Improvement of Handwriting Automaticity among Children Treated for Graphomotor Difficulties over a Period of Six Months

Autor/inn/en	Wicki, Werner; Hurschler Lichtsteiner, Sibylle
Titel	Improvement of Handwriting Automaticity among Children Treated for Graphomotor Difficulties over a Period of Six Months
Quelle	In: Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 11 (2018) 2, S.148-160 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wicki, Werner)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1941-1243
DOI	10.1080/19411243.2018.1432440
Schlagwörter	Handwriting; Psychomotor Skills; Occupational Therapy; Kindergarten; Preschool Children; Elementary School Students; Grade 1; Grade 2; Primary Education; Longitudinal Studies; Foreign Countries; Handheld Devices; Outcomes of Treatment; Perception Tests; Perceptual Development; Visual Perception; Statistical Analysis; Correlation; Kinetics; Task Analysis; Writing Tests; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Handschrift; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Beschäftigungstherapie; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; Primarbereich; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Ausland; Wahrnehmungsentwicklung; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Statistische Analyse; Korrelation; Kinetik; Aufgabenanalyse; Writing test; Schreibtest; Schweiz
Abstract	Although fluency and automaticity of handwriting have been recognized as important research topics for 30 years, empirical data on respective developmental courses among typically developing children as well as clinical samples have remained very limited. To fill this gap, this study investigates the development of handwriting automaticity employing a longitudinal design, including monthly measurements over a period of six months for 48 kindergarten and school-aged children (first and second grades) in Switzerland attending school-based graphomotor therapy for handwriting difficulties. Handwriting automaticity is operationalized as the number of inversions of velocity measured during the completion of specific tasks on a graphics tablet. The results reveal different improvement patterns over time depending on the tasks to be completed. The clinical implications of the results are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01