We’ve shared much information on visual processing over the last few months. You’ve seen tips for addressing convergence insufficiency, visual tracking concerns, and other visual skill areas. Today we are talking about saccades and activities to improve saccades. These are the eye movements that allow the tracking skills necessary for reading comprehension, handwriting, and so ... Read more The post Fun Activities to Improve Visual Saccades appeared first on The OT Toolbox.| The OT Toolbox
As therapists, we often times see clients with vision needs that impact functional skills. Visual processing is a complex topic and convergence insufficiency is just one area. Read below to find out more about convergence in kids, to understand exactly what is convergence insufficiency, and how convergence plays into functional skills and learning. **DISCLAIMER** I am ... Read more The post What is Convergence Insufficiency? appeared first on The OT Toolbox.| The OT Toolbox
This spacing tool is an alien craft that kids can make and use as a spacing tool for handwriting. A spaceman writing tool is a powerful device to help kids with spacing in handwriting, specifically space between letters and words when writing. We’ve come up with a few different spacing tools in the past, and ... Read more The post Spaceman Writing Tool appeared first on The OT Toolbox.| The OT Toolbox
In this blog post, we’re covering Handwriting Without Tears letter order, or the specific order to teach letter formation based on the handwriting curriculum, Handwriting Without Tears (Learning Without Tears). We’ve previously covered the cursive HWT order so this is a nice resource to have on hand. Have you noticed most teachers teach letters in ... Read more The post Handwriting Without Tears Letter Order appeared first on The OT Toolbox.| The OT Toolbox