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Following Directions (Various Versions)

Drawing of two white geese with the numbers 1 and 2 on them in the lower left of a rectangular image with a blue background. On the right are two rows of two bowls each.
Model: 
Left and Right, One and Two-Level Commands
Product Type: 
Device modifier
Manufacturer Name: 
Attainment Company, Inc.
Approximate Cost: $99.00

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Product Description: 

The Following Directions series is designed to help students with learning disabilities, attention deficit disorders, and developmental disabilities listen more effectively, follow a teacher's directions, and more fully participate in an inclusionary classroom.

Following Directions: Left and Right 

Includes 10 activities designed to improve a student’s ability to follow directions and develop left/right discrimination skills.

Following Directions: One and Two-Level Commands

Includes eight modules designed to exercise the skills necessary for following directions that include spatial, directional, and ordinal terms.

Main Features: 

These features are common to all versions:

  • Designed to help individuals develop their ability to follow simple directions.
  • The programs help to increase auditory comprehension, improve responses to classroom instructions, and facilitate classroom inclusion.
  • Suggested for individuals (Pre-K through Adult) with autism, attention deficit disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, language-learning disorders, low vision, hearing impairments, TBI, and aphasia.
  • Feature realistic graphics and photographs, which makes these programs appropriate for adults with traumatic brain injury and aphasia.
  • Includes 3-D objects, characters, and animated reinforcements, which are designed to make the programs entertaining as well as educational.
  • Includes Laureate’s Optimized Intervention technology which tailors instructional delivery to each individual’s unique needs.
  • Optimized Intervention begins with an assessment to determine where to start training and then automatically guides the user through the entire curriculum.
  • As the user works, the software continually monitors his or her responses and uses this information to provide individualized intervention.
  • When an individual masters a module, the program automatically moves to the next module.
  • The Optimized Intervention–Training by Module allows the user to select any single module and still take advantage of the automated instructional support provided by Optimized Intervention.
  • Both programs collect extensive data and offer built-in reports, allowing the user to quickly assess progress and ensure accountability. 

Following Directions: Left and Right includes these additional features:

  • Two animated characters are designed to make the program entertaining as well as educational.
  • 10 modules train left/right discrimination skills.
  • Left and Right in Relation to the Student:
    • Identify Left and Right Hands.
    • Find Objects to your Left and Right.
    • Put TJ to your Left and Right.
  • Left and Right - One Object in Relation to Another:
    • Find Objects to the Left /Right of a Line.
    • Put Objects in Left and Right Hands.
    • Put TJ in the Object on the Left or Right.
    • Find Objects to CJ’s Left or Right.
  • Left and Right in Relation to the Speaker (Mirrored):
    • Find Objects to CJ’s Left/Right (Mirrored).
    • Put Objects in Mirrored Left and Right Hands.
    • Put Objects in Mirrored and Non-Mirrored Hands.

Following Directions: One and Two-Level Commands includes these additional features:

  • Provides a range of activities in which individuals must comprehend and retain directions of increasing length and complexity and take specific actions in response to the directions given.
  • Eight modules use spatial relations and directional terms:
  • Spatial Relations:
    • Above/Below.
    • In Front Of/In Back Of/Next To.
    • In Front Of/Behind/Beside.
    • In Front Of/Behind/Between with Left & Right.
  • Directional Terms:
    • Upper/Lower/Left/Right.
    • Through/Under.
    • Ordinal (1st, 2nd, 3rd).
    • Ordinal (Behind/Beside/In Front Of).

Primary Specifications: 

These specifications are common to all versions:

  • Macintosh System Requirements:
    • 300 MHz or faster PowerPC, Intel or better CPU with Mac OS 8.1 or later, including any Mac OS X.
    • 128 MB RAM, 256 MB RAM for OS X.
    • 40 MB of available disk space.
    • Color monitor capable of 800 x 600 resolution with thousands of colors.
    • CD or DVD drive.
    • Web browser (for Help System- no Internet connection is required).
  • Windows System Requirements:
    • 300 MHz or faster CPU with Microsoft Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, or 8.
    • 64 MB of installed RAM.
    • 40 MB of available disk space.
    • Color monitor capable of 800 x 600 resolution with high color.
    • Windows-compatible sound card and speakers.
    • CD or DVD drive.
    • Web browser (for Help System- no Internet connection is required).
  • Interface Options:
    • Mouse, keyboard, single or dual switch, touch screen, or any other compatible pointing device.

More Information: 

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