Experiential Lab/Training Objectives

• Practice therapeutic strategies to teach the First Strokes Print and Cursive programs through group labs and demonstration.
• Identify and practice remediation techniques for visual memory, visual cueing, and visual motor integration of handwriting within labs
• Review a developmental log for preschoolers, the First Strokes assessment, and the assessment for 2nd grade and above
• Recognize techniques for improving integration of handwriting from therapeutic intervention into generalization of skills into classroom.
• Make “take home” materials for intervention for handwriting, number reversal curriculum, grasp/fine motor skills, and special populations
• Discuss case studies and treatment intervention at different grade levels, and how to integrate skills into a classroom or clinic setting.
• View slides on the Error Recognition and Grading Scale CD