Description
Assistive Technology, Classroom Implementation Strategies & Resource Recommendations for Kids Who Struggle to Write 12th Edition UPDATED in 2025 digital download is a Resource Guide designed for OTs, parents and other professionals working with students with educationally significant handwriting challenges. These challenges make it difficult/impossible for them to complete written schoolwork using paper and pencil. FALL 2025 – NEW 12th EDITION NOW AVAILABLE!
This Resource Guide is designed to take the “guesswork” out of finding the best Assistive Technology solutions for students to complete all types of written schoolwork when handwriting cannot be significantly improved through therapy/practice. It also includes the best ways to implement this technology in the classroom for both students AND the school staff that work with them – and much more! Serious handwriting challenges are often found in students with:
- Physical Impairments
- ASD
- ADD/ADHD
- DCD/Dyspraxia
- Dyslexia
- Dysgraphia
Research indicates that many of these students continue to have labored, poorly legible handwriting, no matter what handwriting therapies are tried. They are at great risk for academic, emotional and behavioral failure in the classroom as written demands continue to increase each year and they are unable to keep up. Many of these students are eventually diagnosed with Dysgraphia – or Dysgraphia is already comorbid with their diagnoses.
THE GOOD NEWS is that these students can now easily complete the exact same assignments as their peers using the latest “best practice” assistive technology, even advanced math and science! For over 25 years, the authors have specialized in tailoring these specific assistive technology solutions to students, K through 12, who struggle to complete their written schoolwork using paper and pencil. This not only often increases the quality and quantity of their written work – but also their academic independence and self-esteem as well!
AUTHORS: Sue Ramin-Hutchison – Certified Special Education Teacher Consultant for Physically & Otherwise Health Impaired Students, Assistive Technology Support Specialist and IEP/Section 504 Advocate & Merri Domer – Special Needs Technology Consultant
- This Guide is a “living document” that always remains current and up-to date! Purchasers are given the access code for the “Guide Updates” page on the authors’ website where they are continually posting new Assistive Technology information as it becomes available and they have trialed it with students to make sure it is best practice.
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- Delivered electronically immediately upon payment
- 110-page PDF
- Appropriate for students with low-average to above-average intelligence
VIEW THE SPECIAL EDITION FOR KIDS WITH ASD HERE
RESOURCE GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Dysgraphia – What is it?
- Why & When Assistive Technology?
- Section 1 – Who Should I Contact and What Should I Ask When Trying to Obtain Services and Equipment for Kids with Handwriting Disabilities?
- Section 2 -How to Obtain Services and Assistive Technology for a Student with a Handwriting Disability at School
- Section 3 – “Low-Tech” Ideas to Assist Kids with Handwriting Disabilities
- Section 4 – – Low-Tech Equipment Options to Help Kids Improve Handwriting Skills
- Section 5 – How to Tell When Low-Tech Solutions Are Not Enough
- Section 6 – “High-Tech” Equipment Options
- Section 7 –“High-Tech” Accessory Options
- Section 8 – Manufacturer’s Pre-Installed Accessibility Options
- Section 9 – Special needs Software/App/Extension Recommendations
- Section 10 – Adapted Keyboarding Instruction and Software Recommendations
- Section 11 – Voice Recognition Recommendations
- Section 12 – Implementation Ideas for Special Needs Technology in the Classroom
- Section 13 – Funding Ideas for “High-Tech” Equipment and
Software/Apps/Extensions
- Appendix A – Individual Consultation and Request Form
- Appendix B – Assistive Technology Implementation Plan Information and Form
- Appendix C – Dysgraphia Diagnostic Evaluation Test Information
