Zipping up a hoodie Dyspraxia Movement Skills

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Zipping up a hoodie

There are two ways that you can use these videos:

Use the video as a movement demonstration. Watch the video and see how the person in the video moves their hands to zip up their hoodie. Then, practice zipping up a hoodie or coat and copying the actions in the video. Do it again, watch and copy as often as you need.
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 zip up your hoodie or coat. Then practice zipping up a hoodie or coat, copying the actions in the video. Do it again, watch while imagining the feeling, and copy as often as you need.

Top tips for zipping up a hoodie or coat

As well as watching the videos, follow our top tips for zipping up a hoodie or coat:

Hold the bottom of the hoodie zip with one hand and use your stronger hand to slot the fixed side of the zip all the way in
Hold the hoodie firmly at the bottom of the zip and pull it down gently. At the same time use your stronger hand to pull the zip up.
If you can’t pull the zip up straight way, try starting again
Try the same technique on coats or bags
Try using our other zipper video if your zip is on the other side

Note: These movement demonstration videos have been designed to help children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD; dyspraxia) learn how to zip up a hoodie or coat successfully. The videos show a movement demonstration for zipping up a hoodie, 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 dressing skills in children with dyspraxia/DCD. Zipping up a hoodie Dyspraxia Movement Skills.