Mac – AT HelpDesk / Centre de dépannage TA

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For many people with disabilities, managing daily routines, remembering tasks, transitioning between activities, and staying organized can be challenging. Executive functioning skills such as planning, time management, task initiation, and maintaining focus are often areas where additional support is needed. Thankfully, there are plenty of apps (and techniques) available that are designed specifically for supporting…

Smiling mother homeschooling her daughter with a digital tablet.

Summer break is almost here, and students and teachers across the country are no doubt counting down the days until their well-earned freedom. But for many students, summer break also means a “summer slide”, where a significant portion of the knowledge that they’ve acquired during the school year will be lost. In fact, according to…

Not long ago, I was visiting an elementary school when a resource teacher asked me if I knew of a free math manipulative app that students could access on their iPads. I wasn’t sure what to recommend at the time, so I decided to do a little digging, and I discovered a great app that…

For many students, organizing information can be just as challenging as learning it. Between lecture notes, assignment deadlines, brainstorming sessions, and studying for exams, it is easy to become overwhelmed by scattered ideas and disconnected information. That is where the SimpleMind app can be especially useful. Designed as a mind mapping and visual organization tool,…

Non-verbal girl living with cerebral palsy, learning to use digital tablet device to communicate. People who have difficulty developing language or using speech use speech-generating devices.

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) apps are great tools for students with speech, language, and communication difficulties, autism, as well as for students with a variety of mobility challenges. These apps have also become much more common in recent years, where 10 years ago dedicated AAC hardware was much more common. Among the growing number…

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Tiimo Visual Planner

5 Apps to Prevent Summer Learning Loss

Polypad by Amplify: A Free Math Manipulative App

SimpleMind: A Free(ish) Mind Mapping App

SymbolStix Prime: An AAC App by Everway