LDA Speed Up! Activity Programme

Support learners aged 8 and above in developing confident, fluent handwriting with this structured, multi-sensory activity programme, ideal for teachers, teaching assistants, and therapists working with children who find handwriting challenging.

• Contains a step-by-step, eight-week course designed for older children with handwriting difficulties

• Includes baseline assessment, photocopiable instruction sheets, and practical guidance for identifying and addressing underlying issues

• Developed by a paediatric occupational therapist with a focus on kinaesthetic and multi-sensory learning

• Emphasises enjoyment, self-esteem, and writing confidence throughout the sessions

• Comprises 64 A4 pages, suitable for individual or small group delivery

• Particularly beneficial for SEND and dyslexia support settings

• Speed Up! provides a multi-sensory course of help for any child aged 8 Years + whose handwriting is illegible, slow or lacking in fluency. Poor handwriting hinders many children's progress - right across the curriculum. Unfortunately, most handwriting schemes do little to help children who are struggling with this vital skill. Here, at last, is a new and highly effective approach. Developed by a leading paediatric occupational therapist and designed specifically for older children struggling with handwriting, Speed Up! gets to the root of writing difficulties by developing kinaesthetic awareness through multi-sensory activity and exercise.

  The programme includes:

  • a baseline assessment

  • clear, fully illustrated, photocopiable instruction sheets

  • an overview of the theory behind the practice

  • advice on identifying underlying causes of difficulty and how to tackle them.