gdata.io.handleScriptLoaded({"version":"1.0","encoding":"UTF-8","feed":{"xmlns":"http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom","xmlns$openSearch":"http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/","xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","xmlns$georss":"http://www.georss.org/georss","xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","xmlns$blogger":"http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008","id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522593221428423055"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-08-26T08:12:09.894-05:00"},"category":[{"term":"homeschooling"},{"term":"IEP"},{"term":"liquid watercolor art activities"},{"term":"children's books"},{"term":"siblings"},{"term":"curriculum"},{"term":"OT"},{"term":"busy book"},{"term":"Testy Shop"},{"term":"Testy Homeschool \u0026 Teacher Shop"},{"term":"crafts"},{"term":"CEU Challenge"},{"term":"review"},{"term":"cardsets"},{"term":"quiet book"},{"term":"light box"},{"term":"preschool"},{"term":"language"},{"term":"therapy"},{"term":"Michael"},{"term":"supplements"},{"term":"weeklyreview"},{"term":"daily life"},{"term":"tidbits"},{"term":"blogging"},{"term":"audiofiles"},{"term":"app"},{"term":"giveaway"},{"term":"reference"},{"term":"car ride activities"},{"term":"Apraxia"},{"term":"Ava"},{"term":"SLP"},{"term":"articulation"},{"term":"Dala"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Testy yet trying"},"subtitle":{"type":"html","$t":"A Speech Pathologist Mother and Her Daughter Diagnosed with Childhood Apraxia of Speech"},"link":[{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/-/giveaway?alt\u003djson-in-script\u0026max-results\u003d6"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/-/giveaway?alt\u003djson-in-script\u0026max-results\u003d6"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/search/label/giveaway"},{"rel":"hub","href":"http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dala"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09390391982768152147"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//lh3.googleusercontent.com/zFdxGE77vvD2w5xHy6jkVuElKv-U9_9qLkRYK8OnbDeJPtjSZ82UPq5w6hJ-SA\u003ds35"}}],"generator":{"version":"7.00","uri":"https://www.blogger.com","$t":"Blogger"},"openSearch$totalResults":{"$t":"6"},"openSearch$startIndex":{"$t":"1"},"openSearch$itemsPerPage":{"$t":"6"},"entry":[{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522593221428423055.post-1934690632904091017"},"published":{"$t":"2012-07-03T05:07:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-07-03T05:07:00.612-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"giveaway"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Second Giveaway Winner Is..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Commenter #4, cbiksacky who likes the CVC words included in the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://http//www.learningfundamentals.com/products/mobile/Phonology.php\"\u003ePhonology app\u003c/a\u003e.  Congratulations to cbiksacky and thank you to everyone who participated.  Thanks again to \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.learningfundamentals.com/products/mobile.php\"\u003eLearning Fundamentals\u003c/a\u003e for providing me with copies of some of their apps to review and use with my own children and for sponsoring our giveaways!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ci\u003e(cbiksacky, please contact me via email so I can arrange getting you a code to redeem your free app. You can find my email address \u003ca href\u003d\"http://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.)\u003c/i\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/feeds/1934690632904091017/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/07/second-giveaway-winner-is.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/1934690632904091017"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/1934690632904091017"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/07/second-giveaway-winner-is.html","title":"The Second Giveaway Winner Is..."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dala"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09390391982768152147"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//lh3.googleusercontent.com/zFdxGE77vvD2w5xHy6jkVuElKv-U9_9qLkRYK8OnbDeJPtjSZ82UPq5w6hJ-SA\u003ds35"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522593221428423055.post-1015621341341196076"},"published":{"$t":"2012-06-29T05:00:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-06-29T05:00:16.391-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"giveaway"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Three Days Left to Enter Learning Fundamentals Speech Therapy App Giveaway"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"You can enter a giveaway for a free speech therapy iPhone / iPad app through midnight Sunday.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eRead the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/06/review-and-giveaway-learning_25.html\"\u003ereview of the Phonology and Minimal Pairs apps\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eGo to the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.learningfundamentals.com/products/mobile.php\"\u003elist of Learning Fundamentals Speech Therapy Apps\u003c/a\u003e and choose your favorite (up to a $59.99 value).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cli\u003eCome back and leave a comment on \u003ca href\u003d\"http://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/06/review-and-giveaway-learning_25.html\"\u003ethe review post\u003c/a\u003e with the name of your favorite app and the reason that app is your favorite.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/ol\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThat's it.  Then you're entered for a chance to receive a free copy of the app you chose.  I'll be picking a winner with a random number generator and announcing the winner on Tuesday.  So far there are only 9 people entered.  That's pretty good odds."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/feeds/1015621341341196076/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/06/three-days-left-to-enter-learning.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/1015621341341196076"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/1015621341341196076"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/06/three-days-left-to-enter-learning.html","title":"Three Days Left to Enter Learning Fundamentals Speech Therapy App Giveaway"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dala"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09390391982768152147"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//lh3.googleusercontent.com/zFdxGE77vvD2w5xHy6jkVuElKv-U9_9qLkRYK8OnbDeJPtjSZ82UPq5w6hJ-SA\u003ds35"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522593221428423055.post-6412643781519054428"},"published":{"$t":"2012-06-25T05:07:00.004-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-06-25T05:07:00.105-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"review"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"app"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"giveaway"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Review and Giveaway:  Learning Fundamentals Phonology Apps"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to \u003ca href\u003d\"http://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/06/review-and-giveaway-learning.html\"\u003ereview two great articulation apps by Learning Fundamentals\u003c/a\u003e and host \u003ca href\u003d\"http://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/06/and-giveaway-winner-is.html\"\u003ea giveaway of one of their apps\u003c/a\u003e.  This week I am going to review two of their Phonology apps and Learning Fundamentals has generously offered to sponsor another giveaway of one of \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.learningfundamentals.com/products/mobile.php\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003etheir speech and language apps\u003c/a\u003e (up to a $59.99 value) to one of my readers.  More on how to enter the giveaway at the end of this review.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePhonology: An iPhone/iPad app from Learning Fundamentals\u003c/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePhonology: App Tour\u003c/h3\u003eThe \u003ca href\u003d\"http://http://www.learningfundamentals.com/products/mobile/Phonology.php\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003ePhonology app\u003c/a\u003e is a simple to use, yet full-featured app that puts a large set of words with word, phrase, and sentence level audio prompts at your fingertips.  Let's take a look at what the screen looks like when you're actually doing therapy.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3sXxjnu6qwc/T-fIKmOfQKI/AAAAAAAACYk/nC0rqp2A9SI/s1600/Phonology%2BApp%2BScreenshots.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"281\" width\u003d\"400\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3sXxjnu6qwc/T-fIKmOfQKI/AAAAAAAACYk/nC0rqp2A9SI/s400/Phonology%2BApp%2BScreenshots.jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eEach target word is presented as a simple color picture.  You may choose to have the word displayed in text below the picture or you may turn that off.  Below the picture are several types of prompts.  From left to right:  \"W\" plays a high quality audio prompt of the word, \"P\" plays a short phrase, \"S\" plays a simple sentence prompt, \"Lp\" plays the word with a long pause between the target phoneme and the rest of the word, \"Sp\" plays the word with a short pause between the target phoneme and the rest of the word, and \"Ex\" plays the word with the target phoneme exaggerated.  These six audio prompts are available for every word included in the program.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAbove the picture you see a microphone symbol and a speaker symbol.  Click on the microphone and wait a moment for it to turn red.  Then have the child say the word (or phrase or sentence).  Click on the microphone again to turn off the recording.  The speaker icon will turn green and you can play back their production for them.  You can redo the recording as many times as you like.  This feature is simple, useful, and very motivating for the children.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOnce the child has made the production you click on the icons at the very bottom to tally scoring data.  You can do this multiple times so if you're having a child do sets of three, for example, you can tally their accuracy all three times before moving on to the next word.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn the options you can choose from two different data collection schemes.  The first is spontaneous correct/incorrect and imitated correct/incorrect.  The second is correct/distortion/incorrect.  You simply touch the symbol to record the type of response the student produced.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe settings menu is simple.  There is a great set of instructions.  The phonological process tab allows you to go in and choose the specific processes you want to work on in the session.  You can even choose specific phonemes.  If you're working on initial consonant deletion, yet your child cannot make an initial /k/, you can choose to include all initial phonemes except initial /k/.  That is a level of customization most apps do not allow and yet is extremely useful.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eYou can view the target word lists.  The options screen allows you to enter the child's name so that a name will be attached to your results data.  You can also choose whether to have the word appear in text below the picture.  The options screen allows you to reset the scoring data so that you can switch to another student or to a new set of phonemes.  This is also where you choose which scoring scheme you want to use.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe results page is pretty simple.  It is a simple record of the number of response types you tallied and the phonemes/phonological processes you were working on.  It does not calculate percentages for you.  If you were working on multiple phonemes or processes, it does not separate out the data for your different targets.  I would love to see a more full featured results screen in a future update.  \u003ci\u003e(I believe that Learning Fundamentals is working on adding this functionality to their apps and will be adding this feature to future updates quite soon.)\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePhonology: Phonological Processes and Phonemes Included\u003c/h3\u003eThe app addresses four of the most common phonological processes: \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003einitial consonant deletion (/k, l, r/)\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003efinal consonant deletion (/p, t, k, ps, ts, ks, m, n, er/)\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003ecluster reduction (/s, l, and r/ clusters)\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003esyllable reduction (2-syllable words, 3-syllable words)\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe app does a wonderful job of addressing final consonant deletion and cluster reduction.  The word lists for those processes are deep and the level of customization is impressive.  Initial consonant deletion is only addressed through three initial phonemes and those phonemes (k, l, and r) are ones that would be difficult for children exhibiting initial consonant deletion as a phonological process.  It would be challenging to address initial consonant deletion with those three specific phonemes as the only initial phoneme categories included in the set.  The word sets for the two and three syllable words are relatively short (7 words each), so syllable reduction is addressed in this app with a relatively limited set of targets.  By going into the options and choosing initial /l/ and initial /r/ you could work on \u003cb\u003egliding \u003c/b\u003etoo although that is not explicitly listed as one of the phonological processes addressed in the app.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePhonology: General Impressions\u003c/h3\u003eI liked this app a lot.  I like the simplicity of design.  I think their pictures are well chosen and their audio prompts are extremely well done.  I love the ability to make an audio recording of the child's production and play it back for them.  Keeping scoring data is simple and I like being able to make multiple tallies per word before moving to the next word.  I particularly like being able to customize the specific phonemes used to work on the phonological processes so that I am not forced to include phonemes that are too difficult for a particular student.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIf the phonological processes you're looking to work on are final consonant deletion, cluster reduction, or gliding (all extremely common) this is an great app for you.  If you want to work on initial consonant deletion using /k, r, and l/ or syllable reduction using a small set of words those phonological processes are included in a more limited fashion.  If you need any of the other phonological processes they aren't going to be found in this particular app.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMost of the words included in this app are one-syllable words which is great.  Many are simple CVC words which means that this app can be very useful for people working with children with more severe speech delays.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOne drawback, is that the app is not set up to handle groups.  You will pretty much need to work with a student individually or taking turns.  Whenever you switch students you'll need to save and then reset your scoring data before starting with then next student.  Perhaps in a future update, they'll figure out a way for you to enter multiple students and have the app take turns keeping separate scoring data sets.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOne final area that I think could use improvement is their results and scoring.  I would like to see the results screen calculate percentages.  I would also love to have it sort out the scores for the different phonemes/phonological processes.  I also do not find \"incorrect\" to be a useful scoring category.  I'd rather have correct, distortion, substitution, and omission as scoring options.  The results screen would give me a percentage correct/incorrect with incorrect being the distortion, substitution, and omission categories all combined.  Then, I'd like the percent breakdown of the types of errors within the incorrect category.  Perhaps that could also be an improvement in a future update. \u003ci\u003e(I believe Learning Fundamentals is working on pushing out this improvement to at least some of their apps very soon.)\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePhonology: Bottom Line\u003c/h3\u003eThis is a \u003cb\u003egreat\u003c/b\u003e app for final consonant deletion, cluster reduction, and gliding (in initial position) \u003cb\u003eif\u003c/b\u003e you don't need it to be a great tool in groups.  It can also be of some use for practicing syllable reduction with a limited number of targets (14 total) and initial consonant deletion (only with initial /l, r, and k/).  I continue to feel that the Learning Fundamentals speech apps are some of the best I've seen in terms of their ease of use, breadth of targets, and quality of pictures and audio prompts.  The portability of the iPhone/iPad format is an added bonus.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMinimal Pairs: An iPhone/iPad app from Learning Fundamentals\u003c/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMinimal Pairs: App Tour\u003c/h3\u003eThe \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.learningfundamentals.com/products/mobile/MinimalPairs.php\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eMinimal Pairs app\u003c/a\u003e presents two minimal pair pictures at a time and asks the child to touch one of the two pictures.  You could use this app as receptive auditory discrimination practice, or ask the children to produce one of the two words and work on production.  Minimal pair categories addressed include initial consonant deletion (/k, l, r/), final consonant deletion (/k, n, p, t/) and /s/-cluster reduction (/sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw/).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qmKWFyB4hSo/T-fOOidcbiI/AAAAAAAACZA/KZahz7iOhE4/s1600/Minimal%2BPairs%2BApp%2BScreenshots.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"287\" width\u003d\"400\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qmKWFyB4hSo/T-fOOidcbiI/AAAAAAAACZA/KZahz7iOhE4/s400/Minimal%2BPairs%2BApp%2BScreenshots.jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe app presents two pictures at a time (ex: bow, bone).  When the pictures appear, an audio prompt will instruct, \"Show me ______.\"  The child can tap on the picture and hear the word associated with that picture.  The therapist can score responses by tapping on icons at the bottom of the screen.  You will need to decide ahead of time if you are scoring correct/incorrect auditory discrimination vs. correct/distorted/incorrect productions.  You can choose to have small boxes appear below the pictures.  If you tap on those boxes, you can get visual feedback about performance on the auditory discrimination task separately from the scoring at the bottom of the page.  Unfortunately, the app does not keep track of those checkboxes for reporting purposes, so it is not useful for data collection.  In the future, I would love to see this app incorporate a correct/substitution/distortion/omission format for data collection on productions at the bottom of the screen and also track the correct/incorrect checkboxes and report that data in the reporting form for tracking auditory discrimination accuracy.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMy children really enjoyed playing with this app.  They enjoyed the interactive elements.  They liked swiping to see the next set of pictures.  They liked tapping on the picture to choose the presented word.  They liked recording themselves saying a word and listening to their own productions.  The app is simple, yet intrinsically rewarding for a child to play with in the context of speech practice.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMinimal Pairs: Bottom Line\u003c/h3\u003eIf you like working with minimal pairs and want to use minimal pairs to address initial consonant deletion, final consonant deletion, or /s/ cluster reduction, this is a useful, reasonably priced app that children should enjoy using.  Just remember that it currently has very basic scoring and reporting options, no way to track auditory discrimination data separately from production data, and the limitation of working with one student at a time.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLearning Fundamentals app Giveaway!!!\u003c/h2\u003eOne week from today I will use a random number generator to choose a valid entry from the comments on this post.  Learning Fundamentals will provide me with a promo code to redeem the app of that reader's choice at the Apple store.  To enter, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.learningfundamentals.com/products/mobile.php\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003echeck out the apps available at the Learning Fundamentals website\u003c/a\u003e and choose your favorite.  Come back to this post and leave the name of the Learning Fundamentals app you'd like to have and what you like most about that particular app in a comment on this post. That's it.  I extend my thanks to Learning Fundamentals for sponsoring this giveaway here at Testy Yet Trying.  I'll accept entries through midnight on Sunday, July 1, 2012 and announce the winner on Monday, July 2nd."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/feeds/6412643781519054428/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/06/review-and-giveaway-learning_25.html#comment-form","title":"12 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/6412643781519054428"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/6412643781519054428"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/06/review-and-giveaway-learning_25.html","title":"Review and Giveaway:  Learning Fundamentals Phonology Apps"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dala"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09390391982768152147"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//lh3.googleusercontent.com/zFdxGE77vvD2w5xHy6jkVuElKv-U9_9qLkRYK8OnbDeJPtjSZ82UPq5w6hJ-SA\u003ds35"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3sXxjnu6qwc/T-fIKmOfQKI/AAAAAAAACYk/nC0rqp2A9SI/s72-c/Phonology%2BApp%2BScreenshots.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"12"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522593221428423055.post-5361426716319910240"},"published":{"$t":"2012-06-21T08:34:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-06-21T08:34:59.853-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"giveaway"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"And the Giveaway Winner is..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Commenter #3, Jen P. who is going to use the Artic Practice app at home with her daughter.  Congratulations to Jen and thank you to everyone who participated.  Next week I'll be doing another review of two great \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.learningfundamentals.com/products/mobile.php\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eLearning Fundamentals Speech Apps\u003c/a\u003e and hosting another giveaway.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Jen, please contact me via email so I can arrange getting you a code to redeem your free app. You can find my email address \u003ca href\u003d\"http://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.)\u003c/i\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/feeds/5361426716319910240/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/06/and-giveaway-winner-is.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/5361426716319910240"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/5361426716319910240"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/06/and-giveaway-winner-is.html","title":"And the Giveaway Winner is..."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dala"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09390391982768152147"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//lh3.googleusercontent.com/zFdxGE77vvD2w5xHy6jkVuElKv-U9_9qLkRYK8OnbDeJPtjSZ82UPq5w6hJ-SA\u003ds35"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522593221428423055.post-2741219176381813149"},"published":{"$t":"2012-06-18T05:06:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-06-18T05:06:00.730-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"giveaway"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Two Days Left to Enter Learning Fundamentals Speech Therapy App Giveaway"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"You can enter a giveaway for a free speech therapy iPhone / iPad app through midnight tomorrow.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eRead the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/06/review-and-giveaway-learning.html\"\u003ereview of the Artic Practice and Articulation IV apps\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eGo to the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.learningfundamentals.com/products/mobile.php\"\u003elist of Learning Fundamentals Speech Therapy Apps\u003c/a\u003e and choose your favorite (up to a $59.99 value).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cli\u003eCome back and leave a comment on \u003ca href\u003d\"http://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/06/review-and-giveaway-learning.html\"\u003ethe review post\u003c/a\u003e with the name of your favorite app and the setting in which you'll be using the app.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/ol\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThat's it.  Then you're entered for a chance to receive a free copy of the app you chose.  I'll be picking a winner with a random number generator and announcing the winner on Thursday.  So far there are only 14 people entered.  That's pretty good odds."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/feeds/2741219176381813149/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/06/two-days-left-to-enter-learning.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/2741219176381813149"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/2741219176381813149"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/06/two-days-left-to-enter-learning.html","title":"Two Days Left to Enter Learning Fundamentals Speech Therapy App Giveaway"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dala"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09390391982768152147"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//lh3.googleusercontent.com/zFdxGE77vvD2w5xHy6jkVuElKv-U9_9qLkRYK8OnbDeJPtjSZ82UPq5w6hJ-SA\u003ds35"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522593221428423055.post-5638487225620519254"},"published":{"$t":"2012-06-13T05:03:00.004-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-06-13T05:03:00.638-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"review"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"app"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"articulation"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"giveaway"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Review and Giveaway:  Learning Fundamentals Articulation Apps"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.learningfundamentals.com/products/overview.php\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eLearning Fundamentals LocuTour\u003c/a\u003e has been making speech and language software since 1994.  They recently began to convert some of their software into iPhone / iPad apps and provided me with copies of some of their new apps to evaluate.  They generously offered to sponsor \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ea giveaway\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/b\u003e of one of \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.learningfundamentals.com/products/mobile.php\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003etheir apps\u003c/a\u003e (up to a $59.99 value) to a reader.  More on how to enter the giveaway at the end of this review.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003e(Yes, this is a really long review, but if you're actually interested in the app I hope you'll find the comprehensiveness of the review useful and besides, there's a giveaway at the end to reward you for your persistence.)\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch2\u003eArtic Practice: An iPhone/iPad app from Learning Fundamentals\u003c/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eArtic Practice: App Tour\u003c/h3\u003eThe \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.learningfundamentals.com/products/mobile/ArticPractice.php\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eArtic Practice app\u003c/a\u003e is a simple to use, yet full-featured app that puts a large set of words with word, phrase, and sentence level audio prompts at your fingertips.  Let's take a look at what the screen looks like when you're actually doing therapy.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fq9S4RedS5E/T9dTYfXyexI/AAAAAAAACQQ/H0zmal7HFz8/s1600/Artic%2BPractice%2BScreenshots%2BStimulus%2BPages.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"283\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fq9S4RedS5E/T9dTYfXyexI/AAAAAAAACQQ/H0zmal7HFz8/s400/Artic%2BPractice%2BScreenshots%2BStimulus%2BPages.jpg\" width\u003d\"400\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eEach target word is presented as part of a scene.  You can choose to have the word displayed in text below the picture or you may turn that off.  Below the picture are several types of prompts.  From left to right, you can click on \"W\" to hear a high quality audio sample prompt of the word.  Click on \"Snd\" to hear the word broken into its individual phonemes.  Click on \"P\" to hear the word in a phrase.  Click on \"S\" to hear the word in a sentence.  Click on \"SQ\" to hear the word in a question.  Click on \"SA\" to hear the word in an answer to the question.  These six audio prompts are available for every word included in the program.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAbove the picture you see a microphone symbol and a speaker symbol.  Click on the microphone and wait a moment for it to turn red.  Then have the child say the word (or phrase, sentence, or question).  Click on the microphone again to turn off the recording.  The speaker icon will turn green and you can play back their production for them.  You can redo the recording as many times as you like.  This feature is simple, useful, and very motivating for the children.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOnce the child has made the production you click on the icons at the very bottom to tally scoring data.  You can do this multiple times so if you're having a child do sets of three, for example, you can tally their accuracy all three times before moving on to the next word.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn the options you can choose from two different data collection schemes.  The first is spontaneous correct/incorrect and imitated correct/incorrect.  The second is correct/distortion/incorrect.  You simply touch the symbol to record the type of response the student produced.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vxPqeLeJj9U/T9dXQA65QuI/AAAAAAAACQ4/IewN1lrYIbc/s1600/Artic%2BPractice%2BSettings%2Band%2BOptions%2BScreenshots.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"400\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vxPqeLeJj9U/T9dXQA65QuI/AAAAAAAACQ4/IewN1lrYIbc/s400/Artic%2BPractice%2BSettings%2Band%2BOptions%2BScreenshots.jpg\" width\u003d\"289\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe settings menu is simple.  There is a great set of instructions.  The phoneme tab allows you to go in and choose the specific phonemes you want to work on in the session.  You can view the word lists.  The options screen allows you to enter the child's name so that a name will be attaches to your results data.  You can also choose whether to have the word appear in text below the picture.  The options screens allows you to reset the scoring data so that you can switch to another student or to a new set of phonemes.  This is also where you choose which scoring scheme you want to use.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe results page is pretty simple.  It is a simple record of the number of response types you tallied and the phonemes you were working on.  It does not calculate percentages for you.  If you were working on multiple phonemes, it does not separate out the data for your different targets.  I would love to see a more full featured results screen in a future update.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch3\u003eArtic Practice: Phonemes Included\u003c/h3\u003eThe app includes the following target sounds in initial, medial, and final position unless otherwise indicated: /p, b, t, d, k, g, f, v, th-, th+ (I,M), s, z, sh, zh(M), ch, J, l, r, m, n, ng(M, F), hw (I, M), H (I), y (I, M), l clusters, r clusters, z clusters, s clusters, and vocalic r/.  You can choose to target any of the phonemes individually or in combination.  This is an extremely comprehensive set of phonemes and a huge word list.  Each word in each category is provided with audio samples for word level, phoneme level, phrase level, two sentences, and a question.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch3\u003eArtic Practice: General Impressions\u003c/h3\u003eI liked this app a lot.  The pictures are well done and I like the fact that the picture is presented in a scene.  It allows flexibility to use the word in a phrase or sentence.  It also allows you to use this app creatively for language practice as well.  I love the functionality of being able to make a recording of the child's production for playback and how quickly and seamlessly that works.  Ava and Michael also enjoyed working with the app.  As I first opened it and began exploring it, Ava wandered over and crawled into my lap to \"play\".  She was more than happy to do the speech practice as long as she got to make a recording each time and listen to herself and I let her be the one to swipe her finger across the screen to move to the next picture.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI do have the same concerns about this set of stimuli that I do with other card sets and artic apps though.  If you have a severely delayed child, this app will not work for you.  Although it does target initial /p/, for example, the target words are often multisyllabic or include blends.  If you work with children who need practice at the CV, VC, CVC level, this will not be the app for you.  If you are working with more typical articulation clients though, this app is a wonderful resource.  Perhaps in a future update they will allow you to filter by syllable length and filter out consonant blends and clusters.  That would open this app up a lot for use with more severe speech delays.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAnother drawback, is that the app is not set up to handle groups.  You will pretty much need to work with a student individually or taking turns.  Whenever you switch students you'll need to save and then reset your scoring data before starting with then next student.  Perhaps in a future update, they'll figure out a way for you to enter multiple students and have the app take turns keeping separate scoring data sets.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOne final area that I think could use improvement is their results and scoring.  I would like to see the results screen calculate percentages.  I would also love to have it sort out the scores for the different phonemes.  For example, I might mix initial /p/ words(easy) with initial /s/ words(hard), and initial /f/ words(also hard) for Ava in order to improve generalization.  I would be expecting her to get 100% of the initial /p/ words, and would really only be interested in the percentages for the other two phonemes - separately.  This app only gives the tallies for all three phonemes grouped together which is not actually a useful number for me at all.  I'd need to keep data using pen and paper.  I also do not find \"incorrect\" to be a useful scoring category.  I'd rather have correct, distortion, substitution, and omission as scoring options.  The results screen would give me a percentage correct/incorrect with incorrect being the distortion, substitution, and omission categories all combined.  Then, I'd like the percent breakdown of the types of errors within the incorrect category.  Perhaps that could also be an improvement in a future update.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch3\u003eArtic Practice: Bottom Line\u003c/h3\u003eI think this app would be an amazing value \u003cb\u003eif\u003c/b\u003e you are not working with severely speech delayed students, you're not too picky about scoring, and you don't need it to be a great tool in groups.  The breadth of the target phonemes included, the audio prompts, the beautiful pictures, and the recording and playback make this a great value for anyone doing a lot articulation therapy with students with mild-moderate articulation errors.  The portability of the iPhone/iPad format is an added bonus.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch2\u003eArticulation IV: An iPhone/iPad app from Learning Fundamentals\u003c/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eArticulation IV: Abbreviated App Tour\u003c/h3\u003eThe \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.learningfundamentals.com/products/mobile/ArticIV.php\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eArticulation IV app\u003c/a\u003e is very similar in format to the Artic Practice app so I'll just focus on the differences. Let's take a look at what the screen looks like when you're actually doing therapy.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vlvwqDn9MPA/T9dmjlU2t5I/AAAAAAAACRU/ozeAOz7KVkE/s1600/Articulation%2BIV%2BScreenshots.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"117\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vlvwqDn9MPA/T9dmjlU2t5I/AAAAAAAACRU/ozeAOz7KVkE/s400/Articulation%2BIV%2BScreenshots.jpg\" width\u003d\"400\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe Articulation IV app is more advanced than the Artic Practice app and consequently has slightly different prompting levels.  It has the word in isolation, broken into individual phonemes and in a phrase.  It also has the word in a simple sentence, longer sentence, and complex sentence.  See the above set of screenshots for one example.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch3\u003eArticulation IV: Phonemes Included\u003c/h3\u003eThe app includes the following target sounds in initial, medial, and final position unless otherwise indicated: /l, l-clusters, pre-vocalic l, post-vocalic l, r (I, M), r-clusters (I, M), s, s-clusters, vocalic r (sorted by vowel), th+ (I, M), th-, th- clusters (I, F), z, and z-clusters (F)/.  You can choose to target any of the phonemes individually or in combination.  This is an extremely comprehensive set of more advanced phonemes and a huge word list.  Each word in each category is provided with audio samples for word level, phoneme level, phrase level, and multiple sentences.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch3\u003eArticulation IV: Bottom Line\u003c/h3\u003eIf you work with students who make errors with the phonemes targeted in this app, this is a great resource and perfectly set up to work very well on carryover and generalization skills.  Just remember that it has the same basic scoring and results features as the Artic Practice app and the limitation of working with one student at a time.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLearning Fundamentals app Giveaway!!!\u003c/h2\u003eOne week from today I will use a random number generator to choose a valid entry from the comments on this post.  Learning Fundamentals will provide me with a promo code to redeem the app of that reader's choice at the Apple store.  To enter, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.learningfundamentals.com/products/mobile.php\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003echeck out the apps available at the Learning Fundamentals website\u003c/a\u003e and choose your favorite.  Come back to this post and leave the name of the Learning Fundamentals app you'd like to have and the setting in which you will be using it (at home with your own child, in private practice, in the schools, etc.) in a comment. That's it.  I extend my thanks to Learning Fundamentals for sponsoring my very first giveaway here at Testy Yet Trying.  I'll accept entries through midnight on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 and announce the winner on Thursday, June 21st.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNext week I'll be reviewing two of Learning Fundamentals Phonology apps and hosting a second giveaway."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/feeds/5638487225620519254/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/06/review-and-giveaway-learning.html#comment-form","title":"23 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/5638487225620519254"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/5638487225620519254"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/06/review-and-giveaway-learning.html","title":"Review and Giveaway:  Learning Fundamentals Articulation Apps"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dala"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09390391982768152147"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//lh3.googleusercontent.com/zFdxGE77vvD2w5xHy6jkVuElKv-U9_9qLkRYK8OnbDeJPtjSZ82UPq5w6hJ-SA\u003ds35"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fq9S4RedS5E/T9dTYfXyexI/AAAAAAAACQQ/H0zmal7HFz8/s72-c/Artic%2BPractice%2BScreenshots%2BStimulus%2BPages.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"23"}}]}});