ot for kids - introduction to the assessment, treatment and development of handwriting in...
DESCRIPTION
OT for Kids introduction to free handwriting course is an introductory crash course in handwriting development and the necessary underlying skills needed for fluent accurate writing. Learning objectives: Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: Have a basic understanding of the necessary underlying components of writing Introduction to underlying skills needed for writing Understand the impact of core strength and good posture on writing Core strength and the impact on writing Sitting posture and the impact on writing Have a basic understanding of activities that can improve the skills needed for accurate writing Individual activities Group activities Have an understanding of the definition of: Visual perception skills Hand strength Fine motor skills Visual closure Form recognition and form constancy Understand what adaptive equipment is available to children with poor writing Pencil grips Sloped writing boards Summary Where and when is the event being run? Our free Introduction to handwriting event will be run on Saturday 18th October 2014 from 9am - 4pm in central Manchester at our clinic: 3 - 5 St John Street Deansgate Manchester M3 4DN The clinic is located just off Deansgate, with Deansgate train station less than 5 minutes walk and Piccadilly station about 20 minutes walk away.TRANSCRIPT
Introduction to handwriting
Saturday 16th August9-5pm
Presented by Nathan Varma Paediatric Occupational Therapist
OT for Kidswww.otforkids.co.uk
0330 223 0888
IntroductionsWho are we?
• Private Specialised Childrens Occupational Therapy• Handwriting groups, Hydrotherapy, 1:1 assessment and treatment, Reports• Nationwide service
– Head office here, clinics in North West and Midlands
• Formed in 2013 • Large and expanding team
Who am I?• Children's OT• Manage OT for Kids• Expert handwriting trainer
What do we do?• We deliver children’s Occupational Therapy that produces positive results for every
child, parent teacher, organisation and school that accesses our services• Range of equipment available
– Breezi chairs, sloped writing boards, pencil grips
• 0-6 months – Open and relax of hands– Grasp and release objects
• 6-12 months– Place objects in cup– Self feed finger foods– Use of spoon and cylindrical grip
Fine motor development
http://otforkids.co.uk/problems-we-help/delayed-milestones/early-development-0-12-months.html
Fine motor development• 1 - 2 years
– Builds towers out of large blocks– Scribbles with crayons– Able to take socks off– Turns pages of a book one at a time– Uses thumb and index finger to hold crayon
• 2-3 years– Brushes teeth with help– Holds scissors with two hands and can open and close scissors– Starts unbuttoning large buttons– Draw vertical lines– Able to throw a small ball
• 3 - 5 years– Begin to form the shapes needed for writing– Hold the pencil in a pincer grip using the thumb and first finger– Can undo some buttons– Can do up and undo Velcro
Normal handwriting development
• 2-3 years
• Draw straight lines and circles
• Imitate drawing a cross
• Aged 3-4
• Draw a circle
• Begin to hold in tripod position
• Copy a cross and square
• Aged 4-5
• Draw a cross
• Start to colour inside the lines (pencil and fine motor control, hand eye co-ordination)
• Draw recognisable people/objects (proprioception development)
• Begin to draw diagonal lines – Triangle
http://otforkids.co.uk/problems-we-help/delayed-milestones/toddler-and-early-infancy-1-to-3-years.html
http://otforkids.co.uk/problems-we-help/delayed-milestones/infancy-3-to-5-years.html
• Aged 5-7• Development of a dominant hand • Print letters and numbers begin to form words • By 7 years – remain in print writing but neatly within the lines • Draw accurate pictures of person, objects
• Aged 7-10• Development of cursive writing • By 10 years – producing fluent cursive writing accurately within the lines• Accurately use scissors
Normal handwriting development
http://otforkids.co.uk/problems-we-help/delayed-milestones/child-5-to-10-years.html
Coffee 10.30 – 11am
How do most people hold the pencil
• 3 finger tripod
• 4 Finger Grip
Thumb wrap/middle finger guide
Tripod
Static/ Dynamic movements • Static grips
– Tripod– Thumb Wrap– 4 finger– 3 finger tripod– Extended thumb wrap
• Where do the movements come from in a static grip?– Arm/wrist– Shoulder– Scapula
• Dynamic movements – Good hand strength– Fine motor skills– Finger manipulation and dexterity
• What activities can we do to improve these aspects?
• Form perception
• Form Constancy
http://otforkids.co.uk/problems-we-help/visual-perception-difficulties.html
•Difficulty learning the alphabet and recognising words/letters.
•Confusion of similar shapes, letters and numbers
•Mistaking words with similar beginnings or endings.
•Trouble writing and remembering letters.
•Unable to block out distractions on wall displays
•Increased time to complete classroom tasks
Visual discrimination Figure ground discriminationVisual Closure
• Spatial judgment Sizing Orientation
12-1 Lunch and Networking
Assessments
• Split into 4 groups
• Don’t be shy...
http://otforkids.co.uk/services/assessments/index.html
I like this one....
• Advantages of your assessment
• Disadvantages of your assessment
I don’t
Coffee 2 -2.30pm
Treatment• Handwriting programs
• Write from the start, roll and write, speed up – Advantages?– Disadvantages?
• What skill could you improve with?1. Spinning tops2. Playing cards3. Peg boards4. Snap-cubes
• Suitable for group and individual?– Pros and cons of Group/Individual rx
http://otforkids.co.uk/services/treatment/index.html
Our Services
• Individual Assessment and treatment – Dyspraxia/DCD– Autism/ASD– Cerebral Palsy – Sensory Processing Disorder
• Group therapy – Handwriting– Fine motor– Hydrotherapy
• Staff Training– Teachers– OTA’s – Support worker/carer
http://otforkids.co.uk/services/index.html
Any Questions?
Associates
– Opening up services nationwide
• Schools
• Clinics
Sensory Assessments
DCD assessments
Reports
Supervision
Call us – 0330 223 0888