An occupational therapist is a medical professional. The HCPC (Health & Care Professions Council) regulates it.

OT’s help kids with various needs improve all aspects of everyday life. OT’s are trained to look at everyday function and task analysis. Meaning they can get to the problem quicker than others. They do look at a child’s cognitive, physical, sensory and motor skills. The solutions are tailored to a child’s specific needs.

Teachers often know a specific handwriting scheme. But, they might not be able to understand your child’s specific needs. In their teacher training, they don’t learn how to teach handwriting. A children’s occupational therapist is trained to look at fine motor skills. They also look at visual and gross motor skills. These three skills are essential for handwriting to be mastered.

This is difficult to answer. A discovery call with Sheilagh will help answer this.

• If your child has hand pain or holds their pen poorly, a lesson is the solution.
• If your child has a busy schedule, they can watch our how-to videos. They are in our ‘Make handwriting readable’ course to improve their writing. There is a workbook that goes with this.
• If your child needs practice because they know what to do, the club will be great for them.
• If you wish to work with your child, some of our online courses could be helpful. These all have monthly Q&A support calls so you never should feel alone in helping your child.

Yes. anyone working with children in the team has a DBS*. We use the ‘upgrade service’ meaning you can search for her details at any time.

Many schools ask for these details before any visits. We are very happy to provide this information.

As the check involves giving you both a certificate number and date of birth, this information is not put on the website. Please contact us and we can give you this information. 

*DBS = Disclosure and Barring Service. This is a government run criminal record check.

Yes. GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation. All Help with Handwriting records adhere to this law.

We also follow the Royal College of Occupational Therapists code of ethics and professional conduct. Every occupational therapist that provides handwriting lessons is registered on the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).

In accordance with Distance Selling Regulations, you have the right to cancel and obtain a full refund within 14 days from the date of purchase in circumstances where you have not had access to the course material. Refund requests should be made in writing to Support@HelpWithHandwriting.co.uk and a full refund will be provided within 14 working days.

Yes, we do for our lessons. Unfortunately, we cannot sell our courses or handwriting club to anyone in those countries. This is due to the new EU ruling, GPSR, which came into effect on 13th December 2024. We hope this might change. Please contact us to join a waiting list if you are interested in a service we cannot provide.

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