Database of Teaching Materials and Methods for Special Needs Education

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Target	・ Elementary school children ・ Children with weak core muscles ・ Children trying to challenge Zoukin gake (cleaning the floor on all fours)
Disability category	mentally challenged　autism　emotional disturbance　multiple disabilities　developmental disabilities
Teaching units / Applicable scenes	activities for independent living　instruction for living skills
Specific purposes	Zoukin gake involves cleaning the floor by putting both hands on a wet cloth and running on the toes to move forward. The tool helps children and students: ・ Experience the move of moving forward while supporting the body with the arms ・ Clean the floor while maintaining the Bear crawl position (on all fours but with knees not touching the floor)
Considerations for disability characteristics	・ The tool helps children successfully accomplish what they are not good at or what they try for the first time.
Expected effects and results	・ Repetitive practice is expected to help children maintain the Bear crawl position and do Zoukin gake even without the tool.
How to use	Ask children to: ・ Grab the projections with hands, and move forward while supporting the body with arms. When the child gets accustomed, reduce the height of the tool by removing one layer of blocks (from 2 layers to 1 layer).
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Informant KUDO Asuka, Special Needs Education School for Children with Autism, University of Tsukuba
Keywords cleaning