Database of Teaching Materials and Methods for Special Needs Education

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Target	Children who have a limited range of arm movement and difficulty in broadly moving a brush Children who have short arms and difficulty in broadly moving a brush Children who are held in a fixed learning posture and have difficulty in broadly moving a brush (Elementary, Lower Secondary, and Upper Secondary Departments: 6 to 17 year olds)
Disability category	physically challenged
Teaching units / Applicable scenes	drawing and crafts, art　teaching and learning tools, auxiliary aids
Specific purposes	Improve and broaden children’s active expression skills Broaden children’s perspective on active expression
Considerations for disability characteristics	Children can color a broad brush area with limited movement.
Expected effects and results	Production of large paintings, wall paintings, and collaborative paintings
How to use	Prepare brush handles of different angles, sizes, thicknesses, lengths, and weights, for children to hold easily, and affix the handles to brushes. Gently curved brush handles are preferable, for ease of use. Use a water-resistant adhesive to affix the handles to the brushes.
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Informant Special Needs Education School for the Physically Challenged, University of Tsukuba
Keywords Arts and crafts, art, paintings, handicraft, expression, paints, brushes, collaborative work, in accordance with, students in lower grades, cerebral palsy, contracture, atrophy, drawing