Pencil Grasp Challenge

$25.00

Want to learn what it takes for a functional pencil grasp in handwriting? Want actionable tasks to support these skill? Enroll in the popular Pencil Grasp Challenge today! We’ve taken our interactive Pencil Grasp Challenge and added more information, data collection resources, carryover activities and the tools you need to allow kids to use a functional pencil grasp in handwriting tasks consistently and efficiently. The Pencil Grasp Challenge is a comprehensive, self-paced online course designed to equip occupational therapy practitioners, educators, and caregivers with practical strategies to address this critical need. INCLUDES a certificate of completion!

Description

In this 5 lesson challenge, I’ll be teaching everything you need to know about the skills that make us a functional pencil grasp. You’ll learn what’s going on behind the inefficient and just plain terrible pencil grasps you see everyday in the classroom, clinic, or home. Along with loads of information, you’ll gain quick, daily activities that you can do today with a student or your own child. These are easy activities that use items you probably already have in your home right now.

Challenge Includes:

  1. Five lessons that break down pencil grasp into actionable activities
  2. Five Activities based on underlying skills needed for a functional pencil grasp
  3. Five Observation Sheets and Data Collection Sheets to track progress on the underlying areas that make up a functional pencil grasp
  4. Challenge Intro Workbook
  5. Pencil Grasp Play Book- Play-based activities and checklists to foster pencil grasp and fine motor skills ($8 value)
  6. Pencil Grasp Bundle ($42 value)
  7. Certificate of Completion for 1.2 contact hours!

These items are not included in the free email version of this challenge: Observation Sheets for each activity, Data Collection sheets, Pencil Grasp Play Book and Pencil Grasp Bundle. You can get these resources only in the paid version of the challenge or in the membership. What You’ll Learn:

  • Why behaviors and big emotions affect learning and participation.
  • The connection between emotions, the fight-flight-freeze response, and self-regulation challenges.
  • The role of heavy work, proprioceptive input, and whole-body movements in supporting regulation.
  • How to teach deep breathing techniques to hijack anxiety and promote calm.
  • Practical ways to integrate self-regulation tools into classroom settings.

Challenge Modules and Lessons:

  1. Intro Lesson
    • How the challenge works and important information
  2. Pencil Grasp Challenge #1: Action Fingers and Power Fingers
    • Separation of the sides of the hand information in pencil grasp
    • Specific activity, observation sheet, activity sheet, data collection sheet
  3. Pencil Grasp Challenge #2: Functional Grasp
    • Information on functional grasp
    • Open thumb web space information in pencil grasp
    • Specific activity, observation sheet, activity sheet, data collection sheet
  4. Pencil Grasp Challenge #3: Grasp Patterns
    • Information on grasp patterns
    • Information on wrist extension in pencil grasp
    • Specific activity, observation sheet, activity sheet, data collection sheet
  5. Pencil Grasp Challenge #4: Distal Mobility:
    • Handwriting research
    • Information on distal mobility in pencil grasp
    • Specific activity, observation sheet, activity sheet, data collection sheet
  6. Pencil Grasp Challenge #5: In-Hand Manipulation
    • Putting it all together
    • Information on in-hand manipulation in pencil grasp
    • Specific activity, observation sheet, activity sheet, data collection sheet

Challenge Format: This self-paced online course includes:

  • On Demand format- Complete the challenge at your own pace
  • Downloadable resources
  • Actionable tools

You also get:

The Pencil Grasp Bundle which includes:

  1. Pencil Control Strips and Self-Assessment Sheets (11 pages)
  2. 150 Interest-based Writing Lists (50 pages)
  3. Pencil Grasp Centers Packets (34 pages)
  4. A Parent’s Guide to Pencil Grasp
  5. Pencil Grasp and Handwriting for the Neurodivergent Individual
  6. 6 Months of Weekly Fine Motor Plans
  7. Pencil Grasps Quick Visual Guide
  8. Pencil Skills Exercises (28 pages)
  9. Pencil Grasp Homework Tracker
  10. Pencil Grasp Data Collection Tool
  11. Pencil Grasp Troubleshooting Guide
  12. Pencil Grasp Red Flags
  13. Pencil Grasp Home Program Activity Tracker
  14. Pencil Grasp FAQ and Evidence-Based Answers
  15. Pencil Grasp Screening Tool
  16. Pencil Grasp Carryover Guide

and BONUS ITEMS:

  1. Fine Motor Challenge Slide Deck
  2. Tendon Glide Exercises Slide Deck
  3. Pencil Grasp Activity Cards (171 activities using everyday materials)

This bundle of tools is all about consistency, carryover, and function!

Accreditation Information: This course awards 1.2 contact hours or .12 CEUs upon completion. While this course is not yet AOTA-accredited, a certificate of completion will be provided.

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