Occupational therapy evidence-based handwriting handbook for caregivers of primary school-aged children, ages four-seven.

Aguilar, Gabriela and Badillo, Gabriela and Dorantes, Karen and Orozco, Andrea (2023) Occupational therapy evidence-based handwriting handbook for caregivers of primary school-aged children, ages four-seven. Masters thesis, Stanbridge University.

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Abstract

Children often experience common issues or difficulties in handwriting, and these challenges differ according to different age groups and can vary from grip strength to fine motor skills. Children are taught how to write during their first years of primary school due to the rapid development of in-hand manipulation skills between the ages of three and seven. This project aimed to create a handwriting handbook using previous evidence-based literature for children between the ages of four to seven years old that caregivers could use to help develop and improve handwriting skills in children. A thorough evidence-based literature review was conducted to determine the fundamental skills that affect primary school-aged children's handwriting development. The skills identified for the project were fine motor, visual perceptual, and visual motor skills. Upon developing this handbook, the student researchers utilized the Person-Environment-Occupation (Law et al.,1996) model for understanding better the relationship between a caregiver, the different settings, and the child's occupation of handwriting. The handwriting handbook includes different worksheets to support developing and improving children's fine motor, visual perceptual, and visual motor skills essential for proper handwriting. The validity of the handwriting handbook will not be known at this time as it will not be disseminated or tested on human subjects.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Uncontrolled Keywords: MSOTRS001
Subjects: R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Depositing User: Kareena Yashko
Date Deposited: 18 Jun 2024 18:33
Last Modified: 18 Jun 2024 18:33
URI: http://repository.stanbridge.edu/id/eprint/157

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