Hygiene & Grooming

Maintaining personal cleanliness through washing, brushing, and grooming routines.

Examples & Achievements

• Washes and dries hands thoroughly with soap
• Brushes teeth with supervision (morning and evening)
• Blows nose and disposes of tissue
• Washes face independently
• Begins to comb or brush own hair

How to Measure

• Completes full handwashing sequence (wet, soap, scrub, rinse, dry) independently
• Brushes teeth covering all areas with supervision only for checking
• Blows nose effectively and disposes of tissue (observed)
• Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales - Personal Hygiene items