Vispa

VISPA is cognitive rehabilitation software designed specifically for persons with visuospatial deficits. The program currently consists of nine groups of exercises: Scanning, Visual Matching, Completing Lines, Completing Figures, Construction Praxis, Error Detection, Cancellation, Park a Car, and Drive a Car, plus an Assessment and an Acquaintance program. Each exercise emphasizes several skills, and some skills are covered in more than one exercise. The VISPA program reacts to the user' s responses, increasing the difficulty when the user improves performance and switching to the next exercise when the user has reached a peak of proficiency. The program employs colored animated graphics and immediate, consistent and positive feedback to the user. All exercises are controlled with a light pen or mouse rather than the standard keyboard. A printout of results is generated at the end of each session. Separate children's and adult versions are available. VISPA is available in English, Spanish, French, Dutch, and German. Instruction manuals are printed in large print on laminated paper. The cost is $400.00 per group of exercises, or $4,000.00 for the entire VISPA package. A demo disk is available. COMPATIBILITY: For use on IBM PS/2 and IBM PC computers.