HandTutor is being used to treat children who have fine motor skill problems characterized by poor handwriting, cutting and painting skills and other functional tasks. These children have been diagnosed as having ADHD or ADD.
It has been found that fine motor training will improve the brain function of children with ADHD and ADD and improve academic achievement. Children are required to successfully do progressively more difficult fine motor tasks during their pre school and school careers. Children are therefore taught firstly to cut and paint before being taught to write. Thus their is a progression in the complexity of the task and the fine motor skill ability required to carry out the task. At the same time their is a progression in the concentration and attention to small details required to successfully complete the task.
The HandTutor provides sensory motor impairment orientated training by giving the child games that require isolated, co-ordinated and accurate finger and wrist movements. At the same time the HandTutor computer games motivate and improve concentration and allow for intensive practice. This practice will lead to better eye-hand co-ordination, and improved fine motor skill ability. This will allow the child to better perform the required functional task and encourage them to continue functional activities as they will begin to achieve better results. The HandTutor is suitable for children from 5 years old and upwards.
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