 Handwriting is a primary functional outcome addressed by occupational therapists in a school setting. Handwriting is the result of many underlying deficits that impact a student's well-being and ability to function in a classroom. This peculiar outcome is an essential expression of a student and how they see the world, written on paper. There is nothing more personal than a handwritten note of someone's thoughts and feelings. If the reader struggles to read it, this note loses its power, because it is not legible. People who struggle with handwriting may experience frustration and anxiety, which may negatively impact their overall school experience. If they are challenged with conveying a written message, their school work and grades can be impacted.
What is handwriting seminar? This seminar was created to decrease children's frustration and improve their self-esteem as a hand writer. This kind of seminar will provide the foundation to teaching handwriting with clear, concise and positive instruction. Techniques used in handwriting seminar will incorporate kinesthetic, tactile, visual motor, ocular motor and conceptual means of teaching handwriting quality. Besides, handwriting quality will be broken down to five simple pieces. Participants can improve their handwriting one piece at a time by breaking handwriting down to its pieces. Learning handwriting quality in this way empowers the students to correct their own handwriting, while increasing their self-esteem. The usage of specific treatment techniques helps to improve students' handwriting faster, thus shortening the duration of necessary intervention. Attendees will leave this seminar invigorated and with practical handwriting techniques that help kids piece together the "Handwriting Puzzle."
• Identify techniques to accurately and effectively correct handwriting errors
• Participate in hands-on lab sessions for ocular motor treatment, handwriting evaluation and hand development
• Discover five simple handwriting errors for easier evaluation and instruction
• Organize and treat sensory-motor weaknesses and ocular motor weaknesses related to handwriting
• Recognize the significance of hand preference and laterality
What You'll Learn
• Analyze a handwriting sample and identify five common areas of handwriting dysfunction
• Obtain positive tools to enhance your students' self esteem regarding handwriting
• Identify how to give your students confidence to identify and correct their own handwriting errors
• Determine and apply vestibule-ocular and bilateral integration techniques that impact handwriting deficits
• Develop new, efficient, and measurable handwriting goals
• Utilize specific treatment strategies to address common handwriting deficits such as hand grasp, reversals, copying from a board, handwriting rate and hand dominance
• Identify and be able to utilize treatment techniques to address ocular motor deficits that impact handwriting
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