Comments for Handwriting For Heroes

Comment on First Review of Handwriting For Heroes by admin

admin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:16:51 +0000

Thanks for your kind words, Deonet! Is it possible for you to send us before-and-after writing samples either scanned on the computer or by post? We’re always looking for success stories

Regards
Victor R. Volkman

Comment on First Review of Handwriting For Heroes by Deonet Heymans

Deonet Heymans — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:51:13 +0000

I am a occupational therapist in South Africa. Last year (2009) in my final year of studying, a patient was assigned to me who lost their dominant arm. It was the first time i was faced with having to do dominance training. i was able to teach the person how to tie his shoe, prepare food, dress, etc. using one handed techniques and assistive devices. The dilema however was that the hospital where i did my practical had no resources to teach a patient how to write again… i searched the internet endlessly for exercises and guideline on how to teach an adult how to write again. finally i found the answer and was blessed by being sponsered with “Handwriting For Heroes”.

This book is really a wonderful resource and so easy to use. The author was able to compile a book that is even easy to use for people who are not therapeutically trained. the exercises are simply arranged into weekly exercise sections that is furhter devided into daily exercises. these exercises are easy to follow and takes up little time to complete. I have also found it easy to use in outpatient situations where i can only see a patient once a week. i would do the first day’s exercises with the patient to make sure that he understands what to do in each exercise and that he is using the correct movements and flow of his hand.

down falls to the product is that they mainly focus on cursive writing and not block writing as well as that some patients find the example and writing space to be a little small.
in regards to the first down fall: the cursive writing does teach the client how to let his/her writing flow. With regards to the second down fall: what I do is enlarging the exercises to make it easier for the person to read and copy. otherwise i give the patient a book where i copied the exercises in.

in all and all i would recommend this book to anyone and everyone!!!

Comment on One-Handed backpacks – Your Survival Kit by L. Ryan

L. Ryan — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:10:10 +0000

What a fabulous idea! Thanks for sharing. I’ve recommended/provided many of these items individually to patients and my spouse.

Comment on Meet Kathleen Yancosek and Kristin Gulick by Juliana L S

Juliana L S — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:35:49 +0000

Hi Kathleen and Kristin,

I’m OT working primarily with Hand Injuries. I bought your book to assist a client who suffered a traumatic amputation and subsequent replantation of the four ulnarmost digits in her right dominant hand. Her work requires a lot of fine motor coordination, as well as writing. We have been wondering about hand dominance transfer. If she religiously follows the exercises on your workbook, will it be enough to facilitate hand dominance transfer and return to work activities requiring extremely precise fine motor coordination skills?
I thank you in advance and appreciate your assistance!
Sincerely,
Juliana

PS: I’m going to be at the Philadelphia Hand Therapy Meeting in March. I’m looking forward to seeing you there!

Comment on Meet Kathleen Yancosek and Kristin Gulick by Uriel

Uriel — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 08:34:42 +0000

@Jennifer
Try placing the pen in between the forefinger and middle finger, which minimises the emphasis on the thumb comfortably without diminishing control. It may seem a little odd at first but if you work through the exercises in the book you will quickly become accustomed to it and never look back.

To the authors of the book – you have, not doubt, already been made aware of this, but the sentence reproduced on page 1-10, “the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog”, does not contain all the letters of the alphabet, although moving it into the present tense solves the problem.

Comment on Meet Kathleen Yancosek and Kristin Gulick by Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:42:46 +0000

Hello,
I just purchased your Handwriting for Heroes book in hope of improving the writing of my dominant, right hand. Within the past two years, my writing has deteriorated markedly for no apparent reason. I can no longer hold a pen comfortably and writing has become a personal embarrassment and daily struggle.

My middle finger is now the most dominant. The very tip of my index finger was amputated as a young child and the first joint has become somewhat twisted towards my middle finger.

My thumb does not stay anchored on a pen. It slides off, scrunches up, or I end up writing with the very corner of my thumb nail. Triangular grips on pens help a little. Despite this, I have no trouble using scissors, typing or knitting.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Jennifer

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Comment on Meet Kathleen Yancosek and Kristin Gulick by Sara Mascho

Sara Mascho — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:47:22 +0000

How do I contact one of the therapist via email. I am working the program and have some questions…the link on the site does not work. Thank you.