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The Social Express, (iPad only. Mac and PC versions available) by The Language Express, Inc. is an educational app that is designed to teach children with Autism, Aspergers Syndrome, and ADHD social skills. While the app is geared for certain populations, it does have practical application for children up to Middle School.
There are many apps in the App Store that teach emotions. The Social Express is not like any of these apps. In fact, it blows the competition out of the water.
Learning something one is not good at is hard. Imagine spending all day being forced to work on that one thing. The Social Express makes working on skills that are difficult for many children with Autism – social skills – easily understood. By employing concepts in Social Thinking, self-regulation, and problem solving skills in a video modeling way of teaching.
The app is well-designed. I was immediately blown away by the beautiful graphics. The UI was not cumbersome during testing. The app is a simple bus that takes the main characters, Zack, Emma, and their dog Sunny into town. From there, various social scenarios are played out. The child selects the appropriate answer. By using specific language, video modeling, and error-free learning that allows children to think, The Social Express has it all.
The Social Express is a rather large download, so make sure to have enough space to use it. Printable materials are also available, however unless an iPad user has access to a wireless printer, they are not of much use. It would be nice to see printables sent to an annotation app or PDF form for ease of customizing for learners.
Our children are asking to be taught in a different way than we were taught. Many debates have been waged over the use of technology to teach specific skills. However, regardless of one’s viewpoint, we can agree that using apps such as The Social Express only help to make children’s learning success in a way that makes sense for them.
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My son has autism and I work for a private school for children with ASD.
This app looks great. I have a 10 year old son with down syndrome and this would be so great for him.
I have the lite version for iPad and think it is fantastic- I would love to have The Social Express for MAC to use with my students on the spectrum. They all love the lite version and I would be thrilled to incorporate the full curriculum into our speech therapy sessions. I shared on my page, Special Apps, Special Kids for you, and tweeted as well! Thanks for the opportunity!
I would love to win this for my ASD son, it is top of our wish list, we have the lite version on the ipad and was wondering whether to purchase for the ipad or mac.
I already Like The Social Express Interactive Software on Facebook.
I have shared on facebook and tweeted (@tearleahy).
I’m so excited at the chance to win this ipad. Thank you.
Hi, I would love to win this app for my son who has autism. Thank you for the opportunity.
I have liked The Social Express Interactive Software on Facebook and
Shared the fb post
I’m an autism spectrum researcher and I’m in contact with a lot of professionals and autistic kids (low and high functioning). This application would be very useful for me.
I would LOVE to get a full copy of this. I have the lite iPad one, and it looks great. I’m an SLP for a grade school, and could use it with my students in the functional life skills class as well as about a dozen other kids on my caseload that have social communicaiton issues.
Thank you for creating such an amazing app. I would love to win this for my special needs son as well as his little brother who has other issues. Thank you for doing this drawing.
i would love this for my students in school and in the homes!
i use your lite version app all the time!
thanks for this opportunity to win it!
Hi, I have the lite version on the mac and my nephew absolutely loves it and I would love to get the full version for him.
I would love to receive a copy of this!!