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Helping horrible handwriting when all programs fall short with Aubrey Schmalle, OTR/L

Helping Horrible Handwriting: Interventions to Improve Graphomotor Skills When Formal Programs Fall Short

$239.00

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Description

Course Details

Instructor
Aubrey Schmalle,  OTR/L, SIPT

Date
Thursday, October 12, 2023
8:00 AM-3:00 PM EDT

Format
Live Webinar

6.0 contact hours
0.6 AOTA CEUs
7.5 NBCOT PDUs

CE Broker # 50-31070

Cost
$219 Register before September  22
$239 Register after September 22

Group of 3+ save 10% (coupon code Team3save10)
Group of 7+ save 15% (email Theramoves for coupon)

Target Audience: OTs, OTAs, and anyone that teaches handwriting

Instruction Methods: Lecture, case studies, video

Level: Intermediate

Back by popular request (please see testimonials below)

While children are commonly referred for occupational therapy in school due to deficits in handwriting, children with multiple diagnoses and delays present a unique challenge for therapists. Each child presents with a variety of barriers to learning how to write that often are not measured by a visual motor test or fine motor assessment. In this course, “Helping Horrible Handwriting: Interventions to Improve Graphomotor Skills When Formal Programs Fall Short” you will learn how to determine foundation deficits impacting writing and design effective interventions to support neurosensory integration for improved outcomes. You will also learn about specific dysgraphia symptom clusters and strategies for effective treatment planning, taking a whole-body approach to improving legibility and automaticity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Brochure Aubrey Handwriting Course October 2023
Fall 2023 all course flyer

About the Instructor

Aubrey Schmelle dives into sensory processing | TheramovesAubrey Schmalle, OTR/L, SIPT has 20 years experience working with neurologically diverse children using a sensory integrative approach. She graduated from Boston University in 2003 with a Bachelors in Occupational Therapy and continued to advance her clinical knowledge through self-study, mentorship, certification in sensory integration theory and practice (C-SIPT), Consultant level certification in the Tomatis Method, and training in Tomatis-based auditory interventions.
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What Our Course Participants Say

"Actual examples and tools ready to be used immediately for treatment" – Tiffany

"The presenter did a great job of breaking down the underlying effects that impact writing and how to support and develop them." – Joseph

"The speaker's palpable passion in improving handwriting skills is easily translated in this workshop." – Michael

"The speaker was very knowledgeable, and provided a substantial amount of hand outs and resources for us to use! I like how she educated first, then provided us with case studies and treatment ideas to make our learning the most effective. " – Pamela

"great intervention strategies, handouts, better understanding Delayed vs. Dysgraphia" – Gaye

"so much information covered. looks at the visual coupled with the prop and vestibular and how it influences handwriting. Broke it down to help with intervention planning and ideas for children that are struggling" – Miriam

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this seminar the participant will be able to:

  • Identify strengths and weaknesses in a child’s handwriting foundations
  • Differentiate between delays and dysgraphia subtypes
  • Articulate ways to expand beyond handwriting programs
  • Identify functional presentations of dysgraphia
  • Articulate how and when to apply total body treatment approaches to address foundational sensorimotor deficits in dysgraphia and other handwriting deficits to make faster progress and improve outcomes
  • Organize whole body intervention plans based on dysgraphia subtypes

Agenda

8:00-9:00 Introduction

  • Why write when computers are the future? Does handwriting matter in a Digital World? Elements of Handwriting, Review of the Developmental Progression of Writing

9:00-10:00 Understanding a Writer’s Neurosensory Profile

  • Evaluation of Handwriting Skills, Supplemental testing and clinical observations to inform treatment, When to engage other professionals, Case Study Examples

10:00-11:00 Handwriting Programs

  • Options and Opportunities, Finding a Good Fit, Thinking outside the box to improve treatment outcomes:

11:00-11:30 Dysgraphia Vs Developmental Delay

  • Differentiating between Developmental Delays and dysgraphia symptoms, Case examples (3 types)

Lunch 11:30-12:00

12:00-1:00 Motor-Based Dysgraphia Intervention

  • Reflexes: Clinical presentation and intervention using functional exercise,
  • Facilitating dissociation of body parts to reduce pain and fatigue,
  • Rebuilding coordination and pencil control without writing letters,
  • Addressing letter formation and compensatory strategies

1:00-1:45 Spatial Dysgraphia Intervention

  • Visual-vestibular integration to build spatial awareness,
  • Oculomotor retraining for monitoring boundaries and spatial organization,
  • Developing spatial awareness in two-dimensional space,
  • Addressing spatial organization of letters/words

1:45-2:30 Dyslexic Dysgraphia

  • Improving motion-detection for reading skills,
  • Addressing orthographic memory deficits affecting retrieval of letter formation,
  • Reducing visual confusion with writing in the presence of surface dyslexia,
  • Planning, sequencing, and organization of words and sentences (AS photos)

2:30-3:00 Problem-Solving for Treatment Planning

  • Mixed Dysgraphia, optimizing a 30-minute treatment session,
  • Rethinking Sensory Diet Planning for children with dysgraphia


2 breaks in the morning and afternoon as needed

CEU Details

TheraMoves is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID# 05301. This distant learning -interactive course is offered at 0.6 CEUs, an intermediate educational level, in the area of occupational therapy service delivery. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

TheraMoves Services, LLC, is Approved for Sponsor by NYS Board for OTs and OTAs
 

To obtain your certificate of completion:

    • Credits listed are offered by Theramoves for full attendance
    • Attendance is tracked automatically by the online platform “GoTo”
    • Learning assessment will be completed via an online post-course quiz. Passing a multiple choice with 70% accuracy within 1 week is required to receive your certificate of completion.

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