Brushing Teeth

Age – 4 to 8 years

Activities for Daily Living – Brushing Teeth

It’s essential to use different strategies and adaptations to ensure success when it comes to helping children with special needs with their daily activities. These strategies should be customized to match the child’s learning style and abilities. The strategies should promote their independence and confidence in their daily routines. Caregivers can choose from various strategies by incorporating familiar characters or settings, adjusting the level of detail and complexity to match the child’s abilities, and tailoring the approach to meet their needs and preferences. With these different strategies available, caregivers can select the most suitable approach for each task.

Importance of the activity
1This asset emphasizes the significance of promoting children’s independence in daily tasks, which fosters autonomy, skill development, confidence, and self-reliance.
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Materials and Equipment
2Image16The Materials and Equipment asset provides children with a comprehensive understanding of the tools and resources needed to complete an activity, ensuring that they are familiar with the items required for successful task completion.
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Task Analysis video
3Image3This process involves breaking down an activity into small, manageable steps. A video demonstration is provided for visual and auditory input.
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Task Analysis PDF
4Image6A PDF containing a task analysis is available. Caregivers can print it out and use it to guide their children. Additionally, they can affix photos of their own children to personalize the task instructions. This empowers caregivers to support children more effectively.
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Visual Schedule
5A visual schedule for tasks uses pictures or symbols to display each step of an activity clearly and concisely, helping children understand the sequence and order of the task. Caregivers can print and place the schedule in a relevant area to guide children through the task step-by-step, promoting independence and minimizing anxiety.
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Salient Practices
6Image11The “Salient Practices” asset comprises of a set of questions that focus on identifying the most efficient approaches for completing activities of daily living (ADLs). The primary goal is to prevent common errors and promote effective strategies by providing clear guidance to caregivers in assisting their children.
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Communication Cards
7Communication cards are visual aids with pictures or symbols representing words, phrases, or concepts. They help individuals with communication difficulties. Caregivers can print and laminate these cards for durability, aiding children struggling with verbal communication. The communication cards have been provided for both expressive and receptive communication.
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Sequence Cards
8Image14Sequence cards offer a step-by-step breakdown of activities, aiding forward or backward chaining techniques. They’re printable and can be laminated by caregivers for durability, serving as valuable aids in teaching and promoting independence.
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Wh Cards
9Image13These are questions about the activity being taught, such as what, when, where, who, why, and how. They help children build their communication skills and improve their understanding of the activity.
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Poem
10Image5The Poem asset provides children with specially crafted songs and animated videos designed to make learning everyday activities more enjoyable and engaging. Additionally, Poem is available with ISL (Indian Sign Language) to assist children with auditory issues.
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Activity
11Image1The videos are designed to provide instructions for developing the skills required to perform various activities of daily living. These instructional videos offer demonstrations of exercises or do-it-yourself (DIY) tutorials that demonstrate how to complete tasks using crafts or other materials. They provide visual guidance and practical examples to help individuals learn and master the skills required for the activity.
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Checklist
12The “Checklist” asset is a tool designed to help caregivers evaluate a child’s functional performance in different tasks. This tool can assist in identifying challenges, assessing the level of assistance required, and gradually reducing prompts to encourage independence. Caregivers can monitor progress, plan targeted activities, and explore suitable alternatives that are tailored to the child’s needs for improved task execution.
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Strategies and Adaptations
13Image9Strategies and Adaptations for Activities of Daily Living” is a comprehensive resource designed to assist caregivers in addressing challenges faced by children with visual, auditory, sensory, motor, and praxis difficulties. This document offers tailored approaches and practical solutions to help children navigate activities of daily living. By providing guidance on visual support, sensory integration techniques and more, caregivers can effectively support children with diverse needs in developing essential life skills and achieving greater independence.
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The content in the form of text, graphics, images, audio, videos and other material included in this video, are for general awareness only. Please seek professional medical advice from a registered medical practitioner regarding any medical condition. Any reliance and/or action/inaction based on the information provided here is solely at your own risk and responsibility.
This digital material has been developed by the Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vahini Inclusive Education Project, a unit of Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust, Prasanthi Nilayam, as a collaborative offering in the service of our nation.