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Independent Mealtime For Kids With Motor Impairments

Using mealtimes to promote independence, self-care skills, and social interaction.

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Home Cooking Videos

Note: Review only, product no longer for sale.

Mary moves into her own place and learns Home Cooking.

Watch Mary, a young woman with developmental disabilities, make steady strides toward self-sufficiency throughout this eight video series. Mary leads a lively cast on an instructional adventure that1s fast-paced and fun. In Looking Good and Keeping House, Mary and her friends meet for pizza and plan a party-stresses personal care and domestic housekeeping skills. Mary moves into her own place in Shopping Smart and Home Cooking. In Select-A-Meal, Mary teaches her boyfriend dining etiquette. In Plan Your Day she shows her brother how to stick to a schedule.

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Home Cooking Videos

Typical Access Profile

Auditory

Normal
Low
Extremely Low
Not Using Hearing
Hyper-Acute

Vision

Normal
Low
Extremely Low
Not Using Vision

Gross Motor

All
Some
Few
Not Using Gross Motor

Fine Motor

All
Some
Few
Not Using Fine Motor

Developmental Age Range

0 - 2
3 - 5
6 - 8
9 - 12
13 and Over

Language

Typical
Some Spoken
Receptive Only
Sign
Assistive/Augmentitive
Not Using Language
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Where should I grip my pencil?

Some children hold their pencils too far up the pencil's shaft. Their hands may even be right off of the paper, causing light pressure and wobbly control. Try wrapping a bright Wikki Stix around the pencil at the proper grasp point. The visual and tactile cue can really help!

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