HandRIGHTing Ink - Adult Handwriting Improvement

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Adult Instruction

Private Classes
Private classes can be arranged at the Ardmore, PA Studio . Call for an appointment. We recommend 6 classes to fully cover the material and to allow students to become fluent.

Cost: $600 for 6 one-hour weekly lessons
Contact us by email or at (610) 213-3334 for more information.

We find that 6 hours of in-class instruction allows for the time needed to significantly improve most adult's handwriting skills. For people who must travel 2 or more hours one-way to reach Ardmore for this class, we can arrange a 2 hour class on a Saturday and a 2 hour class on the next day, Sunday. The final 2 hour class can be scheduled at a time that is mutually agreed upon. Of course, this in-class time is supplemented by the students' commitment to practice learned skills between each class.

Course Objectives:

Increase legibility of print or cursive styles

Increase fluency and speed

Reduce pain in fingers or hands when writing

Improve pencil grasp for greatest efficiency of movement

Course Content

The first class would be devoted to a brief assessment of the students' pencil grip; that is, how they hold the pen or pencil when they write. Additionally, other important performance components would be reviewed including use of the non-dominant hand, position of the wrist and forearm when writing, posture, slant of letters and so on. The first day of handwriting instruction will start with learning or refining letter formation of the initial group of letters and successive classes will continue until we complete letter formation instruction by the end of the fifth hour of class instruction. The final one hour is devoted to improving speed and fluency while retaining quality. Finally, we give out certificates of achievement to those who complete the course.

We provide 1 inch binders complete with class work and homework materials, pencils and grippers, as needed.

Custom Seminars for Employers

Handwriting errors can be extremely costly in terms of employees' non-productive time, misrepresented communication, medication errors (for physicians), and the like. The cost of improving employee handwriting can be an economical investment.

Class Size, Costs, and Term

A 3 hour workshop can be provided to your facility at a mutually agreed upon date and time. The number of participants will vary, as will the location. These varying factors will affect the costs.
Sequence of Workshop Instruction: (Sample)

8:30-8:50     Introduction/Evaluation of pencil grip and
                   Fluency/Legibility Pre-test
                   Review of Performance Components

8:50-9:00 Cursive Warm-up to improve finger and thumb
mobility

9:00-9:45 Review of first 14 letters

9:45-9:50 Organized seated break

9:50-10:00 Fluency and legibility test, Personal goal revision

10:00-10:30 Review 6 more letters

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-11:15 Review final cursive lower case letters

11:15-11:45 Review capital letters

12:00-12:15 Legible numbers

12:15-12:30 Final thoughts and question/answer period, Post-test.

Terms are as follows: One-half of the student charge and the total materials fee are requested at least one week prior to the first class. If for any reason one or more students drop out of the 3-hour class, the student charges and materials fees will not be refunded. The final one-half of the student charge and the trip charges and hotel charges (if any) will be due immediately following the completion of the workshop.