Fine Motor & Writing Skills Program
As children grow, writing challenges can show up in different ways, including fatigue, slow written output, discomfort, frustration, avoidance, or difficulty organizing and expressing ideas on paper. WonderTree’s Writing Skills Program for older children and young teens is designed to support writing ease, fluency, and functional written expression in a supportive, strengths-based environment.
Fine Motor & Writing Skills Program
Help your child build confidence, comfort, and independence with writing and fine motor tasks before the school year begins.
WonderTree’s individualized Fine Motor & Writing Skills Program is offered in person at our Orangeville location and is supervised by a licensed Occupational Therapist and delivered by an Occupational Therapy Assistant.
The Fine Motor & Writing Skills Program is an individualized summer skill building program designed to support children and youth who would benefit from help with fine motor development, handwriting, writing comfort, and written output. The goal is to help each child or youth build skills that support confidence, independence, and ease in daily writing and fine motor tasks. The program uses activities and principles informed by Handwriting Without Tears, while still being individualized to the child or youth’s needs, goals, and current skill level.
This program is appropriate for children and youth ages 4 to 14 who may benefit from support with:
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Printing or letter formation
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Pencil grasp or pencil control
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Hand strength and fine motor coordination
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Writing endurance or reduced fatigue
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Writing fluency and written output
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Pre-writing or early writing readiness
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Cursive, typing, or alternative writing tools
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Fine motor skills for daily tasks outside of writing
We offer two different programs depending on the youths age:
9 - 14 year olds
Writing Fluency & Fine Motor Skills
This program is designed for youth who may already have established printing patterns, but need support with comfort, fluency, efficiency, fatigue, typing, cursive, or alternate writing strategies.
Foundations for Printing & Fine Motor Skills
This program is a great fit for children who are still building the foundations for writing and classroom fine motor tasks, such as pencil control, hand strength, letter formation, and fine motor coordination.
4 - 8 year olds
Program details:
Intake and Program Entry - Both programs start with a focused Occupational Therapist initial session to develop an individualized treatment plan: 30 minutes, $110 *
Purpose: To review current needs, identify goals, and create an individualized treatment plan for OTA sessions.
Program Format - Participants will then complete their individualized program over the course of 8 sessions with an Occupational Therapy Assistant
For younger children, sessions are typically 30 minutes. For older youth, sessions may be 30 minutes or 1 hour depending on goals and recommendations from the focused OT assessment.
Session Rate - $65 per 30 minutes or $130 per hour
This program may be covered by private insurance and is eligible under OAP Core Clinical Services when clinically appropriate. Families should be encouraged to check their individual coverage.
Program location - In person at WonderTree’s Orangeville location
Available times - Thursday afternoons/evenings and Sundays
* A full OT intake may be recommended when the youth’s needs are more complex, when a broader assessment is required, or when the family would like a formal report.
Full OT Intake With Formal Report: $375
Full OT Intake Without Formal Report: $275
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Contact Us
One of our family coordinators will return your call/e-mail within 2 business days. Our family coordinators will help determine which service provider would be the right fit and assist in scheduling your appointment.
905-425-9525