Slant Board Writing Aid

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• Activities for use with the Slant Board:
  - Diagnoses: cerebral palsy with high or low tone, muscular dystrophy, and other neuro-muscular weakness
  - Additional materials needed: paper and pencil or visual materials
  Activity Analysis 1:
  Skills and Performance Components this assistive device will address:
  - Motor: postural alignment, postural control
  - Fine Motor: support to wrist in neutral for improved manipulation of pencil for grapho-motor skills
  - Visual: improves visual focus, tracking
  Visual Focus:
  - LTG (Long Term Goal): To improve ocular motor control for greater success in reading, writing, copying and grapho-motor tasks
  - STO (Short Term Objective): Using a slant board, child will maintain visual
  focus on task for ___duration with _____assistance ____% of the time
  Motor:
  - LTG: To improve postural control to provide a stable base of support needed to facilitate better hand use for manipulation of classroom materials
  - STO: Child will maintain posture during functional writing activities while sitting for ___minutes, using a slant board
  Fine Motor:
  - LTG: To improve written communication skills for greater proficiency when using writing implements
  - STO: To demonstrate motor control necessary for writing tasks childs name will form upper case letters A-Z in manuscript using a slant board and correct letter formation, 4/5 times

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