By Brooke Sherrard, Daily Iowegian
It turns out the iPad, the touch-screen tablet computer made by Apple Inc., is more than the latest must-have gadget. he iPad has revolutionized speech therapy in the two years since its release, including in the Centerville Community School District. rianne Thompson, 25, a speech-language pathologist at the Great Prairie Area Education Agency, works with about 50 children in the Centerville district. She said the iPad is quickly changing the way speech therapy is practiced. Number one, kids want to use it,” Thompson said. “Speech therapy can be extremely monotonous work, and you need tons of repetition. Whenever a kid is motivated, it means you are going to see more progress more quickly.”
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