Background: Handwriting dysfunction may harm children’s wellbeing. Therapists and elementary school teachers help to identify and improve childrenchr('39')s handwriting performance. The present study aimed to assess the relationship between therapistschr('39') assessment and teacherschr('39') perception of handwriting performance in first graders. Methods: This cross-sectional study involved (...

Handwriting is a complex activity that entails an intricate blend of cognitive, sensory and motor abilities. The act of writing presents difficulties for children with dysgraphia and ADHD. The objective of this study was to determine ways in which the analysis of both objective, digitizer-based evaluation of the handwriting process and subjective, human-based evaluation of the handwriting produ...

In this paper we present COACH a Cumulative Online Algorithm for Classi cation of Handwriting de ciencies. A description of our algorithm along with a performance evaluation of COACH on real data is provided. COACH is an innovative algorithm designed for building an online handwriting evaluation tool to be used for classifying and remediating handwriting de ciencies. COACH adapts learning and d...

The quality of handwriting is evaluated from the visual inspection of its legibility and not from the movement that generates the trace. Although handwriting is achieved in silence, adding sounds to handwriting movement might help towards its perception, provided that these sounds are meaningful. This study evaluated the ability to judge handwriting quality from the auditory perception of the u...

OBJECTIVE To adapt the Handwriting Proficiency Screening Questionnaire (HPSQ), previously designated for adults, into a children's self-report version (the HPSQ for Children, or HPSQ-C) and to examine its reliability and validity. METHOD Participants included 230 children ages 7-14 yr from regular schools in Israel. The questionnaire's content validity, internal consistency, and concurrent an...

-Preprocessing and normalization techniques for on-line handwriting analysis are crucial steps that usually compromise the success of recognition algorithms. These steps are often neglected and presented as solved problems, but this is far from the truth. An overview is presented of the principal on-line techniques for handwriting preprocessing and word normalization, covering the major difficu...

Objectives: The main purpose of this study is to produce an instrument for handwriting evaluation and to execute it on mentally retarded (MR) students. Methods: This was a descriptive, cross-sectional, and relationship study. 126 MR students (53 girls and 73 boys) ranging from 9 to 19 years old (13.23±2.17) from two exceptional children schools in shahr-e-rey participated in this study. A ha...

Evidence suggests that task-based training approaches can improve the performance of children with handwriting difficulties. The present case study tests the efficacy of the Handwriting Task Program (HTP). Three male children (9-10 yr. old) with poor handwriting skills and different developmental disorders participated in the HTP, twice per week, for 13 wk. Handwriting legibility was assessed t...

objectives: the main purpose of this study is to produce an instrument for handwriting evaluation and to execute it on mentally retarded (mr) students. methods: this was a descriptive, cross-sectional, and relationship study. 126 mr students (53 girls and 73 boys) ranging from 9 to 19 years old (13.23±2.17) from two exceptional children schools in shahr-e-rey participated in this study. a handw...