I’ll do it!

Personal autonomy skills play a very important role in enhancing the integration and social participation of people with pervasive developmental disorders or mental retardation. Using the strong points of these subjects – automatic memory, visual-spatial abilities, perception and a good response to structured education based on visual procedures – I’ll Do It!  considers its main objective to be the acquisition and enhancement of domestic and primary care skills through individualized educational programs. Illustrated stories and visual aids are therefore the suggested educational strategies.

Three short stories, accompanied by images illustrating specific social situations, introduce the themes developed in the book: personal autonomy in general, dental hygiene and domestic autonomy skills are the main focuses. Each story is followed by some activity proposals to reinforce and expand the contents treated and to consolidate the learning of the skills through individual and group games, practical exercises, manual activities and a personal hygiene diary to be completed daily.