Description: A developmental training program designed for children who already recognize most letters but have difficulty forming them. Its target group is children ages 5 through 9 for spontaneous, legible manuscript writing.
| Author: | B. Levine Rubell |
| Vendor: | Therapy Skill Builders |
| P.O. Box 839954 | |
| San Antonio, TX 78283 | |
| 800-211-8378 |
Description: A program that sets paper and pencil exercises to children’s songs as preparation for manuscript and cursive handwriting. Program cassette tapes accompany the student’s workbook and can be implemented either individually or in groups.
| Author: | Liori Laufer |
| Vendor: | Therapro, Inc. |
| 225 Arlington Street | |
| Framingham, MA 01702 | |
| 800-257-5376 or 508-872-9494 | |
| http://www.callirobics.com |
Description: A multisensory program that is fun for children and provides a way for parents, teachers, and others to effectively communicate and measure progress. The print program is designed for pre-K through third-grade children. The program uses a reproducible story book with characters such as Billy the Seal to teach children about handwriting spaces and letter formation. The multisensory cursive program integrates therapeutic intervention into the classroom.
| Author: | Jan McCleskey, MA, OTR |
| Vendor: | The Handwriting Clinic, Inc. |
| 1506 Capital Avenue Suite 150 | |
| Plano, TX 75074 | |
| Clinic: 972-633-1974 or Workshop Coordinator: 972-814-1296 | |
| Fax: 214-291-3435 | |
| http://www.firststrokeshandwriting.com |
Description: A multisensory program approach to handwriting for children 6–10 years old. Children are screened to identify their needs before they enter the program. It is a 1 hour per week, 6-week program. It was originally developed for use in private practice or as a community educational class, and it has been adapted for other settings.
Author: Nikki Rosen-Liberman, MS, OTR
Email: jlieb@msn.com
Description: A comprehensive set of manuals addressing general handwriting remediation in Handwriting Without Tears, manuscript writing instruction in Printing Power and My Printing Book, and cursive writing in Cursive Handwriting. Visual and verbal cues accompany lessons, and word and sentence writing is encouraged throughout each program.
| Author: | Janet Z. Olsen, OT |
| Vendor: | Handwriting Without Tears |
| 8802 Quiet Stream Court | |
| Potomac, MD 90854 | |
| 301-983-8409 | |
| http://www.hwtears.com |
Description: This system was developed to enable second-grade children to learn the formations of all cursive lowercase letters in 6 weeks. Students learn four “families” of letters that share common movement patterns. Children visualize and verbalize the movement patterns while experiencing the “feel” of the letter.
| Author: | Mary Benbow, MS, OT |
| Vendor: | Therapy Skill Builders |
| P.O. Box 849954 | |
| San Antonio, TX 78283 | |
| 800-211-8378 |
Description: The Peterson Method correlates visual strokes with auditory cues to incorporate rhythm into writing letters. The program provides information, materials, and services, including animated letter cards and explanations of developmental considerations.
| Author: | Rand H. Nelson |
| Vendor: | Peterson Directed Handwriting |
| 315 South Maple Avenue | |
| Greensburg, PA 15601-3218 | |
| 724-837-4900 | |
| http://www.peterson-handwriting.com | |
| Email: mrpencil@peterson-handwriting.com |
Description: This resource manual provides more than 400 remedial and compensatory strategies for improving students’ text production in the classroom. The focus is on students who experience mechanical and organizational difficulty during writing.
| Author: | Susan J. Amundson, MS, OT |
| Vendor: | O.T. KIDS, Inc. |
| P.O. Box 1118 | |
| Homer, AK 99603 | |
| 907-235-0688 | |
| http://www.alaska.net/~otkids (publications and information) |