Name of teaching material
Easy Grip Scissors (large), (small) marketed product
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| Target |
・Children and students who have difficulty with scissors ・Children and students who have difficulty modulating their strength (Elementary, junior high and senior high school level) |
|---|---|
| Disability category | physically challenged |
| Teaching units / Applicable scenes | technical arts and home economics activities for independent living teaching and learning tools, auxiliary aids |
| Specific purposes |
・To enable children and students who have difficulty with scissors to experience the joy of being able to cut things by themselves, and thereby cultivate a desire and confidence for doing things independently. ・To cultivate the ability to successfully use scissors as they intend. ・To develop and enhance the ability to modulate strength. |
| Considerations for disability characteristics |
・These scissors enable the desired object to be cut by applying just a little finger strength and then relaxing it. These scissor require even less strength to use than over universal design scissors. ・Before using the scissors, the children/students should be taught as much as possible about the sort of hand and finger sensory control which is conducive to easily handling scissors. |
| Expected effects and results |
・Students are able to enjoy being able to cut paper on their own, which fosters self-confidence for arts and crafts and all other situations where scissors will be used. ・Students enjoy learning how to modulate their strength over time with practice that requires greater or lesser strength to be applied depending upon the target object, and this strength modulation can then be applied to handling other objects. ・Students develop greater interest in handling the teaching aids and materials, and this interest spreads to other objects. |
| How to use |
Provide essential general safety warnings about scissor usage. Even children/students who have difficulty handling scissors on their own are able to learn strength modulation if the teacher places their hand over the child's/student's while showing them how to apply force. |
| Related teaching materials and information |
mimi scissors for all / Nippon Riki Kogyo Casta universal design scissors / Hasegawa Cutlery crayonhouse |
| Useful for other students |
- Informant Special Needs Education School for the Physically Challenged, University of Tsukuba
- Keywords Universal design, scissors, arts and crafts, Period for Integrated Study, handicrafts, paper crafts, weak strength, gripping difficulty, strength application, cerebral palsy, athetosis, spastic, finger motor skills
- Created 2017-11-02 16:33:56
- Updated 2023-12-08 17:30:17