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Self Care Season: Early Dressing Skills
Self Care Season: Early Dressing Skills
Send us Fan Mail Dressing seems straightforward to us as adults, but for children, it's a complex developmental challenge requiring numerous hidden skills. This episode dives into the foundations of early dressing independence, revealing why undressing naturally comes before dressing and how seemingly simple tasks like putting on a t-shirt involve intricate motor planning, body awareness, and cognitive sequencing. We dive into the underlying skills needed to engage in dressing tasks and some...