Conversation Therapy vs Bloops! English Integral

Work more effectively toward your speech therapy goals. Help people who have had a stroke, live with autism, or have a speech or language impairment get talking with an app that sparks conversation. The best way to improve talking is by talking! - Get a tool that helps adults, teens, and children put therapy strategies into practice - Improve language, social skills, speech, and thinking while using this powerful speech therapy app - Carryover the lessons from speech therapy at home with an app that’s easy for everyone to use - Focus on what matters – stop racking your brain for fresh topics and let the app guide you - Take things in any direction with thousands of possible conversation starters - Create the right experience for each person with customizable settings - Talk one-on-one, host groups of up to 4 at a time, and track improvement with ease ** SEE HOW IT CAN HELP – download the Lite version for FREE! ** Coming up with fresh, attention-grabbing conversation starters every day is surprisingly hard, even for speech therapy professionals. Think of this app as your talk facilitator, taking the pressure and planning out of starting and maintaining dialogue while you monitor how your clients use their speech strategies. "This is the app that is going to pave the way for converting speech therapists to the digital age." - Ryan Knoblauch, SLP, The Speech Knob GETTING STARTED IS AS EASY AS 1, 2, 3 Target higher-level expressive language, pragmatic, problem-solving, speech, and cognitive-communication goals with open-ended conversation starters. Here’s how it works. 1) CHOOSE YOUR CATEGORIES. Tailor your experience with specific topics like Food or Health, or select all topics for free-flowing discussion that could go anywhere! You can always change the settings to see only age-appropriate categories for children, teens, or adults. 2) START THE CONVERSATION. Look at the picture, then touch any of the 10 buttons to see a question. The questions on the left are simpler (like “What is…?”) while the ones on the right are more complex (“How do you know…?”). Hear the question aloud, record your own audio, and score answers as you go. 3) USE YOUR STRATEGIES. While taking turns discussing the answers to the questions, use your word-finding strategies, smooth speech techniques, or other personalized therapy approaches to communicate more clearly. ALL DONE? E-mail an automatically generated summary of your results, along with any audio, or share the results to a PDF, file storage, printer, or copy/paste. GET EVERY FEATURE YOU NEED IN ONE EASY APP - 275+ vivid photos, with 10 questions per photo, for over 2,750 possible questions - 10 languages: English, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Zulu - 11 categories full of real-world topics including daily life, hobbies, current events, social issues, health concerns, and much more - Record audio at any time with just a tap - Perfect for treating language, cognitive-communication, pragmatic, and speech disorders - Great as stimulus material to work on fluency, articulation, eye contact, and word-finding strategies in spontaneous speech - No subscriptions, no monthly bills, no Wi-Fi needed BETTER DISCUSSIONS MEAN BETTER PRACTICE. Inspire curiosity and creativity while motivating people to keep improving – DOWNLOAD IT NOW! 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

Bloops! was created to learn to read with pleasure. This playful application was designed by two teachers who specialized in learning difficulties and troubles. Description of educational content: 1) Our learners will learn to read across the different levels. Our approach combined the evidence-based data including the science of reading with some of the fundamental principles of a speech therapy approach such as sound confusions. 2) Chronometer (optional) The chronometer allows the player to improve his reading time and improve his reading fluency. 3) Structured visual cue (energy vial) The energy vial indicates to the player the number of items successfully completed and the number of items remaining. Behind the monstrous Bloops! concept: Annie Lussier, B.Ed., developed the original pedagogical concept. Mrs. Lussier owns her own private learning support clinic (Clinique Apprendre!) and she has been working in the private sector for more than 20 years. She is also a board game author for Passe-Temps publishing. She gives conferences and workshops to teachers and parents. Manon Bellefleur, B.Ed. is the author of the English version of Bloops! She is currently completing her master degree in education specializing in learning difficulties and troubles. She has been teaching in the public sector for 16 years. She also worked as a co-author and pedagogical advisor for several publishing houses and as a research assistant at UQTR. Developed by two educational professionals, the progression of each level respects the stages of syllabic reading acquisition. Bloops! offers a fair, reasonable and motivating challenge that considers each learner’s progress. The focus is primarily on recognizing simple sounds and words while addressing sound confusions. Bloops! combines the progression of English reading with certain fundamental principles of speech therapy. Parents and education specialists are interested in this playful educational application because it targets beginner and intermediate readers. It is also recommended for young learners with reading difficulties or disorders (e.g., dyslexia, autism, etc.). Game objective: The player must listen to the sounds or words given orally and identify the correct answer among the bubbles offered by the monsters. After 5 successes, the player earns a 5 seconds gameplay page and after 20 successes (vial filled), the player is led to discover a new monster with increased reading complexity. For the reading learners, the goal is to collect as many monsters as possible and improve their own time when replaying a monster! With Bloops!, learning to read becomes monstrously fun! We would love to hear from you! Questions or comments: applis@onomatopee.ca Credits: Producer: Alexandre Poulain Original pedagogical concept: Annie Lussier, B.Ed. Author of the English adaptation: Manon Bellefleur, B.Ed, M. Ed. in progress Monstrous graphics: Annie Lussier, B. Ed. Music and sound effects: Jean-Philippe Filiatrault, composer Voices: Manon Bellefleur, B.Ed, M. Ed. in progress Marketing: Annie Lussier, B. Ed. https://onomatopee.ca Our ultimate goal is to support parent and learning specialists by making learning to read more accessible and enjoyable for all learners. We would like to thank all of our students who tested this application before its release!!!