About Course
Children are no longer playing with toys that develop the musculature and foundational hand skills necessary for school success. As a result, children are struggling with simple tasks such as holding and controlling a crayon or pencil, cutting with scissors, managing clothing fasteners, appropriately holding eating utensils. Additionally, curriculum demands continue to increase, creating a widening gap between curriculum expectations and developmental readiness. The Write Stuff Workshop and Handy Learning program bridges that gap.
Through the use of the well-known Handy Learning program, participants learn specific therapeutic fine motor activities which support the classroom curriculum and develop hand skills in children in a fun, relevant and easy to implement program.
Handy Learning activities offer effective, proven strategies for all children and facilitate s n integrated therapy approach that supports IDEA and RTI. This workshop is a MUST for all school-based and pediatric therapists as well as educators of young children.
The Write Stuff Workshop provides therapists and educators with a thorough understanding of the building blocks of hand development, fine motor control and handwriting as well as strategies to foster hand skills in young children. This is NOT a handwriting course, rather it emphasizes the foundational skills required for handwriting.
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Course Content**
The "Write Stuff" Workshop provides:
- Key components of hand development
- Building blocks of fine motor skill
- Assessment in 2 min or less
- Therapeutic, fun, and relevant intervention
Handy Learning Activities
- Proven fine motor activities to develop hand skills
- Use fine motor activities to support the curriculum
- Where to find appropriate educational fine motor toys
- Set up the environment for effective therapy
- Recognize significant delays and problem solve them
- Develop strategies to accelerate hand development
In the Classroom
- Become an Environmental Designer
- Create integrated hands-on activities
- Colaborate with the teacher and the curriculum
- Scavenger hunt (applied learning)
Hand Development
- Terminology
- Hand anatomy as it relates to child hand skills
- Stages of hand development
- postural influences
- Developmental sequence of prehensile patterns
- Hand skills and technology
Who Should Attend
- OTs, COTAs, Teachers, Administrators
- This workshop is appeals to all pediatric therapists and teachers regardless of years of experience.
Continuing Education Credits:
7 contact hours
**for more information on course content please visit Handy Learning/The Write Stuff
