AdastraSoft.com is founded to address what's lacking in special education tools.


FLEXIBILITY:

Although each of our software is designed with certain area in mind, it is flexible enough to be used for other purposes.  We do not limit our users to use our software to do just one thing.  For example, HaloTalk could be viewed as a tool to teach opposites.  It could also be used to teach *relations*.  Some abstract concepts, such as "normal" and "strange", could be illustrated very effectively by HaloTalk's approach.  Furthermore, it could also be used as a tool for soliciting choices.


MODELESS:

We retain specialists from various disciplines, yet we deliberately make our products modeless.  They could be used by anybody with minimal training.  And they don't cost much - the cost of our most expensive software cannot even cover 15 minutes of Occupational Therapy.  


SYMBOL-SYSTEM-LESS:

Use of our software does not require learning some random, non-standardized symbol system with babyish icons.  We only use high quality pictures of real objects.  Use of secondary reference in showing a concept is avoided whenever possible (one would never see a picture of turtle representing the concept of "slow", nor bacon over eggs to represent "breakfast")


STIM-FREE:

We strongly believe that able to communicate is the greatest reinforcer.  We deliberately do not implement reinforcer of any kind to avoid distraction and stimming.  There is no ear-catching tone nor fancy animations, for example.


FOR GROWTH, NOT FOR DEPENDENCY:

Our software is designed more like a teaching tool than an typical assistive device that the kids may over-rely on.  We want our software to be the tools that help the users grow, not the end-game.


COLLABORATIVE SOFTWARE:

We firmly believe the parents have the biggest roles.  If our beloved kids cannot walk the distance to communicate with us, we must walk the extra distance toward them to communicate with them.

Our software could be used by the special-needs users himself/herself, with customization assistance from parents and teachers. 

We encourage the parents to work with the specialists (SLP, OT, BCBA etc) to develop plans to use them at home and at the therapist's site.

We hope our software could help make a difference.

 

The Rainbow Halo of AdastraSoft.com illustrates the vision of kids of different attributes holding hands together to form a harmonious circle.