Evidence and Other Research
Real OT Solutions® is a strong advocate for evidence-based practice. We often collaborate with universities around the country to develop studies to test the efficacy of our approaches, data collection, materials, etc. Many of the lead investigators seek to broaden the demographics of their studies by enlisting participants from different geographic areas. If you would like your name to be added to a list for future studies, please fill out the contact form below.
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Size Matters® Efficacy Studies
- A Cognitive, Self-Monitoring Intervention for Handwriting with Second-Grade Students (2019)
- Effectiveness of a Handwriting Curriculum in Kindergarten Classrooms (2019)
- Curriculum-Based Handwriting Programs: A Systematic Review With Effect Sizes (2018)
- Effectiveness of a Handwriting Intervention With At-Risk Kindergarteners (2016)
- Effectiveness of the Size Matters Handwriting Program (2015)
Size Matters® Conference Posters
Pediatrics and School-based Research
Handwriting Studies
- Childrens Ability to Learn a Motor Skill is Related to Handwriting and Reading Proficiency
- Educating Students in the Computer Age to Be Multilingual by Hand
- Efficacy of an Explicit Handwriting Program
- Examining First Grade Teachers’ Handwriting Instruction
- FIVE Brain-Based Reasons to Teach Handwriting in School
- Handwriting – a Forgotten Language Skill?
- Handwriting in Adults with Down Syndrome
- Handwriting Speed and Legibility
- How Handwriting Trains the Brain
- MRI - Relationship between Letter Printing and Brain Activation
- Neuroimaging Correlates of Handwriting Quality as Children Learn to Read and Write
- Persistent Handwriting Problems are Hard to Predict: A Longitudinal Study of the Development of Handwriting in Primary School
Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and Motor Coordination
- Dysgraphia Resource Guide
- Dyslexic Children Fail to Comply with the Rhythmic Constraints of Handwriting
- Handwriting Development in Grade 2 and Grade 3 Primary School Children with Normal, at Risk, or Dysgraphic Characteristics
- Handwriting Performance, Self-Reports, and Perceived Self-Efficacy Among Children With Dysgraphia
- Handwriting Process and Product Characteristics of Children Diagnosed with Developmental Coordination Disorder
- Handwriting Speed in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: Are They Really Slower?
- Improvement of Handwriting Automaticity Among Children Treated for Graphomotor Difficulties Over a Period of Six Months
- Online Control of Handwriting in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder
- Relationships Between Handwriting Performance and Organizational Abilities Among Children with and without Dysgraphia
- Current Perspectives on Motor Functioning in Infants, Children, and Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders
- The Rehabilitative Effects of Guided Motor Imagery on Gait and Balance in Older Adults
Keyboarding
- A Comparison of Keyboarded and Handwritten Compositions and the Relationship with Transcription Speed
- Human Movement Science
- In Early Education, Why Teach Handwriting Before Keyboarding?
- Predicting Occupational Performance: Handwriting Versus Keyboarding
- Relationship Between Handwriting and Keyboarding Performance Among Fast and Slow Adult Keyboarders
- The Great Debate. Writing by Hand vs Keyboarding
- The Write Way to Spell Printing vs Typing Effects on Orthographic Learning
- Writing Hand and Paper or Keyboard and Screen
Written Language Production Standards
School-based Research
- Joint Statement on Interprofessional Collaborative Goals in School-Based Practice
- Developing Bilateral and Spatial Concepts in Primary School-aged Children
- Effectiveness of pediatric occupational therapy for children with disabilities: A systematic review
- A Perspective on Response to Intervention
- Teachers’ Perceptions of School-Based Occupational Therapy Consultation: Part I
- Teachers’ Perceptions of School-Based Occupational Therapy Consultation: Part II
- The Relationship Between a Teacher Check List and Standardized Tests for Visual Perception Skills
- Visual-motor Perception of Students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Autism Spectrum Disorder: How Can OTs Support Schools
Screening and Assessment
Common Core, Reading, Spelling and Handwriting
- A Written Language Intervention for At-risk Second Grade Students
- Handwriting and Common Core State Standards- Teacher, Occupational Therapist, and Administrator Perceptions From New York State
- Handwriting and the Common Core State Standards
- Handwriting in the Schools: Challenges and Solutions
- Impact of Handwriting Training on Fluency, Spelling and Text Quality Among Third Graders
- Modes of Alphabet Letter Production during Middle Childhood and Adolescence
- The Role of Handwriting in Composing for Y2 Children