Getting Started with the Speech Kingdom App
Initial Screen - Before Joining
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Initial Screen — Before Signing In This is the first screen you will see after starting the app by clicking the Launch Speech Kingdom App button on this site. Mobile users (phone or tablet) will also see this screen before signing in to the app. Mobile Device Users who did NOT download from the Apple or Google Play stores Please click here to learn how to create an icon shortcut to Speech Kingdom on the home screen of your smart phone or tablet if you did NOT download from the Apple or Google Play stores. Student and Parent (adult) Avatar A good place to start is with the Video Intro. This video is a quick introduction to Speech Kingdom. Once you have viewed the video, it is time to sign up for a Speech Kingdom membership. To sign up, just click the Member Signup and Pricing link. |
Speech Kingdom Membership includes:
- Student and Parent Avatar Creation
Once you create your avatars, you will automatically embark on a short guided tour of Speech Kingdom. - Fundamental 3-Step Skills that include your student's avatar in the scenes
- Social Stories that include your student's avatar in the scenes
- Interactive Games that teach inferencing, cognition, pronouns and more
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Student and Parent Avatar Creation First, you will create an avatar to represent your student and another avatar to represent their parent or other supervising adult. Your student and adult will appear throughout Speech Kingdom's stories and some games. We put your student in Speech Kingdom's content to encourage him or her readily engage. Experts have found that doing so makes students far more successful and receptive to engaging and learning. |
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Fundamental 3-Step Skills After you create your avatars, you will see a brief description of Speech Kingdom's Fundamental Skills. Each lesson focuses on a single safety, executive function, life skill or social skill and includes a downloadable PDF workbook. These lessons are brief, and designed to be repeated with adult assistance. Workbooks include coloring pages and writing practice, both of which reinforce their respective skills. |
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Social Stories Each social story is presented in three levels:
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Intermediate Level (10-12 screens) and Proficient Level (15-17 screens) stories include end-of-scene as well as end-of-story comprehension questions. Downloadable PDF worksheets with fill-in-the-blanks comprehension lessons are also available for each.
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Personal Space — A Sample Social Story As in all of our stories, your student's avatar is in the scenes. He or she will learn an important lesson from the teacher, Miss Jackson, and friends, Joey, Jane, Mark, Maddie and more. Students learn about Perspective Taking (Theory of Mind) as characters glow with a yellow halo. Just click the glowing character and they will speak out whatever they are thinking. In the end, Miss Jackson will help your student understand the importance of personal space and how not to invade someone else's "body bubble." |
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Rewards and Reinforcers Speech Kingdom's reinforcers are beautiful animations that are customized with your student's avatar. Your student will watch themselves do a cannonball into a swimming pool, dance in a squirrel suit, swing a light saber, jump on a mountain top and more. Our large library of reinforcers also includes gymnastics, soccer, your student as a superhero and more. Watch your student dance and dab and perform in many other fun scenes. |
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Speech Kingdom Games Speech Kingdom's growing library of games are designed to improve cognition, language and social skills. As new games are added, each is included as part of your Speech Kingdom subscription and will automatically appear on your devices when you use the app. Each game offers a variety of levels and hundreds of customization combinations. Games include a robust database of content to increase their effectiveness and to ensure that students do not quickly complete or tire of individual games. |