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13: Self-Care Skills
Study Questions
- Why is it important for students with disabilities to participate in self-care skills?
- Why are toileting skills often the most difficult to teach?
- What three areas must be assessed before starting a toileting program?
- What “prerequisites” reflect a student’s readiness to begin toilet training?
- How can a student’s elimination patterns be assessed?
- What related skills are important to teach to achieve successful toilet training?
- What are the traditional toilet training methods?
- What are some toileting adaptations for children with severe and multiple disabilities?
- What is the massed trial or rapid training method?
- What are some drawbacks to intensive training programs such as massed trial?
- What are two components of the intensive training model that have been successfully incorporated into traditional toilet training methods?
- What are some specific, common toileting problems? How can these problems be resolved?
- What are some approaches to nighttime toilet training?
- What are some common problems in children with severe and multiple disabilities that affect bowel management?
- What general guidelines should be followed to decide which dressing and grooming skills to teach and how to teach them?
- Why is teaching children with disabilities to participate, at least partially, in dressing and personal hygiene activities often a priority for families?
- What are some general instructional techniques for teaching dressing and hygiene skills?
- What are some general guidelines for positioning children for dressing activities?
- What factors should be considered when selecting clothing for teaching dressing skills?
- What are some types of specialized clothing or other, more temporary adaptations that can be used?
- What are some items that might be important to provide families for teaching bathing and/or showering skills?
- How can girls be taught feminine hygiene skills?
- What is the role of occupational and physical therapists in teaching various toileting, dressing, and hygiene skills?
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