“There’s something about engaging the fine motor system and production activities that really impacts learning.” A version of this article entitled “Hands-on” was adapted for inclusion ...

Jill Pellettieri’s recent Washingtonian article “Should You Send Your Kids to Occupational Therapy?,” which ran in our February 2016 print issue with the headline “How to Hold a Pencil: And Other ...

Handwriting and Fine Motor Skills: New Insights into Autism Over the last couple of years, I've been privileged to interview several researchers who work at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore.

Developing control over fine motor skills through a variety of activities and lots of practice matters for becoming fluent in cursive handwriting. Author Hetty Roessingh with a student. (Hetty ...

The pandemic’s role in delayed fine motor skills. It’s easy to blame the pandemic for this decrease in fine motor skills. A study of over 250 babies born in the first year of the pandemic ...

Ms Clark said parents needed to make the time for hands-on activities with their children. Unboxing videos: Why kids love them Photo shows A pair of hands holds a green plasticine dinosaur.

Autism Handwriting and Fine Motor Skills: New Insights into Autism New research probes the link between handwriting problems and autism. Posted Nov 11, 2009 ...