| Handwriting
Paediatric
Occupational Therapist's provide treatment for:
*
Seating posture of a student whilst handwriting
* Muscle tone and endurance to be able to sit upright for extended
periods
* Shoulder and arm control
* Elbow and forearm control
* Wrist and hand control
* Fine manipulative skills of the hand and fingers
* Developing correct prehension patterns of the fingers
* Developing a functional tripod pencil grip
* Utlitsation of the non-dominant hand for stabilisation
* Letter formations
* Letter / Number reversals
* Spacing of handwriting
* Slope of handwriting
* Use of sightwords
* Spelling
* Written expression
* Speed of handwriting
* Copying skills
* Upper limb speed and delivery
* Pressure through pencil
* Positioning of the paper
What
to look out for in your child
-
Poor posture when writing - slouches over desk, sits on knees,
difficulty maintaining an upright position
- Fatigues easily when writing
- Immature pencil grip
- Letter / Number reversals
- Poor dexterity of fingers
- Poor organisation of written work
- Spacing of letters / words incorrect
- Insufficient amounts of written work produced at one time
- Stop / Start handwriting opposed to flowing style
- Your child complains that their hand hurts
- Are they stabilising the page?
- Are they forming their letters correctly?
- Are they having difficulty copying accurately?
- Are they having difficulty recalling spelling words?
IT'S
NEVER TO LATE TO HELP A CHILD WITH THEIR HANDWRITING
If
you notice your child having difficulty in any of these areas then
please contact
us.
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