CASA Artic

1.This App was developed to facilitate the practice of sound production among Spanish-speaking children who have trouble with articulation. This App is designed to help Spanish-speaking children with articulation delays.

2.Developed by bilingual speech-language pathologists with over 15 years of combined experience working with children in various cultural populations (CLD) in the school and other clinical settings.

3.App is very user-friendly—easy for parents, teachers, caregivers, and educators

4.Users can select purchase of single sounds to individualize need or buy the entire App (all 25 sounds/phonological processes) at a discounted price

5.All 18 consonants in the Spanish language (m, b, p, k, l, w, f, y, t, n, d, g, ñ, r, ch, x, s, rr) are featured, as well as the following 7 phonological process: Initial Consonant Deletion (ICD), Final Consonant Deletion (FCD), Stopping, Consonant Cluster Reduction (CCR), Weak Syllable Deletion (WSD), Fronting, Prevocalic Voicing (PVV)

6.Users can select sounds by placement : initial, medial, *final, *blends (*when applicable)

7.Slides include over 1400 colorful, child-friendly images

8.Multiple student/user profiles can be added and data is collected/tracked over time

9.Sounds are targeted in words, phrases, and sentences

10.Meaningful sentences are great for reinforcing adequate sentence structure

11.All audios include production of Spanish language in clear, naturalistic voice throughout

12.Collected data can be easily emailed to teachers, parents, SLPs. Tallied data is automatically converted to percentages, and is ready to email

13.Colorful animations for positive reinforcement

14.Option to record sound practice and play back voice

15.All target sounds are highlighted

16.Option to randomize placement of sounds (i.e. initial, medial, final, blends)

17.App is a great way for SLPs to assign homework practice to ensure and encourage carry over

18.Easy way to establish baselines and measure progress during articulation assessments

19.No need to use paper to document accuracy!

20.Extremely convenient and compact—allows for artic practice on-the-go

21.Option to turn off English translation text on slides

22.Encourages self-monitoring and generalization/carry over

23.Editing student profiles (adding/removing) is fast and easy

24.App encourages use of expanded sentence structure, and increases vocabulary knowledge and exposure