“Computer Technology is Going To Replace Handwriting”

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Handwriting is a Complex Function

Handwriting in and of itself is a complex function. It does not happen in the hand, it happens in the brain and starts with abilities related to visualization and memory both visual-form and motor memory.
If a child is having difficulty writing the issues usually start within the basic sensory-motor processing systems involving these fundamental functions.
In most cases it is because the automatic functions have never become automatic. All of handwriting is the combination of basic shapes. Learning those shapes first creates automatic writing later.

Handwriting is a Neurological Motor Process 

As discussed in the Handwriting on the Wall®  (and the Write Incredibly Now® accompanying workbook), handwriting is a neurological motor process impacted by specific motor-sensory abilities such as:
  • organization
  • behavior
  • emotion

Handwriting is a Neurological Function

Handwriting is a neurological function requiring the coordination of the following functions:
• Kinesthesia: the ability to make a motor pattern “automatic”.  Therefore letter patterns can become automatic.
• Proprioception: the ability to “feel” your body’s position.  Children can learn to “feel” when they are holding the pencil properly and when the pressure is just “right”.
• Memory: is both single object and sequential.  Both the whole letter and its shape as it is evolving, can be recalled automatically.
• Emotions: can dictate how we learn.  It will no longer be necessary to fear writing when it becomes automatic.
• Visual Perception: is a process not acuity.  The ability to interpret what is seen properly allows the child to remember and use what is presented.
• Tactile processing: involves vibration as well as surface touch.  The movement of the pencil on the paper gives tactile feedback that the child will now be able to use…..”( Handwriting on the Wall® Manual, page 13)
By experiencing these functions through activities as listed in the Handwriting on the Wall® Manual, children will learn in-hand manipulative abilities that naturally increase handwriting—and have FUN doing it!!

From: Yourtherapysource.com, 
or more information: 
https://www.yourtherapysource.com/blog1/2018/10/28/if-handwriting-is-becoming-obsolete-why-do-we-care-3/  

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