Come out knowing why the child is struggling and what you need to do to fix it – because you've learnt the assessment mechanics and practised on real case studies. 

• You’ll have a complete evidence-based assessment to guide what to look for, what it means, and what to do next – including your own downloadable eBook copy of the Assessment of Handwriting Function.
• Know exactly how to get started, and how to administer and score your assessment so you don’t end up feeling overwhelmed about where to start.  You’ll have me walk you through the assessment step by step via a self-paced video presentation, so you can go at the pace that works best for you.
• Hone your assessment skills, setting you on the path to becoming a handwriting assessment expert, with online video assessments for you to complete, then review as I talk you through them.
• The “how to” of assessing Scissor Skills because they are one of our secret weapons for developing the handwriting muscles, with a Scissor Skills Assessment included.

The Handwriting Intervention Blueprint gives you the what of intervention, along with the treatment principles, so you can apply them to each specific child — without resorting to vague, one-size-fits-all interventions that don't bring lasting change. 

• Confidently choose the right activities to develop the fine motor skills needed for developing pencil control in children who struggle to form letters and numbers, with practical video guidance.
• All the low-down on scissor skills for writing muscles, because nothing develops the pencil grasp and pencil control muscles like scissor skills, with all the how-to steps, ending with a case study that shows the difference it can make.
• Be the go-to expert who is never caught on the back foot when someone takes you on about pencil grasp with the ultimate everything-you-need-to-know evidence-based training on pencil grasps and grips.  All the practical strategies so you will know exactly when to intervene, how to change a grasp, and which grips can help.
• Speak with confidence when you get faced with lefty questions like: “Is it OK for my lefty to write left and cut right?” or, “Why is my lefty struggling with letter and number reversals?”, and “How can I stop my lefty from hooking their hand when they write?” with the specialist left-handed training you will need when helping handwriting kids.
• Know when cursive handwriting is your secret weapon and when it absolutely isn’t with all the current evidence-based cursive handwriting research as to what it offers, why it may not have worked in the past, how to teach it so it sticks, how to use it to transform a child’s handwriting from a complete mess to a legible script, so you can confidently use it with your cursive kiddos to enable them master a functional script they can confidently take with them through the rest of their lives.
• Be confident speaking to teachers and SENCOs about kids’ handwriting with specific training on handwriting in the classroom so you are not left floundering, feeling like you are coming up wanting.
• Become confident in every aspect of handwriting development – from biomechanics and letter formation to sizing, placement, spacing and writing conventions – so you can help children achieve legible, fluent handwriting with the automaticity and endurance needed for everyday writing.

Assessment, parent interviews, report writing, goal setting, treatment aims and specific, innovative, tried-and-tested activities. 

• You’ll have time to develop your expertise as an OT handwriting expert and won’t need to race through all the resources on day one.  There will be time to review sections that apply to each new child you see, through 6 months of on-demand access to the content.
• You’ll know how to get the background you need from the handwriting parent interview structure to support treatment, with the exact questions to ask – no need to spend hours developing this yourself.
• Know exactly how to structure your report, what to include, what to leave out, and how to make recommendations, so you can write professional reports with assurance and confidence, with step-by-step guidance from the module on handwriting assessment report writing, and a copy of the Seven Deadly Sins of Report Writing eBook.
• Different options for structuring parent feedbacks, so parents are certain what you've identified and how you'll support their child.
• Examples of handwriting reports to refer to when you need a little extra help.
• Goals that make sense – not ones so "scientifically measurable" they're of no earthly use to a handwriting OT.

Become adept at helping individual children, small groups, and large classroom-based groups — confidently turning the tide of the techno fallout. 

• Master the skills to hit the ground running with both small and large groups, supported by 112 ready-to-go lesson plans found in the 560 printable pages of the Muscle Mania handwriting group programmes, filled with everything you need to develop the fine motor, pre-writing, and early letter formation skills our kids need for writing, so you can supplement your handwriting practice with classroom groups, pull-out groups, and holiday handwriting groups without sweating what to include.
• Be confident to run handwriting groups, without feeling terrified by the thought of more than one child in front of you, through video content that walks you through all the dos and don’ts when it comes to running both small and large fine motor and handwriting groups.

You won’t be stuck the night before a session, wondering what to use. You’ll have a bank of targeted, developmentally appropriate handwriting resources ready to go. 

• Graded scissor skills ready-to-use printables, so you don’t need to spend hours scouring the net or making your own; just search through 140 pages to find the just-right challenge for your child.
• No head scratching when it comes to resources directly related to supporting the motor components for developing pencil control; just access your resource bank of 92 printable pages and choose the one your kid will love.
• You’ll never need to get bored using the same old fine motor handwriting resources over and over; with 106 pages of printable fine motor resources, you’ll always have something new to try with the kids.
• Grab-and-go pre-writing Shape Builder activities so your children can master the pre-writing shapes before you begin with letters, with 64 pages all in graded order so you can build their skills developmentally.
• You’ll be able to be absolutely confident your handwriting intervention is developmentally appropriate, and you aren’t requiring your younger kids to do “Big School” writing activities before they are ready, with 64 printable pages of downloadable multi-sensory Build-a-Letter and Number resources.
• You’ll be able to leverage the powers of cursive handwriting without having to create your own resources: you can just dive into the 231 printable cursive handwriting pages, including the eBook versions of Cursive Book 1 and 2.

The step-by-step process that empowers you to call yourself a handwriting OT with pride and certainty. 

• Everything above in a logical, ordered sequence, with bite-sized lessons where each skill builds on the last – practical, easy to apply, one step at a time.