iPod app helps Wichita center help children - Sacramento Bee

WICHITA, Kan. -- A Wichita center for children with special needs is using a new iPod Touch app to better track the students' health and behavior.

Employees at Heartspring can use the app to input data about a student's behavior while it is happening. It also allows the staff to note behaviors for specific students, such as those who hit themselves or don't follow instructions.

Riley Dutton developed the app for Heartspring. Dutton says it allows hundreds of people to take data throughout the day and quickly compile their findings for the professional staff.

The Wichita Eagle reports ( http://bit.ly/RPy7bE) the old paper system required psychologists and paraprofessionals to fill out 21 pages per student per week. The staff then spent about 30 hours per week inputting the data into the computer.

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