Understanding Students who are struggling with the manual work of writing- work on stamina by practicing quick writes, providing a time limit, and body warm ups.
Many occupational therapists believe that students should have intensive practice for only 5 minutes a day, using proper posture, pencil grip, and letter formation.
Offer mechanical pencils, which will not support much pressure before breaking. This will help the student become better at self-monitoring the amount of pressure she is using.
Students with fine motor and other physical differences labor at holding pencil writing legibly within the lines, or keeping a paper steady. Offering slant boards and taping a paper to a desk are simple accommodations. If students cannot write legibly across a page without lines marking the page with a highlighter provides concrete parameters within which they can write.
Karten, T. (2010). Inclusion strategies and interventions. Solution Tree Press
Cruz, C. (2008). A quick guide to reaching struggling writers. Heinemann.
Many occupational therapists believe that students should have intensive practice for only 5 minutes a day, using proper posture, pencil grip, and letter formation.
Offer mechanical pencils, which will not support much pressure before breaking. This will help the student become better at self-monitoring the amount of pressure she is using.
Students with fine motor and other physical differences labor at holding pencil writing legibly within the lines, or keeping a paper steady. Offering slant boards and taping a paper to a desk are simple accommodations. If students cannot write legibly across a page without lines marking the page with a highlighter provides concrete parameters within which they can write.
Karten, T. (2010). Inclusion strategies and interventions. Solution Tree Press
Cruz, C. (2008). A quick guide to reaching struggling writers. Heinemann.