adl

Description:

These are routine activities people do every day without assistance. There are six basic Activities of Daily Living (ADL): eating, bathing, getting dressed, toileting, transferring, and continence. These are basic tasks of daily life that are useful to know.

Purpose

Activities of Daily Living are important for all learners’ disabilities because it allows them to practice important tasks that must be done in everyday life without assistance.

While doing the following activities, keep in mind the developmental stage and age of the learner. To simplify the activity, caregivers can aim to teach one step and wait until they are comfortable doing that before moving on to the next step. Many of these activities will need extra assistance during the initial repetitions.

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Activity 9: Shopping for Groceries and Necessities

This refers to the ability to make a list of groceries and necessities that are required at home, and shop for these groceries and necessities.

Purpose

This activity will allow the learner to have a list of things to buy, which allows their trip to the shopping more efficiently.

  • Step 1

    Start by looking around the house and seeing what is missing and needs to be bought.

  • Step 2

    Make a list of these things that need to be bought on a piece of paper.

  • Step 3

    During the next trip to the supermarket, let the learner look for their own list of groceries and necessities so they can practice doing it themselves.

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Activity 10: Taking Prescribed Medications

This refers to the ability to make a correct dose of medication as advised by the doctor.

Purpose

This activity will teach the learner to take the right dose of medicines at the right time in a systematic way.

  • Step 1

    If the learner has a concept of time ask them to look at any medications they have to take and note the times that they have to take these medications.

  • Step 2

    Create a weekly calendar with all the timings that they need to take medications

  • Step 3

    Start following the calendar and making sure to take the medication. Learners can tick off their weekly calendar whenever they take their medication.

    *Please make sure to supervise this carefully to avoid any medical hazard

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Activity 11: Using the telephone

This refers to the ability to take down the appropriate phone number and dialing.

Purpose

This activity allows the learner to develop social skills and use the telephone.

  • Step 1

    Ask the learner to write down a phone number that they want to call. It is advisable to begin with a family member or a friend that they are close to.

  • Step 2

    By using the home phone or a mobile phone, call this number.

  • Step 3

    Have a conversation with the person on the phone for a few minutes.

  • Step 4

    Do this with other numbers.