EFFECTIVE VISUAL-MOTOR INTERVENTIONS FOR CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY

Mary Claire Cronin, OTS

Email: MaryCCronin@yahoo.com

January 23, 2015

What are effective

interventions for visual-motor

integration for clients with

developmental delay to increase

cognitive development?

Handwriting Without Tears vs. STEPS-K

• 2013: K-5 classrooms spent 24-58% of their time spent on handwriting activities.

Interactive Metronome

• Fine Motor/Gross Motor Skills• Motor Sequencing and

Planning• Bilateral Coordination• Attention• Language Processing • Reading and Math Skills• Impulsivity Control

Multidisciplinary / Multi-model Intervention Approaches

Collaborative

Consultation &

Monitoring Groups

Performance Components, Play, & SocializationOccupational Thera-play!

Having fun with friends!

Resources

Research Articles: Case-Smith, J. (2000). Effects of occupational therapy services on fine motor and

functional performance in preschool children. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 54, 372-380.

Golos, A., Sarid, M., Weill, M., & Weintraub, N. (2011). Efficacy of an early intervention program for at-risk preschool boys: A two-group control study. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 65, 400–408. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2011.000455

Lust, C. A., & Donica, D. K. (2011). Research Scholars Initiative—Effectiveness of a handwriting readiness program in Head Start: A two-group controlled trial. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 65, 560–568. doi: 10.5014/ ajot.2011.000612

Shaffer, R. J., Jacokes, L. E., Cassily, J. F., Greenspan, S. I., Tuchman, R. F., & Stemmer, P. J., Jr. (2001). Effect of Interactive Metronome® training on children with ADHD. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 55, 155–162.

Additional Resources: Handwriting & Keyboarding: Standards for the production and presentation of

writing. http://www.hwtears.com/files/Standards%20for%20the%20Production%20and%20Presentation%20of%20Writing(2).pdf

Why it Works: Handwriting Without Tears. http://www.hwtears.com/hwt/why-it-works Mental Timing Research: Interactive Metronome.

http://www.interactivemetronome.com/index.php/science/im-supporting-research.html