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Writing Posture – Free Printable

Students need to learn how to maintain proper writing posture to prevent long term bad habits. Download a free poster to get started.

Writing posture in school may be more important than you realize. If you look around a classroom, often times you will see students slumped over in their seats, wiggling, or slouching. It is hard work to maintain good posture especially when talking about proper handwriting posture. Students need to learn how to maintain proper writing […]

How to Maintain Good Posture at School and Home

It is important to teach children how to maintain good posture at school and home. You can download a helpful Good Posture poster for free

Take a moment to look around your classroom or your house.  Do you see children slouching or hunched over? In the classroom, student frequently lean over their desks.  At home, children are often seen hunched over their smartphones or tablets sometimes for hours at a time.  It is important to teach children how to maintain […]

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Postural Care A to Z Free Resource

Another great resource found on Facebook.  This resource was shared by Sparkle Occupational Therapy.  It is an award winning document entitled The A to Z of Postural Care from the University of Kent.  The document discusses various types of adaptive equipment, manual handling, emotional support, inclusive education and the golden rules about equipment use.  Then […]

Posture Education

A recent study from the International Journal of Sports Medicine reports on postural education on daily habits in children. One hundred thirty seven children (average age 10.7 years) were randomly divided into an experimental group who received 6 sessions of postural education over the course of 6 weeks and a control group who did not […]