Database of Teaching Materials and Methods for Special Needs Education

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Target	・Elementary school level, first-graders ・Children with little experience folding laundry, who do not know the procedure and order of folding, and who have difficulty copying a demonstrated example ・Children who are good at shape matching tasks
Disability category	mentally challenged　autism
Teaching units / Applicable scenes	life studies　activities for independent living　instruction for living skills
Specific purposes	・To familiarize children with folding clothes. ・To enable children to fold clothes well.
Considerations for disability characteristics	・A line drawing of the clothing to be folded was created so that the clothing could be laid out easily. ・In order to make folding easier, gaps were put within the drawn model at folding sites.
Expected effects and results	・Children who had been balling-up their clothing became able to skillfully fold up their clothing through the use of this teaching material.
How to use	1. Match the clothing to the pattern 　・Lay the clothing so that it matches up with the lines on the pattern. 2. Fold the pattern in order 　・Fold from the sides of the arms and finish with the torso.
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Informant Special Needs Education School for Children with Autism,University of Tsukuba
Keywords Folding clothes, pattern