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Students may have difficulties with different types of fasteners due to poor fine motor and/or bilateral coordination skills. Here are some ways you can help:
Give one direction at a time. After one action is successfully completed, add another direction.
Help the child physically move through the action of taking off or putting on clothing such as a jacket.
Lay out clothing in order, with labels for cuing and tabs to hold.
Put a ring or pull-tab on zipper of pants or jackets.
Use Velcro or elastic shoelaces for children having difficulty with shoe tying.
Use 2 different-colors of shoelaces when teaching shoe tying to provide the child with visual cues.
Talk to the parent. If the child has difficulty with buttoning/unbuttoning buttons on his pants or zipping and unzipping pants, suggest that the student use pants with elastic bands. Bigger buttons or fasteners on shirts and jackets are easier to manipulate too.
RESOURCES TO TEACH BUTTONING:
Buttoning Tips.pdfRESOURCES TO TEACH PUTTING ON SOCKS
RESOURCES FOR TEACHING TYING SHOES
RESOURCES TO TEACH PUTTING ON (DONNING) A JACKET
Self-care (Don Coat).webmdonning a jacket
donning a jacket
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