The log handwriting program improved children's writing legibility: A pretest-posttest study

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-36

  Mackay, Nadine ^a   McCluskey, Annie ^a   Mayes, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Handwriting; Occupational therapy; Program evaluation; Task performance and analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649136921     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.64.1.30     Document Type: Article

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