How to teach brushing :-
Brushing is an important part of our
life. It is a daily activity in current life. Here we are talking about
brushing for a Mental Retardation, a special child. A special child is not able
to do his all daily activity so it is our primary responsibility to teach them.
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| How to teach brushing |
Firstly we do one thing that we collect the essential thing for brushing like – brush, toothpaste, mirror, water & towel etc. Them after we see that the child is able to easily handle the brush or not. In other words, we check the fine motor or gross motor skills of special child. If child is not able to handle the brush, we make that handle little big so that the child can able to handle it very easily.
Secondly, start brushing with front side teeth. In this, we start this process with our help then after some time, we decrease our supports and children handle the process alone. After front side teeth, we try to brush with back side or side by side or up & down also. Lastly, we teach how to wash our mouth with water and clean it with cloth/towel.
Finally we can say that
brushing is an important part of normal life as well as for special children
also. In short, we can say that with a complete process, we can teach them “How
to Brush”
