iDo Food – Kids with special needs learn dining skills (Full version) icon

App Detail » iDo Food – Kids with special needs learn dining skills (Full version)

Published by: Center for Educational Technology

iPad App - Designed for iPad

Price: FREE!
Current Version: 1.3
Released: April 09, 2015

What's New

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

- Bug Fixes.
- New Icon.

App Description

iDo Food is an innovative and comprehensive application, ideal for learning cooking and dining skills (making chocolate milk, heating food in the microwave, Setting the Table, making a Sandwich etc.

***THIS FULL VERSION IS SUITABLE ALSO FOR SCHOOLS USING THE VOLUME PURCHASE PROGRAM.***

"***This is the most comprehensive and professional application for special education I have seen that addresses the field of ADL both in content as well as in the activities it provides" (Dr. Orit Hetzroni, Special Education expert).
*** Designed by professionals specifically for those on the autistic spectrum disorder, Intellectual Disabilities and other special needs.
*** Watch step by step demonstration videos and picture sequences, and make your own.
*** Suitable for children, teenagers, and young adults

The iDo Food application includes 7 units + games:
1. Making Chocolate Milk
2. Washing Fruit
3. Making a Sandwich
4. Making a Salad
5. Setting the Table
6. Heating up Food in the Microwave
7. Eating with Knife and Fork

What’s in each unit:
- A video presenting a teenager demonstrating each activity, step by step.
- A sequence of the task’s steps in images, accompanied by narrated text for each stage, and the option to mark the completion of each step with V.
- A unique tool to create a personal sequence of the task’s steps, by photographing directly from the application.
- A tool to create a personal video of the task, directly from the application.
- Learning games to practice understanding of the sequence – what's the next step, what doesn’t belong, and so on.

What’s in the game?:
- A board game which combines fun and learning for all 7 of the application’s tasks.
- Suitable for one player or two, and allows practicing in taking turns.
- Contains a pool of randomly selected activities, which allow transfer, generalization, and enrichment of what was learned in the units: Food you eat with a knife and fork, which object salad seasoning and so on.
- For persons who have difficulty playing, there is the option of going through the activities without playing. 6 activities are randomly selected from the pool of activities.

Advantages of using the application:
* Built by professionals with expertise in special education, in cooperation with parents, occupational therapists, speech therapists, teachers and researchers.
* Each task is broken up into stages, and may be learned step by step.
* Using video clips has been proven efficient in instructing individuals with autism and cognitive disabilities.
* Building a sequence of the task, with photographs of the user himself, creates the perfect personalization: the user sees himself performing the task.
* The board game combines fun with learning. The activities in the game are an expansion of the videos and images sequences, and allow generalization and transfer of performing the tasks to other environments.
* Particularly accessible and user-friendly application, meticulously designed to be suitable for users of a wide range of ages.
* Diverse use of media: video, images, written text, narration, as well as diverse viewing options.
* Preservation of personal materials.
* Option of operating both online and offline.

*** Working on daily activities is important for the development of independent functioning and quality of life of special education children and teenagers.

*** The iDo series is recommended for use at home and in educational environments to impart and practice daily skills.

*** Visit our website: www.snapps.cet.ac.il

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