Rehabilitation
At Home Rehabilitation Exercises
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20- Coding
LEVEL 1 - Re-familiarize yourself and the student with the different types of traffic signs. (Refer to your state’s driving licensing study manual.) There are many different shapes and color of signs as well as pictures on the signs that stand for something. (For example, a red octagon shaped sign is a Stop sign.) Ask the student to identify the different traffic signs.
LEVEL 2 - Write symbols that correspond to numbers and ask the student to identify each number based on the code. (For Example: 0=*, 1=@, 2=$, 3=(;, 4=);, 5=%, 6=&, 7= +, 8=!, 9= ? and so on).
LEVEL 3 - Write a sequence of symbols corresponding to familiar numbers, such as the student’s phone number, age, zip code, etc. Have the student “solve” the code.
LEVEL 4 - Write a code for each letter of the alphabet and have the student decipher words and then phrases based on the code. Example code: A=Q, B=W, C=E, D=R, E=T, F=Y, G=U, H=I, I=O, J=P, K=A, L=S, M=D, N=F, O=G, P=H, Q=J, R=K, S=L, T=Z, U=X, V=C, W=V, X=B, Y=N, Z=M. Example of words and phrases to decipher: Qhhst (apple), eqz (cat), rkofa ngxk vqztk (drink your water).
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