Description: •• TRICS is an intervention resource focusing on students who experience mechanical and organizational difficulty during written communication and other school tasks. •• School professionals, child specialists, and parents will gain over 400 remedial and compensatory strategies for improving students' text production in the classroom. •• Intervention strategies focus on making accomodations and modifications in the classroom setting and assisting students to be as successful and functional as soon as possible. •• The section entitled Foundations of Function includes sensory modulation techniques, body and hand strengthening activities, and strategies for improving hand function and manipulation -- all in the classroom. •• The Model of TRICS and the TRICS Blueprint allow educational teams to generate effective solutions for students having difficulty with any area of school performance. •• Reproducible TRICS Interventions are available to share with teachers, parents, and school personnel for classroom and home use. •• Appendices include resources of program information and classroom and technology supplies, and special TRICS from occupational therapists around the U.S. •• This 139-page spiral bound manual is the perfect intervention complement to the Evaluation Tool of Children's Handwriting (ETCH). TRICS Sections: * Handwriting in Academics * Legibility Mechanics * Handwriting Biomechanics * Foundations of Function * Computer Technology

Author: AMUNDSON, Susan

Publisher: Ot Kids

Year Published: 1998

Format: SPI

Components: 139pp Manual

Keywords: handwriting skill; rehabilitation; fine motor skills; written communication;