Looping, wordless handwriting video models for uppercase and lowercase A–Z, designed to reduce cognitive load and support accurate letter formation.
Includes a click-and-go menu, hyperlinked demo/practice slides, and formats for Google Slides and PowerPoint. Ideal for classroom instruction, OT sessions, and carryover.
Differentiated, Scaffolded Letter-Formation Practice Worksheets for Developing Writers
Scaffolded letter-formation worksheets UC and LC. Clear modeling + guided practice. Fading supports for independence
Perfect for young writers and students with ADHD
Research-based + OT-designed
Teach students with ADHD and executive function challenges how to write on lines effectively with three differentiated and explicit lessons and engaging worksheets designed by a school-based OT. Takes the frustration out of handwriting practice by offering differentiated and explicit materials.
Support handwriting skills for students with ADHD using our Lowercase Handwriting Workbooks, featuring scaffolded prompts that reduce working memory load and provide explicit, engaging instruction. Developed by a school-based OT, these resources offer structured, differentiated support to help students master lowercase letter formation.
Scaffolded handwriting cards that fade support as students build independence.
Somewhere along the way we were all handed the same tidy little promise, that practice makes perfect, and for writing support with a child who has ADHD it is one of the most expensive myths going. Practice does not make perfect. Practice makes permanent. What wires together fires together Every time a child repeats a…
Sloppy handwriting in ADHD isn’t a motivation problem, it’s a
cognitive load problem. Try this 1-minute simulation and see for yourself. Strategies inside.
Teachers often think messy notes mean poor effort. In reality, ADHD working memory overload makes it difficult to listen and write at the same time. Learn what helps.
Video models reduce cognitive load and support handwriting automation for students with ADHD and executive function challenges. Learn why this evidence-based strategy is a game-changer for handwriting instruction.
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Discover why handwriting interventions often fail students with ADHD. Learn how executive function breakdowns, not motor skills, are the real barrier, and what to do instead.
tudents with ADHD learn best from structured and explicit instruction. This post will provide the reader with evidence-based interventions that I use to support, differentiate and make explicit some of the more implicit expectations found in the common handwriting curriculum used in many classrooms today. The strategies align with educational best practices, best practices for students with ADHD, and best practices for school-based occupational therapy.
Students with ADHD often exhibit pervasive difficulty meeting writing demands in the classroom environment. Providing speech to text as an option for demonstrating knowledge will reduce the extraneous cognitive load , reduce frustration, reduce avoidance and empower the development of higher level literacy skills.
A Challenge Even For the “Handwriting Experts.” Handwriting difficulties are the most common reason for referral to school-based occupational therapy (OT). However, even moat school-based therapists question how to provide effective and appropriate support for written expression difficulties in students with ADHD. The most frequently asked questions I hear from other therapists are most likely…