Jill Pellettieri’s recent Washingtonian article “Should You Send Your Kids to Occupational Therapy?,” which ran in our February 2016 print issue with the headline “How to Hold a Pencil: And Other ...

NOAH LASCANO, 8, had a problem: His teachers couldn’t read his handwriting. His homework became a frustrating exercise in writing once, and then, at the teacher’s request, writing again, just for ...

Occupational therapy uses a creative, personalized approach to help you stay safe, independent and engaged in daily life.

What is pediatric occupational therapy, and how does it help children with everyday challenges? In an article featured in HelloNation, Jocelyn Mitchelle of In-Sync Pediatric Therapy Center offers a ...

INCREASED time on screens is sending kids’ handwriting skills into the Dark Ages and the full impact still unknown with children in lower grades now using devices in the classroom. Kids First Children ...

Valuable skill or hopelessly outdated? Educators are debating intensely how important it is to teach handwriting. Cursive writing is already disappearing from the curriculum in many schools — there’s ...