Geometric-Based Handwriting Intervention: Development, Feasibility and Randomized Clinical Trial

Launched by NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL · Sep 1, 2021

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is looking at a special program designed to help elementary school children in Taiwan who have trouble with handwriting. The program, called the Chinese characteristic-based visual-perception motor-coordination integration program (CCVPMCI), focuses on improving skills that are important for writing in Chinese. The study aims to see if this program can help these children write better than they do now.

To be eligible for the trial, children should have handwriting performance that is poorer than their classmates as noted by their teachers. However, children with serious neurological or developmental disorders, intellectual disabilities, or problems with their muscles or senses that could affect their writing will not be included in the study. If chosen to participate, kids can expect to engage in activities aimed at improving their handwriting skills. The trial is currently recruiting participants, and it’s a great opportunity for families to support their child's handwriting development.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. poorer handwriting performance than the peers referred from teachers.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. severe neurological or pervasive developmental disorders that might directly impeded writing
• • 2. intellectual disability that might directly impeded writing
• • 3. musculoskeletal, or sensory (hearing, vision) disorders that might directly impeded writing
• • 4. difficulty in reading or expressing