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 and legs to put on their tights. Then practice putting on your tights, 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 and legs to put on your tights. Then, practice putting on your tights 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 putting on tights:

As well as watching the videos, follow our top tips for putting on tights:

• Sitting on a chair will help you keep your balance. 
• Look for a label or the seam to help you work out the front and the back. 
• Practice scrunching the tights right down to the toe. Do this before you put your foot in. 
• Put your toe in and pull the fabric gently over your heel before pulling your tights up. 
• When taking tights off, push them down to your knees before sitting down. Then push your tights to your ankles and over your feet before you pull them off. 
• Practice with a larger pair of tights to learn the movements.

Note: These movement demonstration videos have been designed to help children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD; dyspraxia) learn how to put on tights successfully. The videos show a movement demonstration for putting on tights, 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. Putting on tights Dyspraxia Movement Skills.

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