[SENco-forum] Omega 3 study results

A couple of years ago I attended an excellent course run by a physiotherapist who is involved in the Handwriting Interest Group - she advocated the use of chalk and blackboards for children with difficulties developing handwriting- not only do small pieces of chalk promote the correct tripod grip, the action of chalk on a board provides enough resistance to give good sensory feedback to children with dyspraxic type difficulties. Maybe we threw the baby out with the bathwater!

SEN at tringham.net wrote:  My husband was made to use a slate in the 70's when the teacher deemed his
work to be to untidy to deserve pencil and paper!
Sharon

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Surely you're not old enough to have used slates and chalks, Martin? My
infant school had just stopped using them when I started there in 1951!

Regards

Jean

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