Last Friday, March 16, 2012, Summit instructor Kim Wiggins was featured on VoiceAmerica’s Focus Point Review — an online radio program presented by Maureen Palmer, MS, OTR/L. Ms. Wiggins was able to discuss her work in pediatric handwriting therapy in the school, clinical, and home settings. Listen Below!
Here’s the overview from the Focus Point Review website:
Maureen provides occupational therapy services to children in a number of Charter Schools in the greater Detroit area and at her clinic in Southfield in Michigan. She and her guest Kim Wiggins, also an Occupational Therapist, will be discussing children’s handwriting and the things you may not know about how children learn to write in classrooms today. With the advancement in computer classes available in the classrooms many curriculums have abandon teaching handwriting. If children are having trouble with handwriting they are now being referred to Occupational Therapists who evaluate for possible underlying sensory-motor processing challenges or perceptual skill problems that can interfere with handwriting performance. Join us as two OTs who work in the schools in different parts of the country discuss what they are finding and what they are doing to address the problems children are having with handwriting.
Want more handwriting therapy education? View Kim’s upcoming Live Workshops or get the details on her Online Webcasts.
Have a comment or thought on the radio program or Kim’s handwriting approach or course? Just leave a comment below!
Kim Wiggins mentioned research regarding foot support in the classroom and increased test scores. I was wondering where I could find these articles. I enjoyed your radio show.
Hi Kim,
I’m very interested in your radio program and your handwriting approach. My company, Hipp Gripps, Inc. has a new pediatric therapeutic handwriting tool that is getting exceptional feedback from Occupational Therapists. Particularly those working with autistic children. It addressed both the power side of the hand as well as the precision side while helping the child maintain the dynamic tripod grasp. There is virtually no way to cheat. Our tool was developed by a pediatric OT. You can take a look at our website to see for yourself-www.hippgripps.com. I encourage you to try our grip with your clients. I think you would be very interested!