Technological Supports for Students with Dysgraphia
Close The Performance Gap on Dysgraphia When a student has difficulty with the writing process (dysgraphia) – e.g., handwriting, spelling, or putting their thoughts down on paper – there are two ways to close the performance gap. First and foremost, we...
Top 3 Reasons Why Handwriting is Critical to Your Child’s Success
Handwriting has been taught for centuries as a means of communication, but technology is changing the way we share information. You see the transition from paper to digital everywhere. Teachers give students the option to write or type their papers. Doctor offices ask...
Fun Ways to Practice Handwriting
Handwriting practice is extremely valuable for multiple reasons, yet many students are resistive to doing it. Check out these valuable tips and tricks to help your child make the most of their handwriting practice.
Handwriting strengthens fine motor and cognitive skills and builds self-confidence and self-esteem.
10 Gross Motor Skill Activities for Better Handwriting
Good gross motor control provides the core stability and strength necessary for hand and finger muscles to do their work. Gross motor skills involve the postural control and movement of large muscle groups in the neck, shoulders, trunk, and legs; these skills allow us...
Fine Motor Skills for Handwriting
The muscles used in handwriting begin to develop and strengthen in infancy, and by the age of five most children have developed enough muscle strength and control to begin writing. The small finger muscles are the ones most central to the writing process, but the...
How to Help Your Child Place Letters on a Line
Placing text on a line ( baseline placement) is challenging for some children. Depending on the age of the child and the severity of the problem, I use several strategies to facilitate proper baseline placement. Here are six techniques you can try at home: 1. When...
SnapType App for Dysgraphia
SnapType is an app designed to help children who have difficulty with writing (dysgraphia). While I believe that it’s always best to determine the underlying causes of dysgraphia and work on remediating the specific components of handwriting that children are...
9 Tips to Help Correct Letter Reversals
It is common for preschoolers and kindergartners to reverse letters, but by age seven, children should only be making occasional reversals. If letter reversals persist after handwriting remediation, they can be a sign of dyslexia or other learning disability, in which...