Top Apps to Assist Children with Learning Disabilities

myLexia

The app, myLexia, is an easy to use application, bringing students and classrooms together. The app is designed to help kids with reading problems, incorporating Rosetta Stone English while tracking a student’s performance. It succeeds in providing communication and information technology to help parents overcome reading difficulty among kids.  myLexia does not only benefit children with dyslexia, but even kids having short term memory or mathematical problem-solving problems can benefit from the application. There are numerous games that will prompt the alphabet and number learning in a storytelling manner, with the app leveraging the power of Lexia Core5 Reading and Lexia PowerUp Literacy. 

Sintelly

Sintelly targets the social-emotional skills in children, giving them access to resources where they can improve their interaction with their peers. There can be problems that arise when a child lacks the social skills to interact and create bonding with other individuals of a similar age group. Education centered around emotional intelligence and psychology combine to enhance children’s knowledge and skills. This application gives you access to quizzes, articles, and discussions for education. This app is suitable for kids between the ages of 9-12, focusing on emotional learning.

MyTalkToolsMobile

This is an award-winning application that is quite helpful in enhancing the communication process among children. It comes with a complete AAC (augmentative and alternative communication) system for communicating with other smartphone devices. Parents can also use it to do library searches as well as web searches for images. It is one of the most popular apps when it comes to helping children with ADHD, Autism, and even Dyscalculia.

Voice Dream Reader  

If your child benefits from hearing texts read out loud, Voice Dream Reader is the app for you. With powerful optical character recognition features and a hassle-free user interface, this app serves the exact needs of a dyslexic reader.  There are detailed instructions, which make it easy to use. Both parents and children can use this app to dive into a book together. 

Proloquo2Gi                                                                             

This app is an Augmentative and Alternative Communication solution for students who suffer from speech difficulties due to autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, apraxia, aphasia or traumatic brain injury. This app is to gives all people with speech impediments a voice. The app is flexible and customizable and allows choosing from a range of realistic accents for children and adults. It is a little pricey, but well worth the money.

Montessori Numbers for Kids (Math)                                                 

This app is for students who have difficulties understanding the relationship between quantities and the numbers that signify them. It builds basic math competencies and introduces numeric order, the decimal system, counting up to 1000, comparing quantities, addition and subtraction. This app is perfect for those who suffer from dyscalculia.

Learning With Rufus (Social Cues, Basic Competencies)                

There are different sections of the app Learn with Rufus. In the section, “Feelings and Emotions” ASD children who have difficulties in identifying facial expressions and recognizing emotions as assisted in these areas.  In the section,“Boys and Girls,” this app is for those who experience difficulties in telling apart male and female faces. “Categories” introduces shapes, colors, and sizes. “Numbers” teaches counting and comparing quantities. 

Works Cited

Lynch, Matthew. “7 Must Have App and Tools for Students With Learning Disabilities.” The Tech Edvocate, 13 Aug. 2017, www.thetechedvocate.org/7-must-app-andtools-students-learning-disabilities/. 

Staff, Study International. “5 Apps That Make Learning Easier for Students with Learning Disabilities.” Study International, 9 Oct. 2019,www.studyinternational.com/news/apps-students-learning-disabilities/.