FAQs

Strategies

Fine Motor Participation

How can my student with severe multiple disabilities participate in classroom & school activities?

• Meaningful Use of Switches (pdf)
• Switch Types (pdf)
• Switch Considerations (pdf)

• Switch Users URL

• http://www.triptico.co.uk/ (pdf)
  

What kinds of hand skills might my student be working on?

• Functional Arm and Hand Activities (pdf)
• Tools For Hands (pdf)

How can I prompt or assist my student in activities in the least intrusive way?

• Hand Under Hand Activities (pdf)
• Hand Over Hand Prompting (pdf)
• Elbow Prompting (pdf)
• Prompt & Fade Summary (pdf)
• Prompt Routine (pdf)
• When You Need Your Hands to Help... (external link)

How can I increase my student's participation in activities of daily living?

• Backward Chaining (pdf)
• Backward Chaining Sample (pdf)
• Start Middle End (pdf)

How can I help my student's participation be meaningful?

• Key Concepts Meaningful Routines (pdf)
• "Getting Past Learned Helplessness", by Linda Burkhart (external link)

How can I balance my student's energy level to maximize participation throughout the day?

• Energy Conservation (pdf)

How can I encourage my student to use both hands together?

• Activities For Two Hands (pdf)

What steps do I need to take to start my student on a toileting program?

• Toileting Strategies (pdf)

• International Classification (pdf)

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