Equipment: Chalkboard and chalk.

Purpose: To develop saccadic skills, and increase peripheral awareness.

Procedure:

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• Therapist writes 10 consecutive numbers randomly placed on the board.
• Patient finds the first number and circles it three times.
• While he/she is circling it he/she scans for the next number. Without ever stopping the chalk from moving, the patient continues locating and circling the numbers in order.

Gradations:
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• Use alphabet instead of numbers.
• Increase from ten up, if patient is able.
• Add a metronome.4.
• Increase the speed.

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