Many of the students with whom I work are non-verbal and use a picture exchange system to communicate. With any learning experience, repetition is key to learning a new concept. And help is sometimes a difficult one to teach. So, you have to set up the opportunity. With iPads and iPhones pretty prevalent at school and home, this opportunity knocked. It takes a little finesse, but I tried it with a student with autism with really good results.
First, Create and Set your Passcode, if you haven't already…
Go to General
Then Passcode Lock
Enter an EASY TO REMEMBER passcode and set it to Immediately
Now, can exit out and find your Clock. Go to Timer. Scroll all the way down until you see Stop Playing, and select it. This will shut off what ever you are doing when the timer goes off instead of playing Waves or Twinkle.
Here is the fun part. Before you hand the iWhatever to the child, set the timer. I usually just set it for a minute. Then put them into whichever app you chose.