Name of teaching material
Easy Temperature-taking for Children Uncomfortable with Being Touched - Thermometer Cover - self-made product
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| Target |
・Elementary school level, third-graders ・Children for whom getting an accurate body temperature measurement is difficult due to their intense dislike of being touched on or around their underarms by thermometers or people's fingers ・Kindergarten-level young children with similar characteristics |
|---|---|
| Disability category | mentally challenged autism |
| Teaching units / Applicable scenes | instruction for living skills other |
| Specific purposes | ・To enable children to use an underarm thermometer to measure his/her own temperature. |
| Considerations for disability characteristics |
・The thermometer was covered in felt to provide a soft feeling instead of the cold, hard plastic tip of the thermometer. ・In order to give the felt-covered thermometer a more familiar feel, the child in this example decorated it to look like his favorite television personality, "Mr. Tamori." ・A stopper made of the same material was added to help ensure the sensor was situated in the correct spot underarm. ・"Anpan Man" and "Baikin Man" (popular cartoon characters) versions were also created. |
| Expected effects and results |
・Children learned to insert and hold the thermometer in place with their underarms. ・At the dormitory, every day an increasing number of children willing visit the temperature-taking room and take their own temperature. |
| How to use |
1. Put a thermometer cover over the thermometer. 2. Put the covered thermometer in the child's underarm, and take his/her temperature. |
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| Useful for other students |
- Informant Special Needs Education School for Children with Autism,University of Tsukuba
- Keywords Thermometer, temperature measurement
- Created 2017-11-02 18:05:06
- Updated 2023-12-08 11:40:15