There are two ways that you can use these videos:

1. Use the video as a movement demonstration. Watch the video and see how the person in the video moves their hands to button their shirt. Then practice buttoning your shirt, copying the actions in the video. Do it again, watch and copy as often as you need.
2. Imagine yourself doing the action whilst watching it. Imagine that you are the person in the video. As you watch the video, try to imagine the feeling of moving your hands to button your shirt. Then practice buttoning your shirt, copying the actions in the video. Do it again, watch while imagining the feeling, and copy as often as you need.

Top tips for buttoning a shirt

As well as watching the videos, follow our top tips for buttoning a shirt.

• Boys’ shirts and girls’ shirts have the buttons on different sides – make sure you choose the video that is right for you
• Use your thumb to push the buttons through the holes
• It can be easier to button a shirt that has been washed a few times, rather than a new shirt
• You may find it easier to practice this sitting down

Note: These movement demonstration videos have been designed to help children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD; dyspraxia) learn how to button a shirt successfully. The videos show a movement demonstration for shirt buttoning, performed by a typically developing child model and recorded from a first-person viewpoint. A qualified occupational therapist instructed the child model how to perform the movement demonstration to ensure that an appropriate technique was demonstrated. The videos are free for use by dyspraxic people, parents, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, teachers, or anybody else who would find them useful for supporting the learning of shirt buttoning in children with dyspraxia/DCD. Buttoning a shirt Dyspraxia MovementSkills.

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