Rehabilitation
At Home Rehabilitation Exercises
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39- Fill In the Blank
Other uses – reading comprehension, visual-spatial skills Instructions:
LEVEL 2 - Provide the student with a simple sentence that has a space for a missing word. Provide a picture that corresponds with the sentence. (Example: Picture of a black dog with the sentence “The color of the dog is _______.”). Examples of this can be found in both the Workbook for Aphasia® and Workbook for Language Skills® from Brubaker.
LEVEL 3 - At this level of recovery, sentences with 2 or more blanks should be used with the student.
LEVEL 4 - Increase the difficulty by supplying a sentence and having the student make up another sentence that is related, as if you were taking turns making up a story.
When using computer tasks, utilize the Accessibility’s Options in the Control Panel of Windows. For instance, you may use Filter Keys® to ignore unintentional repeated keystrokes or use Toggle Keys® for obtaining a generated sound when the Caps Lock or Number Lock is hit. You can also change the speed and properties of the mouse.
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