Another Healing Brust Tool Question

I think I asked a month or so ago if the healing brush tool was available in 6.0 and was told it was not ... that it became a part of 7.0. So, since I only have 6.0 to work with, can someone suggest which editing tools I might use in place of the healing brush tool? My granddaughter has an assignment to use the HBtool to repair an old photo as part of an assignment. I can clone or use other tools to make the repairs, but am wondering if anyone has specific suggestions for what tool will make repairs that will look most like they were done with the healing brush? TIA,

Hi Louise,
With some diligence, you can achieve a good result with Clone Stamp.
In some cases, you may simply paint over flaws with the Brush Tool. Just use small enough brush tips and accurately choose colors.

Use the blend mode with the clone brush.
Copy area to be cloned and put on a layer (ctrl J) clone away and if you don't like trash and start again. This way you opacity and fill control along blending.