Relationships between handwriting performance and organizational abilities among children with and without dysgraphia: A preliminary study

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 502-509

  Rosenblum, Sara ^a   Aloni, Tsipi ^b   Josman, Naomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Private Pediatric Occupational Therapy Clinic   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dysgraphia; Executive functions; Handwriting; Organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSGRAPHIA; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

AGRAPHIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77949270752     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2009.10.016     Document Type: Article

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