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The
Following
Directions
Series
Two
programs
developed
by
Dr.
Eleanor
Semel
These
programs
help
individuals
develop
their
ability
to
follow
simple
directions.
All-new
versions
use
multimedia
techniques.
Users
will
be
captivated
by
the
use
of
video
imaging,
clay
modeling,
traditional
animation
and
3-D
characters.
Benefits
include
increased
auditory
comprehension,
reinforces
basic
concepts,
improves
responses
to
instructions,
builds
independence
and
facilitates
inclusion.
Keyboard,
touch
screen,
or
single
switch
can
be
used.
Following
Directions:
One
and
Two-Level
Commands
-
This
program
offers
24
different
activities
that
teach
one-level
,
sequential,
and
two-level
commands
using
important
(school)
concepts:
spatial
relations
and
directional
terms.
There
are
twenty-four
activities
in
all.
First
choose
the
type
of
commands
you
want
to
teach.
Then
you
teach
the
type
of
command
using
one
of
the
following
concepts:
- Spatial
Relations:
above/below;
in
front
of/
in
back
of/
next
to;
in
front
of/behind/beside;
in
front
of/behind/between.
- Directional
Terms:
upper/lower/left/right;
through/under;
ordinal
(1st,
2nd,
3rd);
ordinal
(behind/beside/in
front
of).
Following
Directions:
Left
and
Right
-
This
program
includes
ten
activities
that
will
improve
the
individual's
ability
to
follow
directions
and
develop
left/right
discrimination
skills.
Two
animated
characters,
TJ
and
Structor,
make
this
program
educational
as
well
as
entertaining.
Ten
activities
train
left
and
right:
- Left
And
Right
in
Relation
to
the
Individual:
identify
left
and
right
hands;
find
objects
to
your
left
and
right;
put
TJ
to
your
left
and
right.
- Left
and
Right
-
One
Object
in
Relations
to
Another:
find
objects
to
the
left/right
in
a
line;
put
objects
in
left
to
right
hands;
put
TJ
in
the
object
on
the
left
or
right;
find
objects
to
Structor's
left
or
right.
- Left
and
Right
in
Relation
to
the
Speaker
(Mirrored):
find
objects
toStructor's
left/right
(mirrored);
put
objects
in
mirrored
left
and
right
hands;
put
objects
in
non-mirrored
hands.
Suggested
for
children
.
...
adults
with
developmental
disabilities,
aphasia,
and
traumatic
brain
injury.
Canadian
Distributors:
Bridges/Betacom
Description
of
Resource:
CD
ROM
available
for
Windows,
Apple
IIe
and/or
Macintosh
Approximate
Cost:
Following
Directions
-
One
and
Two
Level
Commands:
$204.00
Following
Directions
-
Left
and
Right:
$150.00
Package
of
Both:
$267.00
(Canadian)
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