Teaching kids essential life skills can be a rewarding journey, filled with moments of progress and achievement. Patience, encouragement, and consistency will be your allies as you guide your child toward independence in dressing and self-care.

In the second video of a five-part-series, specific strategies for teaching dressing skills to children with disabilities are demonstrated. The occupational therapist discusses task breakdown, the importance of determining current skills & abilities, starting with easy clothing, using visual aids and more. The process here is broken down into teaching undressing first, then dressing, lower body, upper body and shoes & socks.

If you have further questions or need to troubleshoot individual challenges your child experiences, please contact the occupational therapist in your local children's disability network team.