Objectives

Students will learn:

1. The importance of hygiene and how it affects making a good first impression (review).
2. When and where to apply deodorant.
3. The importance of hand washing in preventing the spread of disease, including when and how to wash.
4. The necessity for good hygiene is associated with:
1. Urination.
2. Defecation and the proper use of toilet paper
3. Hand washing after using the bathroom to prevent the spread of disease.
5. Special issues for men:
1. Know how to clean an uncircumcised penis.
2. Recognize the signs of common genital infections.
3. Understand the importance of a Testicular Self-Exam.

How to Design Your Lessons &Use The "Optional Pause Points"

In the "Instructional Content" section of this guide, you will find the facts, concepts, and tasks we expect your students to learn. Use this information, as well as the material in the "Hygiene Rationale& Overview" section and in the "Video Synopsis" to develop pre- and post-video screening discussions and as a reference guide in leading the "Behavior Development Activities" appropriate to the functioning level of your students. More capable students will enjoy extended discussions of the power of personal presentation. Students with moderate to severe cognitive and/or behavioral impairment will gain most from repeatedly watching the "video modeling" of our First Impression Players and from "in vivo" (in a living body) practice.

We have incorporated many "Optional Pause Points" within the video itself. These Pause Points correspond to discreet content areas and make convenient stopping points to take a break and/or to answer questions.

We do, however, recommend screening the entire video with your class, over one or more class periods, before initiating any extended discussions or engaging in one of the "Behavior Development Activities." After the lass has seen the entire video, we suggest playing it again but this time stopping at the Optional Pause Points to teach and review in depth the "Instructional Content" for that Pause Point. You can also initiate one or more of the suggested "Behavior Development Activities." No matter how you choose to proceed, be sure to take your time. Taking several periods to teach and practice the content at each Pause Point would not be considered unusual, especially when working with students with special needs.

Video Synopsis

All the video programs in the "First impressions" series open with a brief statement from a vocational counselor regarding the importance of making a good first impression at a job interview. Although the Hygiene, Grooming, and Dress Modules in the "First Impressions" series are not specifically about getting a job," they are about the universal components that make up a good impression. The counselor's observations about how quickly impressions are formed (30 seconds) and his perception that the first impression we make is often the one thing we can control apply whether making an impression in the community, on a date, or at a job interview,

After the music video, Justin and Kisha welcome your students back to learn more about hygiene. First, they dramatize the bad impression poor hygiene can have on community workers and salespeople. They are dismissed and ignored by the salesperson and must watch as a well-dressed customer gets served ahead of them.

Back in the studio, Justin and Kisha consider some of the reasons for the negative response they received from the clerk: they gave the impression they didn't have any money so the clerk didn't waste time with them. They agree that their bad hygiene, reflected in their appearance, made a big difference in the way they were perceived and treated as "unpreferred" rather than preferred customers.

Justin and Kisha discuss what elements go into a daily hygiene routine. Justin demonstrates how to apply deodorant.

They then discuss the importance of hand washing to prevent the spread of germs. Justin and some card-playing friends demonstrate (with green powder representing "germs"), how easy it is to spread a cold from one person to another. Justin then demonstrates simple, effective hand-washing techniques.

Finally, Justin, along with the men, discusses issues relating to toilet hygiene (urinating and defecating), special issues for men, such as how to do a Testicular Self-Exam, and special hygiene issues uncircumcised men must be aware of.

Instructional Content

The following is an additional list of basic facts, concepts, and skills relevant to the practice of good basic hygiene and cleanliness. The videos in this module present most of this content. However, you will notice that some of the items below are in italics. These points are additional information, related to the information in "First Impressions," but are not discussed directly in the videos.

What we learned before:

• Appearance is important. If you look like a mess if you are dirty or smell bad, people will not treat you with the respect you deserve.
• People practice good hygiene mainly for social reasons, to give the impression that:
• "I can take care of myself."
• "I care about cultural norms."
• "I care about myself and the impression I make."
• "I’m okay to be around."

The After-Shower Sequence

Hand Hygiene

Why hand washing is so important

• Your hands and nails pick up and carry more germs and bacteria than any other part of your body.
• Germs are microscopic, invisible living things that can make you the sick-one major way they move from one person to another is through touch; either by touching another person directly or touching something someone else has touched.
• It's crucial to wash your hands after you sneeze, or cough, (to remove cold germs) or after you go to the bathroom (to remove faces), and before you prepare or eat food (to avoid passing germs to someone else through food).
• The type of soap doesn't actually matter. It's the mechanics of rubbing your hands together under running water that's important.

Toileting

Testicular Exam & Special Issues

Testicular Self-Exam for All Males

1. Testicular cancer is most common in men 15 to 25 years of age.
2. Once a month, men should perform a Testicular Self-Exam. The shower is a good place to do this.
3. Pick a day of the month that's easy to remember--such as the first day, or the date of your birthday, to perform the self-exam.
4. Soap up your hands, and examine your testicles, one at a time. Apply gentle pressure, feeling for any lumps or masses. Normal testicles are firm to the touch, smooth, and rubbery.
5. If you notice any lumps or masses, call your doctor right away.
6. Always be on the lookout for any change in the size or feel of your testicles, any Lumps or masses, or any pain or feeling of pressure in them. If you notice any of these signs, go see your doctor: Early detection is the best defense against cancer.

All Males

1. If you notice anything unusual on your penis-swelling, pain, itching, burning, bumps or blisters, or any unusual discharges - see a doctor right away...these can be signs of an infection and require a doctor's attention.

Uncircumcised males:

1. These days, many baby boys are not being circumcised (i.e., the foreskin of their penis is not removed at birth). This is perfectly normal, but uncircumcised men have an extra hygiene step they must be sure to take care of.
2. Smegma, a white, oily substance that protects the tip of the penis, can build up under the foreskin. Men who are not circumcised need to wash under the foreskin to remove the Smegma and prevent yeast infections
3. In the shower, they should gently pull back the foreskin, and soap the glans (head) of the penis and the underside of the foreskin.

⏹️ End of Video

Behavior Development Activities

The following "Behavior Development Activities" are designed to augment and reinforce the content presented through the video and classroom discussions These activities were designed to meet the needs of students with cognitive and/or emotional disabilities. Since the verbal levels of individuals within this group vary widely, it is expected that the teacher will adapt these activities to meet the needs of his or her students. For example, an activity calling for making magazine collages may be appropriate for students with low verbal skills, but substituting "making a list" or "having a small group discussion" would be an appropriate adaptation of this activity for students functioning at higher verbal levels. In other words, don't overlook an activity because the response called for is inappropriate to your students - just adapt it to make it so.

Invite students to:

On-Going Activities

• Ask your students to make a note of when they see someone else making a bad or good First Impression" on TV or in public and share it with the class at regularly scheduled (daily, if possible) First Impressions Sharing Time."
• Create personal "First Impressions" reference notebooks in which they can keep track of the finished projects of all the activities from all four modules in the "First Impressions" Series, such as lists, collages, drawings, handouts, etc.