Poster Session
Issue Date: July 2018
Published Online: November 01, 2018
Updated: April 30, 2020
Relationships Among Visual–Perceptual–Motor Skills, Sensory Processing Behaviors, and Handwriting in School-Age Children With Autism
Rachel Diamant, PhD; Brynn Nealon
Author Affiliations
  • A. T. Still University
  • Clubhouse Therapy
Article Information
Autism/Autism Spectrum Disorder / Pediatric Evaluation and Intervention / School-Based Practice / Sensory Integration and Processing / Assessment/Measurement
Poster Session   |   November 01, 2018
Relationships Among Visual–Perceptual–Motor Skills, Sensory Processing Behaviors, and Handwriting in School-Age Children With Autism
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, November 2018, Vol. 72, 7211500070. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2018.72S1-PO8009
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, November 2018, Vol. 72, 7211500070. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2018.72S1-PO8009
Abstract

Date Presented 4/21/2018

Research suggests that challenges in handwriting could be related to sensory processing skills. This study investigated whether a relationship exists between sensory processing and visual–perceptual–motor skills in handwriting in children with autism.

Primary Author and Speaker: Rachel Diamant

Additional Authors and Speakers: Brynn Nealon

Contributing Authors: Hannah Brennan, Samantha Cao, Melinda Holder, Elena Stone, Deborah Walker, Fonta Wenger