Autism ABA Word Learning with

helpingtogrow

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About this app

This try for Free app that teaches children of all ages to identify pictures and words using exciting animations to reward the child's progress. The app uses the ABA DTT (Discrete Trial Training) principles to encourage the child to progress through the different images and labels. First, the child has just one choice to make to identify an image by touching the image, then two and so on until s/he masters the image by getting it correct eight times. The app then moves to the next image. You can decide how often to give the rewards. The prompts and labels can be switched on or off. Also the frequency of the rewards can be adjusted depending on the capability of the child. The app features dozens of everyday objects and actions that children comes across. Great start to a child's learning journey!

Ratings and reviews

"better a trained dog than a wild one" We are not dogs. We are people. Compliance training is not education. Listen to what autistic people have to say, rather than following training methods that do more harm than good. Also, the "rewards" in this app are not good. A video of am asteroid flying towards the screen breaking it? That almost gave me a full-on meltdown. It was scary.

My son likes this app, but it doesn't pick up where you leave off. You have to start back at the very beginning each session. It doesn't track the words he has mastered, so your unable to build on your last session.

Horrible. Autistic people are not dogs, nor are they in need of training. Forgo "games" like this and abuse like ABA. Teach your children in ways that foster bonding, independence, and self esteem. Drilling children only teaches compliance, and that is a dangerous thing.

What's new

This is version 3 of the helpingtogrow app to teach kids with dozens of images to learn.