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About HandHold Adaptive® and iPrompts PRO®
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About HandHold Adaptive®
• A family business and leading developer of research-based apps for autism and special education
• Flagship app, iPrompts®, was among the first special education apps on iTunes in 2008. Today it has tens of thousands of users, and is backed by peer-reviewed research
• Research of apps is funded by the U.S. Department of Education (IES SBIR program) and conducted by Yale and other universities
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Our Suite of Apps for iOS
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Visual Supports Social Stories Speech Therapy Full Suite
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! Suite of visual support tools used by caregivers of those with ASDs
! Patented (U.S. No. 8,296,686)
! Multiple-time #1-grossing app (iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone)
! Benefits supported by several research studies:
! To Teachers: Ease of use and time savings compared to creating standard practice visual support tools
! To Students: Highly engaged with product, smoothing transitions and improving attention to task. Also helps teach social skills.
iPrompts® The Original “App for Autism” (Released in May, 2009)
! Schedules ! Timer ! Choices ! Library ! VideoPrompts
Transitions and sequences
Attention to task and transitions
Expression of preference
Demonstrate skills
Use our media or add your own
iPrompts® Teachers customize and present visual supports based on ASD student needs
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• Creator of Social Stories methodology
• Designed StoryMaker’s built-in “Academy”
• Contributes story templates to app
StoryMaker™ The Premier iOS App for Social Stories™
! Create ! Present ! Learn
Tested and re-tested in the field,
our process for creating stories is streamlined and
user-friendly
Share stories on the screen with optional voice recordings, or
share offline via email and print
With Carol Gray’s Academy, learning to write effective Social Stories is a breeze!
FEATURED PARTNER: CAROL GRAY
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SpeechPrompts™ Speech therapy exercises provide visual feedback on volume, stress, and rate
• Home of world-renowned autism researchers
• Collaborate to help design SpeechPrompts
• Research app in field
! VoiceMatch ! VoiceChart Compare a model phrase
to the student’s, then show rate and stress differences on screen
Provides real-time, customizable visual
feedback on voice volume
FEATURED PARTNER: YALE CHILD STUDY
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Benefits of the iPrompts® PRO Suite
! Save time compared to standard practice tools (BoardMaker, Time Timer, etc.)
! Tested and re-tested for ease of use ! Share what you create with other
caregivers via email or printing ! Training included with volume license
! Ease transitions ! Improve attention to task ! Teach social skills ! Learn organization and scheduling ! Break down tasks
TO EDUCATORS TO STUDENTS
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There’s a New Trend in Education Apps We’ve gone from “There’s An App for That” to...
… “Have any of these apps have been researched?”
• 1,000,000+ apps on iTunes store
• 1,000+ claim to support autism community
• 60 Minutes special on “Apps for Autism”
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Our Apps Are Independently Researched Studies demonstrate student engagement, teacher ease of use
• 29 educators and 88 students with ASDs aged 5-16
• 31 teachers, divided into treatment and control groups
• 10 SLPs and 40 students with ASD or other prosodic deficits
• In 87% of observations, students showed keen interest in the technology
• 82% of observations identified a positive impact on student behavior (on-task, attentiveness)
• 100% of teachers felt iPrompts was not too complex to set up
• StoryMaker as effective as standard practice, but easier to use
• In 80% of observations, teachers had no difficulty using the app
• In 73% of observations, students showed keen interest in the technology
• Pre/post scores showed remediation in elements of prosody (intonation, volume, rate, stress in sentences)
• Strong engagement ratings in >88% sessions (n=188)
SAMPLE FINDINGS PARTNERS
• Zamfir, B. R., Tedesco, R., & Reichow, B. (2012). Handheld “app” offering visual support to students with autism spectrum disorders. In K. Miesenberger et al. (Eds.), Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Part II, LNCS 7383, pp. 105–112). • Newton, D., Eren, R., Ben-Avie, M., & Reichow, B. (2013). "Handheld technology for visual supports". Journal of Special Education Technology, 28(2), 53-56.
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Retail Pricing and Custom License Program
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Visual Supports Social Stories Speech Therapy
$50 $40 $20 $100
Full Suite
! Built-in savings with PRO suite pricing at retail ! Now offering Custom License program for iPrompts® PRO
! Orders of 10+ licenses get free training and implementation support (2+ private webinar training sessions)
! Site License Partners receive discounts at volume, plus free training!
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Custom Licenses: How It Works
• Your district gets its own “custom version” of iPrompts® PRO • The number of licenses and price is negotiated in advance • You receive a spreadsheet which contains your licenses • Downloads can then be sent to educators as URLs or as codes typed into iTunes App Store • Users activate download on any device running iOS 5.0 or later (iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone) • Includes training/implementation support from developer and/or clinical staff
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Rob Tedesco, Co-Founder and CEO | 203.526.6313 | [email protected]
Thank you!