Handwriting - The OT Toolbox
Oct 12,  · Letter production can be influenced by a child’s pencil grasp. The ideal grasp for holding writing tools involves using the pads of the thumb and index finger to stabilize the shaft against the side of the middle finger. Writing includes localized movement of the fingers, thumb, and wrist. There are many areas of handwriting that children may have difficulties with such as correct letter formation, spacing words, pain and fatigue, cursive writing and handwriting speed. Occupational Therapists are trained to identify the areas Hand Grasps Occupational Therapy Work of difficulty and assist to improve the child’s handwriting via specific intervention. When the child is tracing the letters over and over again, they become more efficient at planning out and executing the movements needed to make a letter accurately. This activity is great for a new writer because they are given a confined space to practice a letter, .

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