Sharing one of my student’s exceptional 6 month progress accomplishment in HANDWRITING. This work is from a 17 year old student, whom I have been working with for 6 months 1x/week. We’ve been working on underlying SENSORY PROCESSING skills which contribute significantly to handwriting proficiency: Vestibular, Tactile, and Proprioceptive. We also used Integrated Listening Systems’ Focus Program for Sensory-Motor Integration, which enhances Brain-Body connections.
Note the page on the left displays poor visual spatial awareness and manuscript written only in upper case. Whereas, the page on the right, 6 months later, shows a significant improvement in line placement of letters, sizing, spacing between letters and words, legibility, and use of both upper and lower case letters. Success comes with consistent efforts! And it’s never too late to improve!!
Yours in Handwriting Excellence,
Marla Scaglione, MS, OTR/L
while learning to read and doing handwriting, we were at a loss.After listening carefully to our concerns, Marla gave her an evaluation and we were amazed at how thorough it was! She discovered midline issues we didn’t even know existed and continued by helping us understand visual loss, auditory processing disorder and disgraphia. She handled our numerous questions with ease and even recommended some books to help us.
Rose has been in session with Marla for a few months and she loves it. She can’t wait to do her “homework” during the week and constantly tells us how much fun OT is! We have seen a huge improvement in such a short time. Rose has gained control of her visual loss and the consequences for her reading and handwriting have been tremendous. Marla is very kid oriented and we have seen her challenge Rose but is always encouraging and supportive. We are very grateful for her knowledge and experience as our daughter’s occupational therapist.
