| Game |
Notes |
Disadvantages |
Resource |
Approx price |
| Bookworm (word) |
creativity
with word seaching, no time limit,spelling and reading. |
mouse/mouse keys activated only |
www.bigfishgames.com |
£12 |
| Flip words (word) |
As
Bookworm with added bonus of a phrase to complete. |
mouse/mouse keys activated only |
www.bigfishgames.com |
£12 |
| Word Harmony (word) |
Hand
eye coordination. Manual dexterity, vocabulary, memory spelling, strategy and spatial awareness
information processing relaxing music |
mouse/mouse keys activated only |
www.bigfishgames.com |
£12 |
| Super Text-Twist (word) |
create
as many words out of 6 or 7 letters.
Can use keyboard. Spelling, information processing.Simple graphics most of it
good for partially sighted |
list
of words already created small font. |
www.bigfishgames.com |
£12 |
| Word Mojo Gold |
Similar
to scrabble but with added strategy needed. Bonus word to be created by
letters which have been placed in certain squares; planning |
more
difficult than text twist or bookworm |
www.bigfishgames.com |
£12 |
| Word Wizard Deluxe
(word) |
Like
Text-Twist as the selection of letters remain the same throughout the game
but with structure of scrabble. |
small
letters |
www.bigfishgames.com |
£12 |
| Slotwords (word) |
Excellent
game which progresses from 3 to 7 letters. 10 different words for each number
of letters. |
noisy
and has irritating features because it is set up as 'betting' game |
www.bigfishgames.com |
£12 |
| Typer Shark (typing) |
Good
game for the fairly proficient typist Excellent typing tutor though good
graphics showing fingering. Speed of tutoring ok. |
Not
for very slow typists. Better off doing some copy typing. |
www.bigfishgames.com |
£12 |
| Magic Inlay (spatial awareness) |
Filling
predetermined shapes by tessellating smaller ones which are selected from a
'conveyor belt' Planning is required to ensure gaps are't left unfilled. Use
both buttons on the mouse. Ability to 'turn' shape around in your head to see
if they'll fit. Levels increase in difficulty and options for 'no lose'
level. |
Can
get stuck if planning wasn't good as the conveyor belt and the 'drop section'
is slow. Best to strat again at this point. |
www.bigfishgames.com |
£12 |
| Five Card Deluxe (planning) |
Card
game which deals out cards and user has to choose which 'hand' (out of four)
to place them in. Aim is to create valid poker hands. As you progress
specific hands are required. |
|
www.bigfishgames.com |
£12 |
| Top Ten Solitaire (planning) |
Selection of solitaire games. |
Tutor
has to learn them all! |
www.bigfishgames.com |
£12 |
| Feeding Frenzy (mouse control and concentration) |
Excellent
game for new Members who say they've never used a computer before to assess
their ability to use a mouse. No button clicking required to begin with just
reaction to fish on screen. Good fun |
|
www.bigfishgames.com |
£12 |
| 5 Spots II (Concentration and hand-eye coordination) |
Good
for left side neglect or other peripheral vision problems to help member to
look left. |
Some images very
difficult to spot difference. |
www.bigfishgames.com |
£12 |
| Ten-Pin Bowling (hand-eye coordination) |
good
for practising click, hold and drag process. |
|
www.bigfishgames.com |
£12 |
| Inspector Parker (Memory and information processing) |
gradually
increases in difficulty. Progress with elimination. Information
processing |
mouse/mouse keys activated only |
www.bigfishgames.com |
£12 |
| Be Trapped
(information processing) |
similar
to mine sweeper. As you move around tile-floored rooms the tiles reveal
whether the adjacent tiles have contain 1,2,3 bombs according to their
colour. |
mouse/mouse keys activated only |
www.bigfishgames.com |
£12 |
| Test and Improve Your Memory (various games which involve
information proessing and memory) |
set
of 12 games developed by www.happyneuron.com Find in PC World or computer
related shops |
|
www.happyneuron.com |
£10 |
| GCSE Letts CDs Maths
English History |
Good for testing
knowledge of certain areas |
|
Find
in PC World or computer related shops |
£10 |
| Who Wants to be A Millionaire |
as
useful as other quizzes especially as it can be used with mouse or keyboard |
|
Find
in PC World or computer related shops |
£10 |
| Driving
Test success pratical and hazard perception CDs |
Good for testing
knowledge and reaction time. |
|
Find
in PC World or computer related shops |
£10 |
| Out and About 1 and 2 (Semerc) |
Short exercises
social issues and every day tasks. |
Not broad enough |
Granada
Learning www.semerc.com |
£45 |
| Streetwise (Smart Moves) |
Short exercises
social issues and every day tasks. |
Not broad enough |
Learning
and Teaching Scotland |
£70 |
| Bungalow Software |
Huge
range of demo exercises which can
be downloaded for free (or bought on a CD for approx £10) Specific for
literacy and maths skills for aphasic and dyslexic. Particularly useful
are Sights and sounds and Words A 1.
Freeform is a programme from which sheets can be printed for paper cognitive
work. REACT is the British version of exercises available from propeller |
|
www.bugalowsoftware.com www. Propeller.net/rehab |
free
demos but bought modules around £100 |
| Memory Match |
|
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|
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| Mystery Case Files: Huntsville |
Read
the clues on the right then search for items in 'cluttered room' lots of
different 'rooms' |
Time limited |
|
£23 |
| Funky Farm Thanksgiving Edition. |
Multitask
game. Practise organising your farm for good productivity and management of
animals |
Tutorial
nice and slow but does progress to overload. |
|
£13 |
| www.bigfishgames.com |
Huge
range of games which can be downloaded to try for 1 hour or 3 'go's' and are
generally approx £13. |
|
|
|
| Other
websites of interest |
|
|
|
Free |
| www.braintrain.com |
Captains
Log is a comprehensive database of game-like software which logs the user's
ability,You can get a £10 demo to try.This includes a smart drive programme
which you can use a steering wheel with but the graphics are unrealistic.
Other software is available for professional psychologists. |
|
|
£5000
for just the captins log for 5 computers |
| www.greyolltwit.com |
Interesting
site with software suggestions. |
|
|
|
| www.interactivetharepy.com |
Has
info on Interactive Therapeutics Lots
of computer and paper based cognitive workbooks/ equipment/software |
|
|
|
| www.accilifeskills.com |
cognitive
life skills |
|
|
|
| www.audiblox2000.com |
cognitive
paperbased work compublox is a computer version
containing 4 exercises |
|
|
approx
£20/module of work(CD?) |
| http://wsupress.wayne.edu |
Wayne
State University. Brubaker books for cognitive/literacy work paper based |
|
|
£160
for all books |
| http://lifesciassoc.home.pipeline.com/cog/ |
COGREHAB
is a very expensive rehabilitation programme but can be bought in modules of
£30 approx but each module has only one function. A complete set of just the
visual processing modules costs £300 approx. All modules are old in
appearance (like old atari games) But each 'game' is good for measuring
specific skills. Worth looking at for ideas |
|
Main
website also has exercises such as 'piaget' which is an information
processing programme similar to the Mastermind board game. |
|
| |
Dorling
and Kindersley produce good learning CDs but the useful ones are made for
children. The Spelling made Easy CD is used by our Members and they are happy
with the presentation because the teaching is good. |
|
|
|
| www.inspiration.com |
needs
investigating |
|
|
|
| http://polio.dyndns.org |
This
site has a list of Software for Speech and Language, Cognitive Skills and
Adaptive Equipment. |
|
|
|
| www.happyneuron.com |
|
|
To get the most you
have to pay $12.99 monthly |
|
| www.puzzle.dse.nl/tests |
This site
takes you to other which have tests or puzzles |
|
|
|
| http://test.abledata.com |
Look
up perceptual Training Program LISTS OF LINKS |
|
|
|
| www.masteringmemory.co.uk |
demo |
|
|
|
| www.parrotsoftware.com |
|
demos
are very brief |
|
|
| www.abilitynet.org.uk |
Has
lists of software and advice. |
|
|
|
| www.rmlearning.com |
Look
up Memory Software (for the more able Users.) |
|
|
|
| www.toolsforwellness.com |
Look
up Mind and memory enhancement |
|
|
|
| http://pysol.tsx.org |
Free
solitaire games |
|
|
Free |
| www.fleximusic.com |
Simple
music studio using ready sounds. Good demo for free |
|
|
|
| www.topologika.com |
Good
exercises but aimed at young children. Can get demo CD for free |
|
|
|
| www.sheppardsoftware.com |
Includes
BBMaths puzzle. Simple graphics and range from simple to difficult. Good demo |
|
|
|
| www.aboutonehandtyping.com |
just
as it implies. |
|
|
|
| http://cogent.psyc.bbk.ac.uk |
cogent
software psychologist database |
|
|
|
| http://www.programming.de/ |
good
for freeware (recall the memory and concentration game) |
|
|
|
| http://gameslab.cjb.net/ |
logic
games freeware (puzzpower) |
|
Excellent
game |
|
| www.freewarehits.de/ |
free
games |
|
|
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| www.users.bigpond.com |
|
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|
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| www.psychology.org/links/resources/software |
Interest
and resources |
|
|
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| www.123freesolitaire.com |
free
solitaire games |
|
|
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| www.123games.dk |
free
games |
|
|
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| www.speech-therapy.org.uk |
interest
and resources |
|
|
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| www.abwa.asn.au/body_accessible_games.html |
Links
to Games for users with physical difficulties such as blindness or ne3eding
to concetrate on audio information processing. |
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|
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| www.neuroscience.cnter.com/pss/PSSCogRehab/index.htm |
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| www.masteringmemory.co.uk |
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