Types of Dysgraphia – Symptoms and How to Help

Trouble with the ability to write, regardless of the ability to read? Here is helpful information on the types of dysgraphia, symptoms and how to help.

Do you work with children who have trouble with the ability to write, regardless of their ability to read? Perhaps you have students without cognitive impairment, who continue to struggle with written expression. If you work with students who have ADHD or Autism Spectrum Disorder, you may encounter difficulties with written expression as well considering […]

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3 Evidence-Based Interventions to Help Students with Written Expression

Evidence-Based Interventions to Help Students with Written Expression

Evidence-Based Interventions to Help Students with Written Expression Did you know that between 6.9% and 14.7% of students have specific writing disabilities, with and without reading problems?  In addition, students who do not have a specific writing disability also struggle.  A National Assessment of Educational Progress writing test indicated that 74% of eighth-grade students and 73% […]

Fine Motor Skills and Vocabulary Development

Fine Motor Skills and Vocabulary Development

Fine Motor Skills and Vocabulary Development Recently, The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology published research examining the fine motor skills and vocabulary development in 90 preschool children.  Two experiments were carried out assessing the response latencies to 45 lexical items along with fine motor skills, reasoning, and general receptive/expressive vocabulary.  The 45 lexical items consisted […]

5 Easy Data Collection Ideas to Try Right Now

5 Easy Data Collection Ideas to Try Right Now

5 Easy Data Collection Ideas to Try Right Now We asked and you answered!  Our current survey asked you “What are some of the biggest struggles you have with data collection as a pediatric therapist?”  So many of you have responded NO TIME!  Isn’t that the truth.  School-based therapists’ schedules are jammed packed sometimes across […]

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Fine Motor Skills and Reading

Fine Motor Skills and Reading

Fine Motor Skills and Reading Prior to kindergarten, fine motor skills are important for school readiness.  Research indicates that fine motor skills play a role in cognition and language development.  The Journal of Research in Reading recently investigated the relationship between fine motor skills and reading development in 144 kindergartners in Germany.  Each child was […]

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Rhythmic Auditory Cueing and Gait

Rhythmic Auditory Cueing and Gait

Rhythmic Auditory Cueing and Gait Rhythmic auditory cueing provides a uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat or accent to offer an external cue for to influence motor execution.  Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment published a research review to analyze the effects of rhythmic auditory cueing on spatiotemporal and kinematic parameters of gait in people with cerebral palsy.  After reviewing […]