Database of Teaching Materials and Methods for Special Needs Education

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Target	Children with physical disability Children unable to perform agile finger work (Elementary, Lower Secondary, and Upper Secondary Departments: 6 to 17 year olds)
Disability category	physically challenged
Teaching units / Applicable scenes	technical arts and home economics　teaching and learning tools, auxiliary aids
Specific purposes	To enable children to thread a needle for themselves If they are able to thread a needle, they can immediately begin practicing hand sewing.
Considerations for disability characteristics	Provisions to help children with paralysis, and/or reduced ability to use their fingertips, to thread a needle The needle has a lockable opening at the top of the eye, enabling children who are unable to thread a normal needle, to slide the thread left and right until it settles into the eye.
Expected effects and results	If children are able to thread the needle without the assistance of the teacher, practice preparation and waiting times can be reduced. Children can immediately begin practicing hand sewing after threading the needle, and thereby concentrate on sewing and other tasks.
How to use	(1) Slide the thread left and right over the opening in the needle’s eye. (2) Push the thread against the opening to lock it shut.
Related teaching materials and information	Magnetic needle pad, which can hold a fallen needle, making it easier to recover
Useful for other students

Informant Special Needs Education School for the Physically Challenged, University of Tsukuba
Keywords One-touch needle, handicraft, fingertip