Story Builder App

Recently A4cwsn started an Appvisory board to review special needs apps and give input to developers. Junior and I are proud to be a part of this and were excited to get our first app this week to try out and review.
When we first looked at Story Builder I really didn't think it would work for Junior because he is non verbal. I set it up on the arm so he could see it and then we just started playing with it.
With this app you are given a picture and then a question is asked about that picture. The child is given the first couple words to start them off on their answer. They can then record their answer. For Junior I would give him several options for answers and let him choose the one he wanted(using his yes/no eye gaze). Then I would record it in my voice. The first picture was this one and though he focused and did answer the questions he made it clear he didn't think it was very exciting.
Then we pulled up the next picture and his whole attitude changed. It was a picture of some pirates and a sinking ship. He loved it and it took us quite awhile to go through the 5 questions because he kept not wanting the answer options I was giving him.
Finally his story was just right and we played it back for him. He thought it was just the funniest thing.

Great app, it encouraged Junior to use his imagination as he built his story.