Importance of Direct Handwriting Instruction in Schools

Name: Importance of Direct Handwriting Instruction in Schools
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Occupational Therapy Doctoral Capstone Project

Created byKaitlyn Hester, Christine Urish

Last updated 4/2023

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What you'll learn

Describe my Capstone Project goals
Understand the benefits of handwriting instruction
Have some ideas about how to help support teachers in the classroom
Have some ideas about how to help support parents and community members with handwriting development outside of the classroom.

Course content

5 sections • 11 lectures • 31m total length

Introduction0:55
Explore the importance of direct handwriting instruction in schools, its implications for early elementary development, and strategies to promote handwriting growth through a doctoral capstone.

Needs Assessment3:16
Identify factors behind handwriting difficulties through a holistic evaluation. Highlight direct handwriting instruction as essential for developing fine motor skills and neural pathways for reading, spelling, and writing.
Review of Literature5:31
Direct handwriting instruction improves legibility, fluency, and written expression across curricula by building automatic handwriting skills through frequent, distributed practice and collaboration with occupational therapists.

Capstone Focus, Goals, Contribution, and Guiding Approach3:20
Advance program and policy development by advocating for handwriting instruction in early elementary grades, developing and sharing evidence-based materials with teachers, parents, occupational therapists, and community organizations.
Capstone Connection and Site Information2:59
Develops research-based handwriting materials for teachers and parents, highlighting handwriting's role in education and daily occupations, while collaborating with families and schools to promote handwriting skills and professional identity.

Objective One2:42
Examine evidence-based direct handwriting instruction and develop materials to support teachers, including a Google Classroom with teacher resources, visuals, embedded content, and grade-level handwriting paper.
Objective Two2:45
Develop professionalism, ethical behavior, and advocacy to influence handwriting education by creating adaptable at-home activities and parent handouts for the Size Matters handwriting program used by Central Rivers AEA.
Objective Three2:19
Develop community-based handwriting skill development by creating crafts, games, and educational handouts for three organizations, including letter-formation resources, a flip-grip sheet, and executive-functioning materials.
Google Classroom Video4:37
Explore the Google Classroom navigation to access handwriting resources, worksheets, and grade-specific writing paper, and learn how to adapt materials, visuals, and at-home activities to support direct handwriting instruction.

Questions and Answers1:36
Explore the importance of handwriting skills, confirm that direct handwriting instruction enhances academic success, and review collaboration strategies and the developmental frame of reference.
Conclusion1:10
Concludes the capstone by outlining references, the critical appraisal, and needs assessment that support direct handwriting instruction in schools, thanking the Central Rivers AEA supervisor and inviting follow-up questions.

Requirements

No prerequisite for taking this class. Basic knowledge of what occupational therapy is will assist in understanding the material presenting within this course.

Description

Participants of this course will learning about the benefits of direct handwriting instruction for students in elementary school. The course will include research supporting handwriting instruction and how to best support teachers and parents with guiding and promoting handwriting development. This Udemy course includes video lectures with a VoiceOver, printable activities, educational handouts for teachers and parents, and a link to the Google classroom. The Google classroom includes evidence based materials and activities for adults to work on with kids and the research utilized to curate these educational materials and activities. Several of the lectures includes downloadable content to further educate and advocate for direct handwriting education. The course has a short quiz at the end to assess the participants knowledge after completing the lecture content.

What you’ll learn

Students will learn about the short-term and long-term benefits of direct handwriting instruction.
Students will learn evidence based strategies to assist and support teachers, parents, and community organizations with promoting handwriting development.

Are there any course requirements or prerequisites?

Who this course is for:

Graduate students in occupational therapy
Licensed occupational therapists
Teachers who are wanting to provide direct handwriting instruction in their classrooms
Parents who want to support their child with learning to have neat handwriting skills.

Who this course is for:

This course targets current occupational therapy students, practitioners, or prospective students.

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 1min

Needs Assessment and Review of Literature2 lectures • 9min

Capstone Details2 lectures • 6min

Learning Objectives, Activities, and Artifacts4 lectures • 12min

Conclusion2 lectures • 3min

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