Challenging Typical Handwriting Traditions

Have you ever thought of having your students be the handwriting teachers?
By having students apply what they learned during an OT session, they can go back into the classroom to share the letter stories and formations with everyone… including the teacher! This is a great functional way to help them solidify what they learned.

Today, Cheryl Bregman is here to discuss some common handwriting norms on which she is flipping the script. We also dive into how children have been affected with dysgraphia and pseudo dysgraphia and how a collaborative approach can help.

Tune in to learn about an awesome handwriting program Cheryl has created that can help a child learn to write in five weeks!


Listen now to learn the following objectives:

• Learners will identify why it is beneficial to start with learning lowercase letters
• Learners will identify the reasons children may present with pseudo dysgraphia
• Learners will identify and understand how reading and writing collide and impact one another
• Learners will identify how handwriting heroes use a multi-sensory approach and how it benefits all children, especially those with learning disabilities.
• Learners will identify specific assessments that do not correlate with handwriting outcomes.

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