Shower and shampoo
Washing hair is a short moment with a lot of sensory information. The water runs over the eyes, the sound is partly shut out, and the foam can sting long after it has been rinsed away. The pictures below show the order and where the end is.
♀Shower and shampoo
A girl washes her hair with lather while holding a purple shampoo bottle, water drops around.
About this visual support
Washing hair combines several things that are demanding on their own. The face gets wet, the eyes have to close, hearing is muffled by water on the ears, and at the same time somebody stands behind doing something you cannot see. That it hurts if shampoo goes in the wrong place means the body braces for discomfort before the tap is even on. For a child with tactile sensitivity this is often the most charged moment of the week, however gently it is done.
Visual support makes the ending visible. Wet, shampoo, rinse, done. Four pictures let whoever is under the water know exactly how much is left, and the short process feels shorter than it does without them.
A concrete tip is to rinse with a jug instead of the shower head. The direction becomes predictable and the face stays dry. In Routined the hair wash can sit as a step on certain days of the week, and the app can be tried for fourteen days at no cost.
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