint effort of professionals with over 50 years of combined experience in software development for children with various needs. PUZZLES INCLUDED WITH THE APP Wooden shapes Food Toys Animals Colors Upper case English alphabet Lower case English alphabet Numbers School Colors & position Matching upper to lower case Letters Photo objects Matching pictures to words APP FEATURES Number of Puzzle Pieces: Sets the number of puzzle pieces and cutouts in the puzzle board. Valid settings are 2,3,4,and 5. Background Music: When set to "ON", background music will play while the puzzle piece is moved around. Precision Factor: When a puzzle piece is placed, this setting determines how close to the cutout the puzzle piece has to be in order to be considered a correct placement or incorrect placement. Data: Data is automatically collected and saved for each session. MOVING THE PUZZLE PIECES Auto Scan & Scan Seconds Interval: This setting is used for 1 switch access or one press anywhere on the screen. In this mode, the puzzle piece will appear over a cutout and remain there for the number of seconds specified in the scan seconds interval setting before moving to the next cutout. If the switch is pressed while over a cutout, the piece will descend to the cutout and determine if it fits. If it fits, a voice will announce that it is correct and a new puzzle piece will appear. If it doesn't fit, a voice will announce that it doesn't fit and the piece will move back up and continue to the next cutout. Step Scanning: This setting is used for 2 switch access. The behavior for Step Scanning is the same as Auto Scanning except one switch is used to move the puzzle piece from one cutout to the next and the second switch is used to select the puzzle piece to see if it fits. Direct Selection Either drag and drop the puzzle piece to the cutout on the board or just touch the cutout on the board and the puzzle piece will move to it. You can use direct selection with switches by setting up the first switch to have the puzzle piece go to the first cutout when pressed, the second switch moves the puzzle piece to the second cutout and so on. SWITCH ADAPTERS Switch Accessible Puzzles has been tested and will work with the AbleNet Blue2 Bluetooth Switch, Pretorian Technologies interfaces, and RJ Cooper Bluetooth Switch Interface. The App will also work with a Bluetooth wireless keyboard.

Step Scanning - Eight Lessons to Get There - is designed to teach the single switch user the concept of two switch step scanning. It is designed for single switch cause & effect users that are ready to move to the next level. The program is comprised of various activities grouped into 8 lessons. The activities are in the form of fun filled graphical games where the lesson concepts are embedded. The activities are purely graphical and do not require any reading ability. Lesson 1 - Single Switch Cause & Effect (A pre-requisite) Lesson 2 - Cause & Effect with Two Switches Lesson 3 - Interaction between Two Switches Lesson 4 - Step & Select Introduced Lesson 5 - Errorless Step Scanning Lesson 6 - Go Get It - Errorless Step Scanning Lesson 7 - Purposeful Step Scanning Lesson 8 - Step Scanning Matching Activity Each lesson moves the student a step closer to achieving step scanning. The concepts used in this app are based on the methods and concepts depicted in the book and CD Two Switches to Success written by Linda J. Burkhart. For more information on the book Two Switches to Success, visit www.Lburkhart.com.