Handwriting Foundations Program
$965.00
The Therapy at Home Handwriting Foundations Program has been specially designed by our occupational therapists to guide you through the evidence-based process we use for our in-person intensive handwriting program.
Through the videos, comprehensive facilitator guides and fully-stocked toolbox with over 40 top-quality items, you will have the knowledge and resources to work with children in setting them up for a strong and successful start to school.
Created for ages 4 – 9 years.
NOTE: If your child requires left-handed scissors please let us know by leaving a remark in the Additional Information section, under the Order Notes.
An Outcome Report and a block of Group Telehealth Sessions are included with this program.
- Description
- What's in the toolbox?
- What are the benefits?
- What are the goals?
- What skills will we build?
- Telehealth
- Outcome Report
The Therapy at Home Handwriting Foundations Program focuses on moving your child through four different levels of skill development in the areas of core strength, upper body strength, hand strength and fine motor and handwriting skills. In doing so, your child will progressively build the foundational motor skills required to support a good pencil grip and to effectively participate in handwriting tasks.
This is the first program in our developmental trilogy for handwriting skills so if you’re already past the point where you’re ready for functional writing of sentences, you might want to take a look at the next programs in the series:
For further details on the Handwriting Program series please visit the Handwriting Trilogy webpage.
Using the improvement tracker, you will be able to monitor your child’s progress and motivate them to engage with the exercises provided. To maintain engagement, the program has incorporated a variety of play-based activities to develop skills in these areas and a toolbox complete with adaptive equipment and resources to excite, delight and inspire your child as they lay the foundations for handwriting.
- The ideal age range to achieve the therapeutic outcomes for this program is 4 - 9 years old. If your child does not fit this criteria, please contact us to discuss other options that may be better suited to their needs and goals.
- This program is intended to be intensive, which means a daily commitment of 20 minutes to achieve the significant outcomes we want to see for your child. If you have a school attending child it is recommended that this program be undertaken in school holidays as part of your daily routine, or if they have a support person at school that provides individualised activities, this would be suitable also. Attempting this program on top of daily school commitments is not recommended. If your child has a more free and flexible lifestyle, then this program can slot in daily without overwhelm. Also note this is quite a physical program, initially focussing on the development of physical strength and endurance as the foundation for development in this area.
What's in the toolbox?
The Therapy at Home Handwriting Foundations Program comes with a toolbox of resources delivered to your door that aligns with the skill building modules in the online program. This toolbox provides a practical and playful element that your child can engage with as they follow along with the videos.
The toolbox includes*:
✓ Facilitator guide for containing detailed instructions for implementing the exercises at home and creating a schedule for regular practise that best suits your family
✓ Improvement tracker for recording, tracking and celebrating improvement over time.
✓ Weekly schedule and daily calendar for building good habits for regular practice that will support your child throughout their schooling journey
✓ The Play Way’s Letter Formation Guide to support foundational letter formation principles
✓ The Play Way’s Movement Dice Set to provide fun and interactive ideas for building foundational strength for handwriting
✓ Equipment to build core strength including fit ball and scooter board
✓ Equipment to build hand strength:
- Tennis ball
- Spray bottle
- Large sponge
- Playdough
- Playdough mats
- Pegs
- Money box and coins
- Contact paper and matchsticks
- Marbles
- Window crayons
- Squeezy ball †
✓ Equipment for fine motor and handwriting exercises:
- Nuts and bolts
- Melty beads craft set
- Scissors
- Beads and string for threading
- Colour and erase reusable mat with washable pens
- Sidewalk chalk
- Whiteboard marker
- Sky grass dirt practise mat
- Pencil grip
- Pad of sky grass dirt paper
* The essential components of the toolbox generally don’t change over time unless we are making improvements to the overall program. The specific tools included may differ at times in terms of brand, colour, and other cosmetic differences due to sourcing factors out of our control. This will not affect the therapeutic benefits of the program as intended for the participant.
† May burst if over-squeezed – please read the Product usage and safety information section of out T&Cs page for more details.
What are the benefits?
The Therapy at Home Handwriting Foundations Program aims to deliver the following benefits:
✓ Foundational skills for lifelong learning, as your child sequentially develops the core, upper body and hand strength required for handwriting and participation in formal schooling
✓ Strategies for improving pencil grip and writing legibility and speed that focus on building physical capacity prior to developing handwriting skills
✓ Comprehensive toolbox that contains an extensive range of equipment for improving handwriting, conveniently delivered to your door
✓ Play-based therapy, improvement trackers and planning tools to motivate your child to engage with the exercises on a regular basis for improved outcomes
What are the goals?
The Therapy at Home Handwriting Foundations Program aims to achieve the following goals:
✓ Lay the motor skills foundation for handwriting
✓ Develop core, upper body and hand strength to support handwriting skills
✓ Improve self confidence
✓ Improve task autonomy
✓ Strengthen vestibular system and proprioceptive awareness in preparation for handwriting development
✓ Introduce early handwriting skills and literacy development through play-based learning opportunities
✓ Increase confidence and motivation for improving handwriting skills through setting goals and rewards and tracking and monitoring improvement over time
View the Therapy at Home NDIS Goals Guide to see where your child’s NDIS goals align with our range of Therapy at Home programs.
What skills will we build?
The Therapy at Home Handwriting Foundations Program focuses on skill development in the following areas:
✓ Core strength to stablise your child in an upright position for handwriting
✓ Upper body strength to maintain arm and hand control when writing
✓ Hand strength to support fine motor development and the use of the pincer grasp
✓ Fine motor skills for the co-ordination and precision required for handwriting tasks
✓ Letter formation skills to facilitate engagement with formal handwriting practise
Telehealth
This program includes a block of Group Telehealth Sessions to support you in successfully implementing this program. To read more about the Group Telehealth inclusion please visit our FAQs.
Outcome Report
This program comes with an outcome report for NDIS review purposes.
Parents/guardians must submit online questionnaires measuring the child’s progress before and after the program as a requirement for obtaining the outcome report.
Find out more about how to use your NDIS funds for this program HERE
Therapy at Home provides the option for an outcome report to be included with all Programs. These reports are a summary of the specific program outcomes measured as a result of participating in a specific Therapy at Home Program. This is not a report for decision-making at the full plan level. This is not a report for an end-of-plan review from which a planner can use to make decisions about future funds at a whole plan level.
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