Visual Scanning + Language Task
There is a classic visual scanning task found in most rehabilitation therapy gyms across the country: a deck of cards taped to a foam board. Patients then have to match another deck of cards to the cards on the board.
This product is a functional upgrade to that task and is designed for Speech-Language Pathologists working on single-word reading, word-finding, naming, and visuo-spatial skills. It works well in co-treatment settings as the need to access pictures across the large board provides opportunities to work on standing, balance, and endurance.
This is a digital download file that includes 48 picture squares with 48 corresponding text squares. Each square is 4x4 inches.
The following extras are required to build this project completely:
- 1 36x48 trifold presentation board. See an example.
- Roll of 1-inch wide magnet tape. See an example.
- Laminator and laminating sheets.
- Double stick tape
Instructions:
- Print out the 24 pages of pictures/words.
- Cut up each square individually. You will end up with 48 pictures and 48 corresponding words.
- Laminate each square.
- Place a 1-inch piece of magnet on the back of each card.
- Using double-stick tape, secure the pictures to the presentation board. It works best to have two strips of double-stick tape- one above the magnet and one below. Put two columns on the side panels and the middle panel will hold 4 columns. You will end up with a grid of 8 squares across and 6 squares down.
See it in action:
Tech specs: Digital download. PDF format. 19.3 MB. 25 pages.
Digital download. Buy once, use forever: Once purchased, you may save to your computer and print as many times as needed for the lifetime of your clinical practice.
Color hard copies are $20. Free shipping within the U.S.
Tech tips
- PDFs are not easily opened, saved, or manipulated on phones or tablets. We recommend only downloading on a computer after purchase.
- Digital download links will be available after payment on the checkout page and in your order confirmation via email.
- You will have 5 download attempts over 1 month to access the file.
- Only the purchaser may access and use the file for their own clinical practice.
Terms of Use
It is ok to:
- Share a printed copy of this resource with a patient/client, their family members and friends, and non-SLP/OT/PT related staff such as nursing, home healthcare providers, physicians, CNAs, social services, dietitians, activities teams, teachers, caregivers, etc.
- Digitally share the file via online, secure, HIPAA-compliant teletherapy software platforms to any of the people listed in the above point in the context of teletherapy.
- Share any digital copy with clients outside of the context of teletherapy.
- Store these files in any publicly accessible online storage system, such as a shared Google drive or other online storage service.
- Share these files with other SLP/OT/PT related colleagues or friends. Please refer, don’t share.