A comprehensive meta-analysis of handwriting instruction

T Santangelo, S Graham - Educational psychology review, 2016 - Springer
While there are many ways to author text today, writing with paper and pen (or pencil) is still
quite common at home and work, and predominates writing at school. Because handwriting …

Why children with dyslexia struggle with writing and how to help them

M Hebert, DM Kearns, JB Hayes, P Bazis… - Language, speech, and …, 2018 - ASHA
Purpose Children with dyslexia often have related writing difficulties. In the simple view of
writing model, high-quality writing depends on good transcription skills, working memory …

A systematic review of interventions to improve handwriting

MMP Hoy, MY Egan, KP Feder - Canadian Journal of …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. Handwriting difficulties are among the most common reasons for referral of
children to occupational therapy. Purpose. To determine the effectiveness of handwriting …

Occupational therapy practice guidelines for children and youth ages 5–21 years

SM Cahill, S Beisbier - The American Journal of Occupational …, 2020 - research.aota.org
Importance: Demand is increasing for activity-and occupation-based interventions to
address occupational performance and support maximal participation of children and youth …

A review of teaching sentence-level writing skills to students with writing difficulties and learning disabilities

SM Datchuk, RM Kubina - Remedial and special education, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Students with writing difficulties and learning disabilities struggle with many aspects of the
writing process, including use of sentence-level skills. This literature review summarizes …

Effectiveness of environment-based interventions for people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

R Padilla - The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2011 - research.aota.org
A systematic review of evidence for the efficacy of environment-based interventions on the
affect, behavior, and performance of people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias …

Effectiveness of a handwriting readiness program in Head Start: A two-group controlled trial

CA Lust, DK Donica - The American Journal of Occupational …, 2011 - research.aota.org
OBJECTIVE. This study measured skill improvement in prewriting skills, kindergarten
readiness, first-name writing, and handwriting-nonspecific fine motor skills of students at …

A scoping review of interventions delivered by occupational therapists in school settings

J Salazar Rivera, N Alsaadi… - … Therapy, Schools, & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This review describes available research on interventions delivered by Occupational
Therapists (OTs) in schools to identify the outcomes addressed and in which tiers of support …

Early writing intervention: A best evidence synthesis

KL McMaster, A Kunkel, J Shin… - Journal of learning …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this best evidence synthesis was to identify promising interventions that align
with a theoretical model of early writing development, targeting three components of early …

Handwriting in 2015: A main occupation for primary school–aged children in the classroom?

E McMaster, T Roberts - … of Occupational Therapy, Schools, & Early …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Historically, handwriting is a skill acquired by children in the classroom. The relevance of
this skill today is currently debated due to advances in technology. A nonexperimental time …