Summary
La Mesita is an application designed to promote reading development among children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in a flexible, organic and fun way, through a sequence of activities that include stimulating auditory discrimination, phonological skills, language skills and the alphabetic and literacy principles.
This tool is flexible enough for users to play and explore on their own or work with a mediator who can design a tailored intervention program. The application comes with a User Manual that doubles as a model for reading instruction including a series of recommendations related to designing and implementing a stimulation program.
Potential Uses
Resource for foundations or institutions providing support for special needs children.
Development Status
TRL 5 – Full-scale field prototype (found in app store)
Advantages
La Mesita is a free, downloadable application for touch devices, recommended for tablets. An Internet connection is required for downloading the App, but it can be used without WiFi.
Intellectual Property
- LA MESITA, registered on August 24, 2017, under No. 281,772 with the Departamento de Derechos Intelectuales de la Dirección de Archivos, Bibliotecas y Museos (Department of Intellectual Rights of the Directorate of Archives, Libraries and Museums).
- MANUAL LA MESITA: registered on August 24, 2017, under No. 281,766 with the Department of Intellectual Rights of the Directorate of Archives, Libraries and Museums.
- ABCDETi Pre-reader: registered on August 24, 2017, under No. 281,774 with the Department of Intellectual Rights of the Directorate of Archives, Libraries and Museums.
- ABCDETi MANUAL Prelector: registered on August 24, 2017, under No. 281,767 with the Department of Intellectual Rights of the Directorate of Archives, Libraries and Museums.
Opportunity
Explore markets in other Spanish-speaking countries to mass market La Mesita. La Mesita is also translated/adapted to English (Tiny Table), providing an opportunity for its massification in English-speaking countries.
Research Team
Ricardo Rosas, Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Berlin, Germany. Psychologist and Licentiate in Psychology, P.Universidad Católica de Chile. Director of the Center
