Suggested Exercises; Activities Using Stick-Ups And Flashlight; Activities Using Stick-Ups With Accommodative Rock Control Panel - Wayne Saccadic Fixator Instructions For Using Manual

6. Shine flashlight beam on the Stick-up target light while assistant adjusts the Sensitivity Control of
the Stick-up. To do this, slowly rotate knob clockwise until the target light moves to another Stick-
up.
7. Repeat above step #6 for next glowing Stick-up target light. Continue until all Stick-ups have been
individually adjusted.
8. If an illuminated target light does not change to another position when the flashlight beam shines
on it, another adjustment of the sensitivity may be necessary. Should that happen just increase
the sensitivity of the Stick-up by slowly turning the knob clockwise.
9. Be sure to take note of which Stick-up target light was calibrated. Since Stick-up lights appear at
random, some Stick-up lights may appear several times before all the lights appear once. Be
aware of which Stick-up lights have been calibrated. After a couple of rounds, if one Stick-up light
never comes on, check for interfering illumination. If none is present, then remove that Stick-up
plug from its jack and re-insert into another jack.

Suggested exercises

All the activities of the Saccadic Fixator can now be performed in space and with anaglyph
glasses, plus/minus lenses, and while balancing on a balance board, walking beam or a
trampoline. Visual Stick-up can be used with the Accommodative Rock Panel for near-point/far-
point accommodative rock, and with the Wayne Electronic Balance Board.

Activities using Stick-ups and flashlight

1. To improve tracking skills, arrange Stick-ups in a line at eye level. Have the user stand up to 15 ft.
away facing the Stick-ups. As each target light comes on, user shines the flashlight on it. This will
cause the target light to jump to another Stick-up. Repeat the process. The display on the
Saccadic Fixator will record the number of correct responses in the pre-set time interval (adjust
parameter 2 to the desired time limit after selecting the appropriate program).
2. To increase flexibility, vary distance between user and Stick-up. Repeat procedure #1. Encourage
the user to track target lights by ocular movement only. To keep user's head from turning, place a
book on top of his head.
3. To improve peripheral awareness, randomly place Stick-ups in an area up to 20 ft. in diameter.
Have user stand in center of arrangement and locate the proper target light with a flashlight. As
accuracy and speed improve, move user successively closer to the Stick-up and repeat process.
4. Place Stick-ups on the back of chairs and on the wall for near/far accommodation.
5. Use anaglyph glasses for monocular training.

Activities using Stick-ups with Accommodative Rock Control Panel

Target lights in space can contain the far point target patterns when the Accommodative Rock
Control Panel (ARC) is used. With the ARC, the user can make quick judgements in terms of
space, improve accommodation and fixation. This develops acuity and ocular-motor skills.
1. Place matching letters on the Stick-up to match the letter on the ARC. When a letter is lit on the
Stick-up, press the corresponding letter on the ARC. This will cause the light to randomly jump to
the next target position.
2. Alternate accommodative-rock using flashlight. When a Stick-up target light is "on" user touches
the matching letter on the ARC. The light will jump to another target position and user then
shines the flashlight on this new target position. The next target light position is matched with the
near-point letter on the ARC. Continue this alternation until the pre-set time has elapsed.
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