Ideas for Helping Students with Multiple Disabilities Including Deafblindness Wear Masks and Face Coverings.

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• Create an experience book about wearing a mask.
•  Practice wearing the mask for short amounts of time.
• Participate in highly preferred activities while wearing a mask.
• Create a mask routine in the morning, after a transition or both.
• Incorporate a mask into an already established routine.
• Include the mask in the student/child’s calendar system.
• If using pictures of staff/others in a calendar system- add pictures of them in masks.
• Incorporate highly preferred textures into the mask.
• Allow the student/child to decorate/ make their own mask.
• Allow the student/child to choose their own mask.
• Staff working with students should wear similar masks each day to help with
  identification.
• Face shields or masks with clear windows for lip reading and facial expressions.
• Build in mask breaks with reward/choice time.
• Try different types of masks: ties, elastic, etc.
• Allow the student/child time to explore the mask without wearing it.