Our curated list of the best SLP apps will save time and energy to both newly certified SLPs seeking to setup their private practice to the most seasoned SLPs looking to refresh their arsenal. This guide has something for everyone.
Software is our business. We’ve looked into hundreds of apps and selectd the best SLPs apps so you don’t have to spend so much time. We’ll dive deep into various categories, including articulation therapy apps, language development apps and social skills apps. Bookmark this page, we will add new categories regularly.
Technology can really be transformative to your practice so you can spend more time with clients, your client can get more practice between session to progress in their therapy and you can spend less time doing boring admin.
SLP Apps: Articulation Apps
Everyone knows that articulation is very repetitive and boooooring! You are an expert in making in clinic sessions fun but most parents aren’t as skilled to keep their kids engaged in repetitive tasks nor do the children listen as much to their parents. Help families do more homework by recommending these fun articulation apps.
Most comprehensive: Articulation Station Hive
Most Budget Concious: Articulation Hunt by Home Speech Home
See our detailed review here on best articulation apps
SLP Apps: Minimal Pairs Apps
Children with consistent phonological process disorders will need at home practice with minimal pairs. Engaging in contrastive therapy at home is not easy for parents both to select targets as well as keep their children engaged. These minimal pair apps can really help your clients continue to practice at home.
Most comprehensive: Articulation Station Hive by Little Bee Speech
Most Budget Concious: Minimal Pair App for Speech Therapy by Innovative Investments
See our detailed review here on best minimal pairs apps
SLP Apps: Language Development Apps
Children need to build vocabulary and understand the relationships between words to better express themselves. Young children, pre-schoolers and children with autism will benefit from these apps.
Language development apps cover a wide of skills to build expressive vocabulary such as :
- vocabulary to help expand the number of words a child understands
- sequencing understanding and recalling the order of events
- opposites where pairs of words that have contrasting meanings
- categorization to group items based on common characteristics
- pragmatics such as greetings, taking turns in conversation, maintaining topics, understanding non-literal language and concepts such as opposites or synonyms, such as idioms and sarcasm
Most comprehensive: Montessori Preschool Games, Kids 3-7 by Edoki Academy
Most budget concious: Duolingo Kids
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SLP Apps: Social Skills Development Apps
Social skills are essential for building meaningful relationships and navigating social interactions successfully. Learning these skills starts early in life but mature and develop more during early school years until early adulthood.
Mastering social skills is complex. It involves understanding Inference, reading body language, tone of voice, building conversation skills or understanding idioms and figurative language. Children can practice these skills in clinic but to generalise the skills they must keep practicing outside sessions. Speech therapy apps can help with consistent practice!
Our top choice: Aptus Health Apps for inference and empathy pictures
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