Easy Eater 2 App gets Kids to eat more fruits and vegetables

JiveHealth release Easy Eater 2 app. Designed for iPhone and iPod Touch, Easy Eater 2 is a game that helps parents get their children ages 4 to 10 to eat more fruits and vegetables and makes healthy eating an enjoyable activity for the whole family. Easy Eater 2 is free and available in the App Store

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MyRoutine app, to reduce kids’ doctor visit anxiety

Visiting the doctor might be a daunting experience for kids who aren’t yet used to the process, especially those with a developmental delay.

To address this concern, the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee created an iPad app, My Routine, to show children what a doctor’s office visit generally looks like as well as other daily routines. 

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Research Reveals Ways to Help Patients with Autism Improve Social Skills

Advances in treatments for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) will be the focus of several presentations at the American Psychological Association’s 121st Annual Convention. About 1 in 50 school-age children in the United States has some form of autism, according to the National Institutes of Mental Health. Leading experts in the diagnoses and treatment of autism will present research findings that include new ways to identify ASD, new approaches for teaching social skills, and how mobile technology can help autistic children communicate.

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Una Aplicación para smartphones y tabletas que explica la Dermatitis y su tratamiento

Kidekom ha realizado para Astellas Pharma una nueva aplicación: ¡Álex no te rasques!:
Su objetivo, explicar la dermatitis atópica y sus consecuencias a niños y padres. Ofrece consejos que sirven de guía para mantener la piel sana y controlar la enfermedad. 

Incluye:

- Video "¡Álex no te rasques!"

- Mini juegos (Puzzle)

- Mini Quizz

- Recordatorio

- Foto con Glupi

Álex tiene Dermatitis Atópica y ha empezado sus vacaciones un poco desanimado por la aparición de un brote en su brazo.

Un increíble personaje: Glupi, le va a ayudar a conocer más sobre su enfermedad. Juntos descubrirán cómo es la piel atópica, cómo cuidarla y cómo prevenir los brotes, en una divertida y fantástica historia. 

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Apps for Autism: Communicating on the iPad

Autistic people whose condition prevents them from speaking are making breakthroughs with the help of tablet computers and special applications that allow them to communicate, some for the first time.

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FTC's Second Kids' App Report Finds Little Progress in Addressing Privacy Concerns Surrounding Mobile Applications for Children

Kids' Data Still Collected, Shared without Parents' Knowledge, Consent.

The Federal Trade Commission issued a new staff report examining the privacy disclosures and practices of apps offered for children in the Google Play and Apple App stores.  The report details the results of the FTC’s second survey of kids’ mobile apps. 

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Una aplicación para móvil mejora las habilidades sociales de niños autistas y con síndrome de Down

Investigadores de la Universidad de Granada (UGR) han desarrollado una aplicación para dispositivos móviles que permite mejorar las competencias básicas, como el lenguaje, conocimiento del entorno, autonomía y habilidades sociales, de niños con Trastorno de Espectro Autista y con síndrome de Down.

Esta aplicación, denominada Picaa y disponible en el App Store de forma gratuita, puede utilizarse en los dispositivos electrónicos iPhone, iPad y iPod touch.

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The 200 best education Apps

Eric Sailers details hundreds of helpful apps that are perfect for special education teachers and more.

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LazyTown Airship Challenge, a new game available across mobile platforms

AirShip Challenge promotes a healthy and active lifestyle for kids of all ages. The player navigates the Sportacus AirShip through the clouds above LazyTown and collects points by capturing falling SportsCandy.

Magnus Scheving, CEO, creator and star of LazyTown says, “We know from the thousands of emails that we receive from parents that Sportacus is a fantastic role model for kids. The Airship Challenge is a fantastic way to keep children entertained while travelling or at home while teaching them the benefits of eating food that is good for them.”

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Human Defense, a funny app where your body is the battle field.

Viruses are attacking your organs in their thousands! It’s time to step up, build your defenses and control the blood flow in this game created by Heliceum.

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