Visual Timer for Education

Simple. Accessible. Easily understood. Perfect for non-speaking users. Designed for Educators, Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) therapists, and caregivers. Visual Timer for Education gives you EXACTLY the granular control you need, while keeping the interface glanceable and accessible to everyone.

Perfect accessibility timer for young kids and people with communication or cognitive delays. Some on the Autism spectrum (ASD) and young kids can struggle with understanding time, leading to high anxiety and frustration around transitions. Being able to SEE time pass helps understanding, reducing anxiety and frustrations.

NO ANNOYING STUFF:

  — No ads, ever!

  — No annoying ticking sounds


USEFUL FEATURES & OPTIONS:

  — Simple, elegant design

  — Easily save custom timer presets

  — Lock out Stop button while timer is running (optional)

  — Lock out settings changes (optional)

  — Keep screen on during countdown (optional)

  — Alert sound when time is up (optional)

  — Notification if app is closed when timer expires (optional)

This app provides a more accessible experience to those who have severe forms of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or who have similar emotional, cognitive, and/or communications impairments.  For such individuals, transitions are often difficult, and time, being something of an abstract concept, can be difficult to comprehend and lead to greater anxiety and frustration.  Visual cues can be critical to improving these situations, but so also is eliminating both visual and auditory distractions as much as possible.

In most cases, the app will be used directly be the caregiver, with options disabled while the timer is running, and in most cases, with either no alert sound when the timer expires, or a very brief and quiet one.

User interface elements are designed to be simple and intuitive, and with most of the items disappearing from view once the timer itself is underway.