Rehabilitation
At Home Rehabilitation Exercises
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11- Search and Find
LEVEL 1 - Pour a bag of uncooked rice into a large bowl. Put 2 small objects that can fit into the palm of your hand into the bowl of rice. Mix the objects into the rice well so that they are somewhat hidden. Ask the student to find the objects hidden within the rice with one or both hands. The student should either keep eyes closed for this activity or at least not “look” for the objects visually. Let the student “feel” for them and dig them out of the rice. Also, before the student looks at the found object, ask them to tell you what they found.
LEVEL 2 - Place 4 smaller objects (such as a paper clip, a screw, a key, and a coin) in the bowl of uncooked rice. Without the benefit of vision, ask the student to locate the items and identify them.
LEVEL 3 - Place 4 very small objects (such as a dried pea, a small stone, an uncooked macaroni noodle, and a toothpick) in a bowl of uncooked rice and ask the student to locate and identify the objects.
LEVEL 4 - Perform the same tasks as in Levels 1-3, but place the objects in a bowl of sand, rather than uncooked rice. Sand is more difficult to manipulate and search.
Taken from Tasks for Home-Based Cognitive Stimulation Program, the Traumatic Brain Injury Model System at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Dept. of P M & R, Birmingham, AL. © 1998-2003 University of Alabama at Birmingham