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Welcome to the Occupational Therapy
and Assistive Technology Page at
Queensbury
Who We Are (left to right) :
Melissa Kenison-Rose MS,OTR/L
mkenison-rose@queensburyschool.org
Terri Moran, OTR/L
tmoran@queensburyschool.org
Debbie Collin, COTA
dcollin@queensburyschool.org
Debbie Allen, OTR/L
dallen@queensburyschool.org
(Assistive Technology Coordinator)
Location of Offices: Queensbury Elementary School and the William H. Barton Intermediate School
Elementary Offices: 824-1613 or 824-1614 WHBI Office; 824-2106
Grades Served: Kindergarten through 12th grade
What is Occupational Therapy?
Occupational Therapy works with children and youth to access and be successful in the learning environment. Skills addressed may include fine motor control skills, handwriting skills, visual motor skills, organizational and sensory processing skills. Occupational Therapy professionals work closely with teachers, family members and other individuals involved in the student's academic program in order to ensure carryover of skills. Occupational Therapy services are provided either as a push in service into the classroom where the student is seen in their learning environment to work on a classroom skill or as a pull out service where the student comes down in a small group to the therapy room to work more closely on needed skills.
For more information please go to:
What Parents Need to Know About School-Based Occupational Therapy
http://www.aota.org/Consumers/WhatisOT/CY/Articles/School_consumer.aspx
So What is Normal Development?
Children's development varies. Guidelines are provided as a general way to gauge if your child is on target with specific skills or when there may be a reason to look further. Below is a link to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and some developmental guidelines to reference.
Child Development - NCBDDD
What do we need to be Good Writers?
1. Good pencil grasp- a good grasp is one that the thumb, index and middle fingers pinch the pencil as seen below:
2. Good seated posture- feet flat, sitting tall and helper hand (nonwriting hand) on the paper as seen below:
The OT Department at Queensbury uses many different techniques, strategies and protocols in order to help students be successful with handwriting. All the therapists have gone to Handwriting without Tears trainings and use many of the strategies from this program with students.
For more information on Handwriting without Tears, please visit:
Handwriting Without Tears | A Complete Handwriting Curriculum for All Children
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