Apparatus for teaching personal life skills

摘要

An apparatus for teaching fine motor skills to a special needs student. The apparatus has a plurality of different personal life-skills training tools that more accurately replicate the skill encountered in real life. When the apparatus is arranged in its primary orientation and rests against the student's body, the life-skills training tools replicate the orientation of the objects relative to the orientation encountered by the student in real life. The apparatus includes a configurable platform having a plurality of walls. A plurality of hinges pivotally connect each wall with at least one other wall. The walls of the platform can be oriented and arranged in at least a first configuration forming a housing enclosing the training tools, and a second configuration wherein all of the walls are coplanar. The walls can also be oriented and arranged in at least a third configuration wherein none of the walls are coplanar.

主权项

1. An apparatus for teaching fine motor skills to a special needs student, comprising:
a configurable platform comprising a plurality of walls, each wall having an interior surface and an exterior surface; a plurality of hinges pivotally connecting each wall with at least one other wall; and, at least one skills training tool fixed to the interior surface of at least one wall; wherein the walls of the platform can be oriented and arranged in at least a first configuration forming a housing enclosing the educational tool, and a second configuration wherein all of the walls are coplanar; and wherein said apparatus has a primary orientation in which the education effects are optimized and the at least one tool replicates the orientation of objects encountered by the student in real life when the apparatus is arranged in its primary orientation and rests against the student's body.