(ADL) in Delhi at DDC
Activities of Daily Living or Life Skills are activities that are routinely followed by individuals, that help them be independent in life. For an individual with various challenges, these daily activities can prove to be cumbersome. And hence, they need to be broken down into small components that can be taught individually till it is mastered, before the entire activity is taught and becomes second nature to them.
Activities of Daily Living include:
1) Self-care and Hygiene: Bathing and drying themselves after a bath, Brushing Teeth, Clipping Nails, Getting dressed etc
2) Sleeping: Sleeping on their own
3) Toileting: Using the Toilet independently and cleaning up after themselves
4) Meal Times: Preparing a meal, eating independently, washing dishes etc
Mastering the various ADLs, is the end goal for almost everyone on the Autism Spectrum. The core idea is to keep working on these skills across the years, such that the individual can become independent in those skills, and not be forever dependent on caregivers, all their lives.
important for the following reasons:
• “Independence: if you are able to look after yourself by undertaking these key activities of living you are more likely to be able to live safely and independently as an adult.
• Self-esteem: self-reliance helps with self-esteem, it feels good to be able to look after yourself without needing help.
• Less reliant on others: as with the above two points, it’s an excellent goal to be able to function on your own without needing assistance from other people if possible.
• Skills for life: these daily living skills are tasks that everyone needs to undertake every day throughout their life. If you can learn to undertake them yourself early, it will make life a lot easier and improve your quality of life.”
Each activity that we perform on a daily basis, is often taken for granted by us, because it takes place so naturally that we do not spend time analysing how many small components make up one particular task. For example, the activity of Brushing your Teeth might seem a simple task, but when you break down the steps, you realize how complex the activity is, in reality.
In Special Education, a strategy to break down the activity into the small steps, is called Task Analysis. So, a Task Analysis of Brushing Teeth brings up the following steps:
1) Take the Toothbrush and keep it down on a surface.
2) Take the Toothpaste tube with one hand.
3) Twist the cap of the Toothpaste tube with the other hand and open it.
4) Remove the cap and keep it on a surface.
5) Squeeze the toothpaste tube, just enough to place a small amount of toothpaste on to the toothbrush
6) Place the toothbrush on a surface.
7) Twist the cap and close the toothpaste tube. Put it back to its place.
8) Pick up the Toothbrush with the paste on its bristles.
9) Open the tap in the sink and wet the toothbrush bristles.
10) Close the tap in the sink and brush the teeth, in various motions.
11) Once done, open the tap, and clean the bristles.
12) Replace the brush back to its place. Visual for Brushing Teeth
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