The Handwriting Clinic

05/05/2025

Now registering for SUMMER SESSIONS! 30 minute sessions, 1:1 sessions. Email jan@thehandwritingclinic.com to inquire. 972 633-1974.

We are doing 30 min sessions over Zoom - all individualized sessions. Ages 5 - adult. This is a huge convenience for busy families! $60 for 30 min sessions. The Handwriting Clinic has been providing handwriting and fine motor therapy since 2002! We would love to work with your child. Please share!

www.TheHandwritingClinic.com

Beginning print, Letter and number reversals, grasp and fine motor skills, Print Legibility for older children - teens, Cursive, Keyboarding, Assistive Technology.

See our brochure on dysgraphia: https://thehandwritingclinic.com/pdfviewer/what-is-dysgraphia-and-what-are-effective-interventions/?auto_viewer=true&display=true =&zoom=page-fit&pagemode=none

01/20/2025

📢 Is Your Child Struggling with Dysgraphia or Handwriting? Let’s Make Progress Together! ✍️

At The Handwriting Clinic, we specialize in helping students overcome dysgraphia and improve handwriting skills through individualized, online therapy sessions via Zoom. Whether your child is just starting to write or needs support in fine-tuning their skills, we’re here to help!

🌟 What We Offer:
Personalized 30-Minute Sessions ($60 per session) that fit your schedule.

Convenience for Families – no travel required!

Curriculum Tailored to Your Child's Needs, sent a week ahead to print (but not to work on until our session).

Targeted Support for All Ages:

Pre-K to 1st Grade: Letter sequencing, line alignment, reversal correction, and visual memory.

2nd Grade and Up: Handwriting legibility, keyboarding skills, and applying handwriting to various formats (notebook paper, unlined paper, etc.), cursive, letter and number reversals help.

💡 Getting Started is Simple:
Contact Us: Email Jan at jan@thehandwritingclinic.com with your child’s grade, concerns, and handwriting samples.
Chat with Us: Provide your phone number and best times to call. We’ll discuss how we can help and create a personalized plan for your child.

Schedule Your First Session: We’ll start with a screening to assess your child’s needs and then dive right into individualized therapy.

With over 20 years of experience helping students succeed, we’ve seen tremendous progress in our clients. Parents love the results and the convenience of our online sessions!

📅 Availability:
We offer after-school sessions Monday through Thursday during the school year and summer. You can start or stop anytime, with easy cancellation for vacations, illness, or other commitments.
Ready to give your child the support they deserve? Message us or email Jan today to learn more and get started! 🌟

👉 Email: jan@thehandwritingclinic.com👉 Website: www.TheHandwritingClinic.com
Let’s help your child build confidence and thrive!

11/30/2024

TPT CYBER SALE - 25% of ALL products in The Fine Motor Store on Dec 2 and 3. Use code CYBER24 NEW Products!

09/30/2024

Brochure: https://www.thehandwritingclinic.com/non-texas-residents/

Why teletherapy for handwriting? No drive time! Log on, 30 minutes, log off! You get experienced therapists who have 35 plus years of experience with dysgraphia and teaching handwriting!

Jan McCleskey, MA, OTR - author of the First Strokes Handwriting Programs and owner of The Handwriting Clinic. 19 years experience in the public schools, presenter for the First Strokes Handwriting Programs.

Laura Battaia, OTR, ATP - teaches our older student Print Legibility sessions and keyboarding sessions! 35 plus years in the public schools as an occupational therapist and assistive technology specialist!

Beginning Print
Advanced Print
Print Legibility for Older Students
Cursive
Multi-sensory Keyboarding
Fine Motor Skills and Grasp

How it works:
1. We chat on the phone
2. Set up a recurring time slot (can cancel or reschedule any session any time)
3. First session is a screening and beginning training session.
4. We send curriculum ahead of the next session to print (we will work on it in our session).
5. Typical amount of sessions is 10 - 12 sessions

We see a tremendous change in confidence and skills!

Call 972 633-1974

09/23/2024

FREEBIE ALERT! Video on how to adapt picture-word sentences for adaptive writing plus FALL Freebie pages of each file type! Click on link to view video and file! Feel free to share - these are unique files on TpT - I have drawn the entire library of picture-words! Artwork intensive - so no TpT product has as many picture-word file types! Perfect for autism and special needs.

FREE Sentence Building for Autism and Special Education! This is a quick 3 minute training overview of the different kinds of picture-word files in The Fine Motor Store and how to differentiate or adapt instruction for low readers/spellers. Perfect for special education supported literacy. This vi.....

09/23/2024

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Adaptive Special Education Sentence Writing APPLE THEMED for fall themed unit! Writing activities for beginning writers or for special education. Created by Jan McCleskey, MA, OTR The Fine Motor Store. Fully UPDATED 2024!Three types of writing activities:1. 7 Circle and Write Activities - T...

09/21/2024

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Fall or autumn themed sentence building for special education, special needs, autism, or beginning learners. Sentence building, writing with picture words. Handwriting: Fall Themed Circle and Write Picture/Word Sentences. New: Entire Product Updated 2024!Includes high frequency sightwords!PRODUCT .....

09/21/2024

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Writing sentences for special education, special needs, autism, or beginning learners. Sentence building, writing with picture words. Picture Word Sentences for Handwriting Practice in Centers! Need an activity for students to begin to form sentences? This is perfect! It supports gifted early...

09/17/2024

FREEBIE - differentiated sentence practice!

FREE Build a Sentence or Story Picture Word File for Adaptive Writing. Scarecrow themed. Perfect for special education, occupational therapy and general education! Differentiated levels!This file includes so many differentiated writing levels! Instructions:1. Draw a step by step scarecrow2. Build...

09/16/2024

This is a super cute file for pokey dot activities - Halloween Kids Themed! Work on promoting a tripod grasp and pencil control with this fun activity! The product includes training sheets to use the TIP grip protocol with the pokey dot activities. Perfect for fine motor coordination, eye hand coordination and strengthening the small muscles in the hand!

Pencil Grasp Fine Motor Pokey Pin Centers Activities Halloween or October Kids Themed. Easy prep center time activities that will work on fine motor skills, pencil grasp and pencil control. Perfect for preschool, pre-k, Kindergarten, first grade, occupational therapy or special education.Instructio....

09/16/2024

This is a BEGINNING scissors skills program. Perfect for preschool, pre-k, occupational therapy and special education. 40 pages, cut into 1/4 sheets = 160 center time activities! OT's can print, cut and put into a pencil box with a pair of scissors for the perfect travel activity! I sell al LOT of scissors skills activities on TpT, but this is the easiest product, designed just for beginning learners!

Beginning scissors skills activities for fine motor centers for Preschool, Pre-K Occupational Therapy or Special Education. Transportation themed!Finally a SIMPLE and EASY scissors skills program perfect for beginning learners.Thick, bold lines, short distances, on a 1/4 sheet of paper.EASY PREP!In....

09/14/2024

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Build a sentence with picture word sentences for Kindergarten and 1st grade. Halloween/October themed! Cut out the word-picture tiles, determine the order of the sentence and then paste and write! Perfect for kindergarten, first grade, special education, speech therapy, occupational therapy.Instruc....