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 cut their nails. Then practice cutting your nails, 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 cut your nails. Then, practice cutting your nails and copying the actions in the video. Do it again, watch while imagining the feeling, and copy as often as you need.

Top tips for cutting your nails:

As well as watching the videos, follow our top tips for cutting nails with nail clippers:

• Table-top clippers (as shown in the video) are often easier to use than clippers that you hold and squeeze.
• People often feel less worried when they are in control of clipping their own nails.
• Take your time and practise with someone helping you at first. 

Note: These movement demonstration videos have been designed to help children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD; dyspraxia) learn how to use nail clippers to cut their nails successfully. The videos show a movement demonstration for cutting nails with a nail clipper, 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 self-care skills in children with dyspraxia/DCD. Cutting nails with a nail clipper Dyspraxia Movement Skills.

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