Handwriting Assessment and Treatment
Occupational Therapy Services Include:
Occupational therapists are trained in a variety of techniques to assist children in improving their handwriting skills. The evaluation of a child’s handwriting is comprehensive; it includes discussing the child’s performance with the parents and teachers, observing the child in a variety of settings (e.g. clinic, school), reviewing samples of the child’s handwriting, and assessing other factors that may be contributing to poor handwriting. Treatment for handwriting difficulty includes the Handwriting Without Tears ® program, sensorimotor strategies, strengthening the intrinsic muscles of the hand, compensatory strategies such as pencil grips, and ergonomic strategies.
(Source: Case-Smith, 2005)
