PICA & AUTISM HELP: Sorting Edible And Inedible Items app for iPhone and iPad


4.2 ( 1792 ratings )
Health & Fitness Education
Developer: Pictures To Learn Limited Liability Company
3.99 USD
Current version: 1.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 20 Jan 2015
App size: 79.5 Mb

Does your child crave non-food items? If so, your child my have an eating disorder called pica. Children with autism may display inappropriate eating behaviors so it is important to seek the advice of a medical professional. Perhaps your child is seeking sensory input by putting various non-food items in his or her mouth. This kind of behavior can be dangerous. Whether your child has an eating disorder like pica or sensory issues, this app may be able to help. There are many ways you can help your child over come this behavior but one way is to teach your child to discriminate between food and non-food items. This app does just that! The object of this simple game is to teach your student to learn what items are edible and what items are not edible by feeding the character Matty! The user simply drags edible items into Mattys mouth to make him happy and drag inedible items into the trash! Thats it! Watch out if you give Matty a non-food item. He wont be happy! It is important for the parent or teacher to participate in playing the game along with the user to help explain why we dont eat buttons, sand, raw food etc. This app contains beautiful, clear, large photographs.

Features:

Character Matty
Over 80 photographs of various food and non-food items!
Once user reaches a score of 10 user gets to celebrate with music!
Click on napkin to go to the next item!
Trash Can - For non-food items
Music
Easy To Use!