EDA PLAY

4 TASK LEVELS
4 VISUAL LEVELS

The EDA PLAY application helps children with visual impairment train vision and children with fine motor skill disorders train fine motor skills. The app is designed so to stimulate the child to watch the action on the tablet display in an interactive way and to complete the tasks. The visual and audio treatment of the application supports eye-hand coordination.

How to get the app?

The EDA PLAY app is available for iPad devices on the iTunes App Store for USD 4.99.

Features you will love

Vision training

The application enables setting of visual processing of tasks on 4 levels: on the first level, you will always find full shapes of pictures, with no details. The second level brings full shapes with several details. The third one contains pictures with emphasis on several details, often in two or more colours. And on the fourth level, the pictures are only visible as outlines.

Fine motor skills

The application enables to select from 4 task levels. The first level features tasks which only require pressing of any point on the display. The second task level trains the eye-hand coordination. The third level trains the basic shapes and hand movement in elementary directions. The fourth level features the most challenging tasks, which also exercise irregular shapes, completion or connecting shapes based on similarities.

Audio guide

Upon viewing every task, we hear a spoken word (child’s voice) which explains the brief in an understandable way.

Meet the EDA PLAY application

Expertise

The task categories can be set, depending on the vision skills and fine motor skills level of the child. Some tasks train not only the motion coordination but also the child’s colour orientation. The application was developed in cooperation specialists in the field of visual impairment and caring for children with special needs.

Parent lock

The application is set so that, upon launching it and after a short introduction, the first task comes up automatically. The switching off the Multitasking Gestures functionality is recommended. To enter the application Menu, the figure symbol has to be held down for several seconds. The possibility of the child exiting or switching the application off accidentally is prevented.

Skills monitoring

The application contains the Skills section which records the work of the child with the application. Thus, the parents and therapists can monitor the development of the child’s skills over time.

Watch the EDA PLAY app trailer

Thank you for your support

The development of the EDA PLAY application was supported by Vodafone Czech Republic Foundation.

BY PURCHASING THE EDA PLAY APP, YOU ARE SUPPORTING THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION EDA CZ, Z.Ú.

The non-profit organization EDA cz, z.ú. is an early intervention centre in Prague, Czech Republic, which provides early intervention services to help the families of visually and multiply impaired children, from the child's birth up to 7 years of his/her age.

The EDA PLAY app reviews

Helping Children with Visual Impairments Explore, Learn and Communicate Using the iPad
Authors: Julie Johnson, M. ED, TVI, ATS
Andrea Schario M.A., CCC-SLP
Published: Dec, 2013

The webinar presentation, slide No. 36: The EDA PLAY App :
- An app designed specifically in cooperation with specialists in the field of vision impairments

- Four interactive visual task levels and fine motor task levels that can be adjusted depending on the child's skill level.

- The Skill section records the child's progress over time so parents and caregivers can see how their child has advanced.

See more: slide No. 36 - 42.

Making the EDA Play App a Better Learning Tool

Author: Julie Johnson, published October 10, 2013

"...For students working in visual and task levels 1-3, consider using three dimensional objects to pair with images on the iPad screen: This will make the experience multi-dimensional for the child with visual impairments. The child would actually be able to put his or her hands on a toy tractor, pig, or train. The teacher or parent could use this learning opportunity as a way to illustrate how a train rolls, how many legs a pig has, or what the beak of a rooster feels like. Additionally, for the child with motor impairments in an assistive mobility device such as a wheelchair, the teacher or parent could illustrate with the toy tractor or train how it rolls like the child's mobility device and then moves their child at the same time to increase the child's understanding of words like "roll" and "wheel."

The EDA PLAY app review

Author: Amber Bobnar, Wonderbaby.org
published: 2013

"...One of the easier games (Task Level set to G1) shows a large blue horseshoe on a plain black background. A child's voice asks you to touch the horseshoe to hear a horse neigh. All you have to do is touch the screen to get the reward of the horse neigh and praise. Simple right?
But you can change the way the game looks by choosing different Visual Levels. The image below on the left is set to Visual Level V1 and the image on the right is set to V4. See the difference? So if you want to keep the play simple but work on your child's visual discrimination, you may choose the higher setting for the visual level. ..."

Our 20 Favorite iPad Apps for Kids with CVI

Author: Amber Bobnar, Wonderbaby.org, published: 2016

"...For kids with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) there are a few things to keep in mind when helping them use their vision: Keep their environment clutter free, use bright attractive and high-contrasting colors, and accompany visuals with simple movements when possible."