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Function Pictures
Function Pictures is a two-level cognitivie skills tutorial program designed for cognitive training based on the use of pictures. The first level is a picture identification task requiring users to correctly match a picture with a prompt (e.g., " Find the hotdog.") The second level is a function identification task. At this level, users must correctly determine the function of a picture displayed on the screen by matching a picture with a prompt (e.g., " Which one swims?"). Responses are made by
Understanding Attributes
Understanding Attributes is a language tutorial program designed to provide opportunities for improving adjective or attribute use. The user must first find the attribute in a sentence, e.g., "Find the word that shows SIZE in the sentence: 'It is a large box.'" Then the user must select a new size for the box from three possibilities, such as green, square, or small. The space bar and return key are the only keys used when running this program. The program keeps track of progress and prints prog
Antonyms And Synonyms
Antonyms and Synonyms is a language tutorial program designed to include twenty lessons for vocabulary development. Two types of lessons are included. The first type uses words to teach opposites and similarities; the user must select the opposite of a target word from a list of words, and then select the synonym of the target word from the same list. In the second type, users are asked to indicate whether two target words are antonyms or synonyms. Ten graded lessons of each type are included. P
Hierarchical Attention Training
Hierarchical Attention Training is a behavior training program designed for increasing attention skills. The program includes 48 combinations of attention activities at varying degrees of difficulty. The four areas covered are Focused Attention (user presses the space bar each time a specific visual stimulus appears; stimuli are single digits or letters, or sequences of three numbers or letters), Selective Attention (same as Focused Attention, except that a constantly changing visual background
Semantic Development Using Code Breaking Strategies
Semantic Development Using Code Breaking Strategies is a cognitive skills tutorial program designed to have users determine an unknown sentence using an alphanumeric code. Blanks indicating the length of words in the code appear at the top of the screen. In the center of the screen, the coding strategy appears, indicating the code value for each letter. At the bottom of the screen is a prompt indicating what letter should be entered (e.g., "Enter the letter for code 7"). One code and ten lessons
Verbal Analogies
Verbal Analogies is a language tutorial program designed to provide drills in building and understanding vocabulary. Analogies are presented (e.g., "SEVEN is to EIGHT as TWO is to ..."), and the client is asked to select the correct answer from a list of five possibilities (e.g., "ONE, THREE, FIVE, SEVEN, NINE"). The clinician may develop lessons, save progress information on up to ten clients, and print out progress reports and lessons. Verbal Analogies is available in 3.5-inch or 5.25-inch siz
Understanding Decibels
Understanding Decibels is a clinician training program designed to provide training in the theoretical and practical aspects of decibel computations for audiologists. The program consists of two units. The Math Unit provides a review of scientific notation, ratios, logarithms, and antilogarithms, and gives step-by-step solutions to decibel-to- intensity and intensity-to-decibel problems. The Problem Unit can generate an infinite number of both intensity and sound pressure problems. Experience wi
Word Order In Sentences
Word Order in Sentences is a language tutorial program designed to teach sentence structure. A scrambled sentence (e.g., "WEAR THOSE PANTS I CAN'T") is presented; the client presses the space bar to change the order of the words. The clinician may design lessons, save progress information for up to ten clients, and print out progress reports and lessons. Word Order in Sentences is available on 3.5-inch or 5.25-inch disks. COMPATIBILITY: For use on Apple IIc, Apple IIe, Apple IIGS, and IBM PC com
Dynamic Acoustics
Dynamic Acoustics is a clinician training program designed to explain the fundamental concepts of sound and sound transmission through animated graphic displays. The text and program are divided into four chapters. Chapter One covers elements of molecular movement, simple harmonic motion, and the derivation of the sine wave. Chapter Two explores the nature of the waveform through a set of experiments that generate graphs of two waves. Chapter Three compares and contrasts different representation
Inferential Naming For Cognitive And Language Disorders
Inferential Naming for Cognitive and Language Disorders is a cognitive skills tutorial program designed for teaching naming and reasoning skills. Blanks representing a word are placed on the screen. The user may request up to five hints, each of which reveals a relevant semantic feature: category, function, location, size/shape/color, and one other prominent feature. The user then types in the word. Ten lessons are included; the clinician may create additional lessons. Lessons may also be printe
Mastering Personal Information
Mastering Personal Information is a personal skills tutorial program designed to train persons with cognitive impairments to recognize and write basic information such as name and address. The program has three levels of operations. The first level of difficulty requires clients to copy the target word letter by letter. If any errors occur, the client is given unlimited chances to correct each error. The next level of difficulty is revisualization, where the entire target response is presented
Verb And Preposition Fill-Ins
Verb And Preposition Fill-Ins is a language tutorial program designed to provide cognitive training in use of prepositions. A sentence with the preposition missing is presented, followed by a list of three prepositions. The user selects the appropriate preposition using the space bar and the return key. The program provides visual and auditory reinforcement. The program provides 20 lessons focusing on verbs and prepositions and a lesso generator. Preposition Fill-Ins has features that keep track
Pure Tone Simulation
Pure Tone Simulation is a clinician training program designed to teach audiometry technique. The program, which is accompanied by a 42-page printed text, has three windows: an audiometer showing all dial settings, which can be manipulated using the numeric keypad; an animated listener that raises his hand in response to the stimulus; and a graph window that shows either an audiogram, a masking curve, or a Hughson-Westlake response curve. Pure Tone Simulation is $149.50; additional copies are ava
Verb Fill-Ins
Verb Fill-Ins is a language tutorial program designed to provide cognitive training in use of verbs. A sentence with the verb missing is presented, followed by a list of three verbs. The user selects the appropriate verb using the space bar and the return key. The program provides visual and auditory reinforcement. Verb Fill-Ins has features that keep track of user progress and allow clinicians to author their own programs. COMPATIBILITY: For use on Apple IIc, Apple IIe, and Apple IIGS computers
Reading Comprehension For Adolescents
Reading Comprehension for Adolescents is a reading tutorial program designed to increase literal and inferential comprehension skills. Ten short stories on topics of interest to adolescent students are used. The literal lesson requires comprehension of information provided in the story. The inferential lesson requires the student to make inferences about the information provided in the story. The program also teaches strategies for reading comprehension. The story may also be hidden after it is
Parrot Easy Language Sample Analysis (Pelsa)
PESLA is a student report writing program designed to do a grammatical analysis of a language sample. The user types and translates a language sample of up to 100 utterances. The computer then analyzes the sample and provides the following analyses: percentage correct of specific demonstratives, locatives, pronouns, articles, conjunctions, prepositions, possessives, comparatives, superlatives, copula be, modals, past tense markers, and present progressive markers. In addition, the user is provid
Initial Phoneme Cuing For Aphasics
Initial Phoneme Cuing for Aphasics is a cognitive skills tutorial program designed to teach aphasic clients initial letter recall. The program begins by providing keyboard practice, then three levels of operation follow, each with tutoring after errors. The first level requires the user to supply the first letter of the correct word from three words on the screen. The second level requires the user to supply only the correct letter when three choices are displayed. At the third level, the user s
Association Pictures
Association Pictures is a two-level cognitive skills tutorial program designed for cognitive training based on the use of pictures. The first level is a picture identification task requiring users to correctly match a picture with a prompt (e.g., "Find the lamb"). The second level is an association task. At this level, users must correctly determine which picture displayed on the screen can be associated with a prompt (e.g., "What goes with key?"). Responses are made by pressing the space bar an
Diagnostic Articulation Analyzer
Diagnostic Articulation Analyzer is a student report writing program designed to produce a summary report of performance for most means of sampling articulation. After test results are entered, reports of pre- and post-test articulatory ability are produced. Sound errors are listed in order of developmental age and word position, and are categorized according to articulatory features. COMPATIBILITY: For use on Apple IIc, Apple IIe, and Apple IIGS computers. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Two 5.25-inch dis
Diagnostic Report Writer
Diagnostic Report Writer is a student report writing program designed to produce reports on children with communication disorders. The program solicits answers to multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions. These answers are used to produce three-page detailed diagnostic reports. COMPATIBILITY: For use on Apple IIc, Apple IIe, Apple IIGS, and IBM PC computers. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: A printer is required.