ReacTickles 2

ReacTickles 2

ReacTickles provides a series of interactive Tickles through which students with autism and other learning disabilities are encouraged to use technology. Students can develop mouse, keyboard, whiteboard, switch, and screen skills while being encouraged to communicate, use fine motor skills and work together. The software also works well within mainstream early years settings enabling very young children to interact and learn to communicate as individuals and within small groups. Version 2 improves on installation, interface, creation of bespoke user interfaces, access to teacher and student resources and has been switch enabled to further increase accessibility.

• Use with an interactive whiteboard, any desktop or laptop computer, mouse, keyboard, microphone, or other adaptive device.
• The design of ReacTickles maximizes on the physical rather than the cognitive aspects of computation, which are developmentally appropriate for most autistic children.
• NEW The ReacTickles interface can be preset to accommodate the unique sensory needs of each pupil and these settings can now be saved to a unique user profile.
• The ReacTickles Creativity Box resources are structured to provide an easy to use, flexible guide to integrating the software into the curriculum in a manner that is rewarding and fun.
• NEW The ReacTickles Creativity Box teacher and student resources can now be accessed directly from within the application.
• NEW Fully switch enabled.

• The playful ReacTickles focus on improvisational activities rather than a set of predetermined routines that lead to a preset goal.
  Confidence is gained through the opportunity to repeat actions, with each exploration offering a new and unique visual or auditory reward.
• Inspired by real world objects that children love to manipulate, Slinkies, lava lamps, spinning tops and coins, the ReacTickles environment offers a safe place to experience dynamic interaction where players freely explore abstract shapes and create rhythmic responses with their fingers and bodies without judgement or fear.
• ReacTickles are highly motivating and have been shown to help children develop concentration and attention skills, as well as encourage sharing and imaginative play.