Solving the Handwriting Puzzle

Can you improve a student's self-esteem by addressing their handwriting skills? The Solving the Handwriting Puzzleprogram was created for 2 main reasons. The first reason wasto create a handwriting program that was linear and has easy to follow steps to teach and correct handwriting. The secondreason was to help build students' self-esteem as hand writers and avoid "emotional walls". These "emotional walls" limit the students' ability to improve their handwriting due to their poor self-image. This program uses positive language and empowers the student to feel better about their handwriting while at the same time improving handwriting quality. In addition, this program follows AOTA best practices guidelines of creating a system for students to self-evaluate their handwriting skills. Make powerful changes to how you teach handwriting with this information packed course.

Target Audience: Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants

Highlights

• Effective strategies to build student self- esteem
• Confidently address various handwriting deficits such as spacing, handwriting pressure, reversal, and hand dominance
• Easy to incorporate interventions to progress handwriting therapy to successfully meet goals