Answering TherAppy app review!!!

I love my Tactus TherAppy apps. They all provide such comprehensive settings so you can set them for many different levels of play, both children and adults benefit from these apps. When I received my copy of Tactus Therpays newest app, I couldn't want to start playing with it.

When you first open this app you see a long menu (pictured below). First you enter the students name and set their profile for play in both wh-questions and yes/no questions, which are separated in different sections. I love that you can select if you want a male or female voice to read the questions and how fast the voice will speak. You can also pick how many questions (trials) you want the client to have. I tend to select all just so I don't run out of questions. The therapist can also select if they want their client to receive motivational messages, audio reinforcement, auto advance (slide progresses by itself), and whether clients can select outside links on the home screen.

The second part of this window allows the therapist to set specific information for each type of question.

 

 

There must by endless possibilities of setting configurations and without a doubt this app can be used with a patient/client/student of any age.  

 

In the settings for WH questions, the option for a Receptive Response mode, the student get to select their answer from a field of 2-4 answers based on level of difficulty. For Expressive Response mode, the student must answer the question for themselves and the therapist can record the response as correct, approximation, or incorrect.

 

Below are sample question pages:

 

 

 

 

I love that the app reads the question for the student and does not read the answers unless the megaphone next to each answer is touched. This gives my students the choice to try and read the answers themselves for extra reading practice or get a little help. 

 

Pros:

• The voice reading the questions and answers can be adjusted for speed and can be made male or female
• The question and answer is repeated before moving on to the next question
• Uses both questions and questions with visuals for students with receptive and/or expressive needs
• Begins speaking automatically after switching to next slide

Cons:

• A few random words were pronounced incorrectly (some of my students had trouble understanding a different pronunciation)

Tactus Therapy also released another app set up very similarly called Asking Therapy where students are given part of the answer to a question and have to develop the question. I would highly recommend both apps.

 

Breana 

The opinions in this review are mine and only mine. I was provided a copy of this app and no other compensation.