Teaching Cursive Hand Writing As An Intervention Strategy For High School Children With Dysgraphia

Abstract

The present study “ Teaching cursive hand writing as an intervention strategy for high school children with dysgraphia” is under taken in selected private schools in Hyderabad, India. The investigator used experimental design The sample consist of 35 children (15 girls and 20 boys) from 8th out of a total 650 population and 42 children (20 boys and 22 girls )from 9th out of 710 population of these classes for each group(Experimental and control). A pre test is conducted after identifying the sample. A six months Drill and Practice in cursive hand writing along with multi sensory approach and activities to augment the fine motor, spellings and written expression skills is given as intervention and a post test is conducted. For control group without the intervention a post test is conducted after 6 months.The data is analysed and the results showed a significant improvement in the hand writing skills of the children of experimental group. Cursive hand writing helped children improve their hand writing, academic chievement and self confidence