Effectiveness of a handwriting readiness program in head start / Carol A. LUST in American Journal of Occupational Therapy, Vol. 65/5 (septembre-octobre 2011)

Public ISBD [article]  inAmerican Journal of Occupational Therapy > Vol. 65/5 (septembre-octobre 2011) . - p. 560-568 Titre : Effectiveness of a handwriting readiness program in head start : a two-group controlled trial Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Carol A. LUST ; Denise K. DONICA Année de publication : 2011 Article en page(s) : p. 560-568 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Milieu rural  Ecriture  Motricité Résumé : OBJECTIVE. This study measured skill improvement in prewriting skills, kindergarten readiness, first-name writing, and handwriting-nonspecific fine motor skills of students at Head Start who participated in Handwriting Without Tears®–Get Set for School (HWT–GSS) programming. METHOD. We conducted a two-group, nonrandomized controlled trial using a pretest–posttest design at a rural Head Start. The effectiveness of adding the HWT–GSS curriculum in one preschool classroom was compared with a control classroom. RESULTS. On posttesting, the experimental group made significant improvements compared with the control group in prewriting, kindergarten readiness, and fine motor skills. Both groups made significant improvements between pretesting and posttesting in prewriting, first name writing, and school readiness. CONCLUSION. Adding HWT–GSS to the Head Start program would be beneficial in improving handwriting readiness skills. Permalink : ./index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=14066 [article] Effectiveness of a handwriting readiness program in head start : a two-group controlled trial [texte imprimé] / Carol A. LUST ; Denise K. DONICA . - 2011 . - p. 560-568. Langues : Anglais (eng) in American Journal of Occupational Therapy > Vol. 65/5 (septembre-octobre 2011) . - p. 560-568 Mots-clés : Milieu rural  Ecriture  Motricité Résumé : OBJECTIVE. This study measured skill improvement in prewriting skills, kindergarten readiness, first-name writing, and handwriting-nonspecific fine motor skills of students at Head Start who participated in Handwriting Without Tears®–Get Set for School (HWT–GSS) programming. METHOD. We conducted a two-group, nonrandomized controlled trial using a pretest–posttest design at a rural Head Start. The effectiveness of adding the HWT–GSS curriculum in one preschool classroom was compared with a control classroom. RESULTS. On posttesting, the experimental group made significant improvements compared with the control group in prewriting, kindergarten readiness, and fine motor skills. Both groups made significant improvements between pretesting and posttesting in prewriting, first name writing, and school readiness. CONCLUSION. Adding HWT–GSS to the Head Start program would be beneficial in improving handwriting readiness skills. Permalink : ./index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=14066

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Handwriting Without Tears® / Denise K. DONICA in American Journal of Occupational Therapy, Vol. 69/6 (novembre/décembre 2015)

Public ISBD [article]  inAmerican Journal of Occupational Therapy > Vol. 69/6 (novembre/décembre 2015) Titre : Handwriting Without Tears® : General Education Effectiveness Through a Consultative Approach Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Denise K. DONICA Année de publication : 2015 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Ergothérapie  Ecole maternelle  Pédagogie  Ecriture  Travail pluridisciplinaire Résumé : OBJECTIVE. This study explores the effectiveness of the Handwriting Without Tears® (HWT) kindergarten printing curriculum in general education through a consultative approach with occupational therapy. METHOD. One cohort of students was the control (n = 19), whereas two other cohorts were experimental groups learning printing through the HWT curriculum (n = 20 each). The Test of Handwriting Skills–Revised (THS–R) was used to collect end-of-year legibility scores for all cohorts. RESULTS. Both experimental groups individually and both experimental groups combined into one group outperformed the control group on all 10 of the THS–R subtests—scoring significantly higher (p < .05 using analysis of covariance controlling for age and gender) on 6 of the subtests for the former and 7 for the latter—and on overall score. Large treatment effects were found for the standard score for each experimental group (d = 0.81, 1.03, and 1.00). CONCLUSION. This study supports the consultative role of occupational therapy with teachers in general education for handwriting curriculum implementation and the success of HWT for printing instruction. Permalink : ./index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=41526 [article] Handwriting Without Tears® : General Education Effectiveness Through a Consultative Approach [texte imprimé] / Denise K. DONICA . - 2015. Langues : Anglais (eng) in American Journal of Occupational Therapy > Vol. 69/6 (novembre/décembre 2015) Mots-clés : Ergothérapie  Ecole maternelle  Pédagogie  Ecriture  Travail pluridisciplinaire Résumé : OBJECTIVE. This study explores the effectiveness of the Handwriting Without Tears® (HWT) kindergarten printing curriculum in general education through a consultative approach with occupational therapy. METHOD. One cohort of students was the control (n = 19), whereas two other cohorts were experimental groups learning printing through the HWT curriculum (n = 20 each). The Test of Handwriting Skills–Revised (THS–R) was used to collect end-of-year legibility scores for all cohorts. RESULTS. Both experimental groups individually and both experimental groups combined into one group outperformed the control group on all 10 of the THS–R subtests—scoring significantly higher (p < .05 using analysis of covariance controlling for age and gender) on 6 of the subtests for the former and 7 for the latter—and on overall score. Large treatment effects were found for the standard score for each experimental group (d = 0.81, 1.03, and 1.00). CONCLUSION. This study supports the consultative role of occupational therapy with teachers in general education for handwriting curriculum implementation and the success of HWT for printing instruction. Permalink : ./index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=41526

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