{"id":23711,"date":"2023-03-15T16:43:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T16:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erickson.international\/en\/?page_id=23711"},"modified":"2023-03-16T12:27:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T12:27:14","slug":"autonomy-cards-personal-care-and-hygiene","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.erickson.international\/en\/autonomy-cards-personal-care-and-hygiene\/","title":{"rendered":"Autonomy cards – Personal care and hygiene"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Autonomy Cards<\/em> are a series of cards designed to train and increase autonomy in different areas of life of people with intellectual disabilities or autism.<\/strong> They can be used directly by the person with intellectual disabilities or autism <\/strong>and\/or mediated by parents, the support teacher and those who work in the education and rehabilitation fields.<\/p>\n

The cards<\/strong> are portable and customizable. <\/strong>Thanks to the ring on which they are inserted, <\/strong>everyone can create his\/her own deck by selecting the needed steps, they help to visualize and memorize the steps required to perform numerous activities. <\/strong>Each activity is broken down into a variable number of steps according to need. <\/strong>Also supplied in a printable version, they can be used as a visual support, <\/strong>included in the daily agenda or to illustrate sequences of actions or social stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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PERSONAL CARE AND HYGIENE<\/p>\n

The cards in this box depict all the steps for performing daily personal care and hygiene actions<\/strong>, such as:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Each action deck illustrates, in a variable number of steps depending on the action, the complete sequence for performing the chosen action.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wash hands:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Card 1 – I approach the sink<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Card 2 – I turn on the faucet<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Card 3 – I adjust the water temperature<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Card 4 – I press the pump of the liquid soap dispenser<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Card 5 – I evenly distribute the soap on both my hands<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Card 6 – I rinse off my hands<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Leaf through some selected card that have been translated into English to facilitate your evaluation:<\/strong><\/p>\n