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Handwriting Brain Body DisConnect: Adaptive teaching techniques to unlock a child's dysgraphia for the classroom and at home - Paperback | Diverse Reads

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School is tough enough when you know how to write. Imagine being one of the 33% of students who struggle with writing letters and numbers. This inability or difficulty is called dysgraphia. Children who suffer from dysgraphia often earn the reputation of being lazy or dumb. However, these children, like all children, want to succeed. They do not need to live lives of frustration and anxiety and a constant feeling of failing the adults they respect.

For over a decade, Cheri Dotterer has observed children with these challenges in school systems across the world. She witnessed their struggle with not only writing but also the challenging behaviors due to their feelings of defeat from the frustration. While experiencing writing challenges as a child and becoming a professional in occupational therapy with a specialty in dysgraphia, Cheri has discovered a process to reduce the anxiety and frustration in children and build up their confidence and competence while writing. In this book, you will discover:

  • How the brain and body work together to create neural pathways for learning
  • How different environmental features interfere with learning
  • How to incorporate movement strategies into teaching both spelling and vocabulary in the regular education classroom
  • How to discuss goals, accommodations, and modifications for special education Individualized Education Programs (IEP) or 504 plans.

    • Eliminate stress today by including these adaptive techniques into your classroom and home today!

    ISBN-13: 9781640855717

    Media Type: Paperback

    Publisher: Therapy Services - LLC

    Publication Date: 03-12-2019

    Pages: 240

    Product Dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.55(d)

    With over 20 years of occupational therapy experience, author and mentor Cheri Dotterer is zealous about the how we learn. Pediatrics has always been her passion and love. Her favorite part of practice is seeing the "light bulb" go on in the mind of parents, teachers, and children. Cheri has made it her mission to help parents and teachers inspire children to transform the children's perspective on learning through easy-to-implement techniques teachers and parents can use to improve motivation in the classroom and at home. Cheri brings with her years of research and education. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in both Biochemistry and Occupational Therapy and later a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy. In addition, she holds a certificate as a Board-Certified Educational Advocate and Neuroscience Coach. Furthermore, she has worked alongside several universities creating unique experiences for OT students and organizations in the practice of occupational therapy through adjunct faculty and guest lecturer positions. Cheri sees the world from a non-traditional perspective. She has a private practice in Pennsylvania and lives with her husband of 27 years, their two children, and their cat, Snowball. Discovering a method of using motion to improve spelling and vocabulary, Cheri is now a Dysgraphia Consultant and author.

    Table of Contents

    List of Illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi

    List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

    Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

    Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

    Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

    october is Dyslexia Awareness Month . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi

    Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii

    List of Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii

    Part One

    Dysgraphia~Decoding~Encoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

    Chapter one: Dysgraphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

    Chapter Two: Decoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

    Chapter Three: encoding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

    Part Two

    Decoding Neural Pathways. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

    Chapter Four: Neuroscience Introduction . . . . . . . 31

    Chapter Five: Decoding Brain Anatomy . . . . . . . . 33

    Chapter Six: Sensory: The Decoding

    Pathway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

    Chapter Seven: encoding: The Motor Pathway . . 75

    Chapter eight: Decoding: Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

    Chapter Nine: Decoding Memories . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

    Chapter Ten: Decoding Visual Memory. . . . . . . . . 99

    Part Three

    Mechanical Dysgraphia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

    Chapter eleven: encoding VSD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

    Chapter Twelve: Adaptive Strategies. . . . . . . . . . 130

    Chapter Thirteen: encoding MotorD. . . . . . . . . . . 137

    Chapter Fourteen: encoding MemD . . . . . . . . . . 148

    Part Four

    Language~Cognitive Dysgraphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

    Chapter Fifteen: encoding WFD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

    Chapter Sixteen: encoding SFD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

    Chapter Seventeen: encoding PFD . . . . . . . . . . . 165

    references. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

    Appendices

    Appendix A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

    Appendix B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

    Appendix C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

    Appendix D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

    Appendix e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

    A Message from Cheri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

    About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203