Teaching · Related Services

Ten small steps to brushing alone.

Watch one routine and mark the help needed on each step. The organizer counts what the student does alone, finds the next step to teach and checks the brushing time against two minutes.

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The toothbrushing organizer

One record per observation, under a student code. Copy to a new date to track progress. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Related Services$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
For each observation, the support level on every step, the share done independently, the next step to teach and brushing time against two minutes.
Who it is for
Occupational therapists, special education teachers, paraprofessionals and families teaching self-care routines.
Format
Browser organizer filled in during or right after a routine. One saved record per observation; printed with the summary or as a blank data sheet; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Related Services toolkit ($99) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Related Services space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
ten small steps, two full minutes
Drawn for this page. Breaking a routine into small steps shows exactly where a student needs help, and which step to teach next.

How to use it

  1. Start a record with the student code and the date.
  2. Watch one full routine and mark each step’s support level.
  3. Choose forward or backward chaining.
  4. Enter brushing time, supports and the sensory response.
  5. Teach the next step, then copy to a new date and observe again.

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What the organizer is for

Task analysis and chaining

A task analysis breaks a routine into small observable steps. In forward chaining the student does the steps they know and you teach the next one in order; in backward chaining you help through the start and the student finishes, which brings the satisfaction of completing the task right away.

Two minutes, twice a day

Dental guidance is to brush twice a day for two minutes with fluoride toothpaste, using a pea-sized amount for children 3 to 6 and a rice-grain smear under 3. A timer or song makes two minutes concrete.

What this is not

A teaching record. Oral sensitivities, gagging or pain belong with the family and the student’s dentist or therapist.

Sources

  1. American Dental Association, Mouthhealthy: brushing twice a day for two minutes with fluoride toothpaste; amount of toothpaste for young children.
  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Oral Health Tips for Children.
  3. Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., and Heward, W. L. (2020), Applied Behavior Analysis, 3rd ed., chapter on chaining.
  4. American Occupational Therapy Association, Occupational Therapy Practice Framework, 4th ed. (2020), activities of daily living.

The example student is made up. Not dental or medical advice. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.