Handwriting development in grade 2 and grade 3 primary school children with normal, at risk, or dysgraphic characteristics

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 540-548

  Overvelde, Anneloes ^a   Hulstijn, Wouter ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dysgraphia; Dysgraphic children; Handwriting; Visuomotor integration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING; DYSGRAPHIA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

AGRAPHIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 79851510429     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.12.027     Document Type: Article

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