When doing a one-on-one therapy, therapists have to use pen and paper to record every response. It is rather difficult most of the time since at the same time you have to get ready for the next task and also pay close attention to the behavior of the children (if he/she is not having a break or play time). The advantage of Ipad here is its touch screen and small size. It would be great if there's an application which allows instant recording of responses by just one touch on the screen. Also, with the intelligently developed programs, the magical computer should be able to generate graphs and figures of the data for analysis. This will definitely save lots and lots of paper work, and more efficient.
Because Ipad can be used to show videos so quickly and easily, it can also be used as a reinforcer, showing cartoons the child likes for example. This is just a thought, I don't know whether it would be good to use video in a session. However, outside of the therapy session, children spend quite some time watching children's tv shows and it's part of their life, I don't see why not?
One more possible use of Ipad in therapy is to show graphic schedules of the sessions, just like drawing on papers commonly used in floortime or classrooms. Children can see the schedule, touch the items and be prompted to tell the name of an activity which could be reinforced be programmed stimuli (sounds, picture, etc. etc.).
I look forward to Ipad and will see if I can do anything with it:)
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