I found this very useful thankyou
Sara Morris Docker
Nurse Lecturer Disability Coordinator
Faculty of Health and Wellbeing
Colleagiate Crescent Campus
11-15 Broomhall road
Sheffield
S10 2BP
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From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. on behalf of Bryan Jones
Sent: Mon 3/31/2008 16:57
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Subject: Re: LEFT HANDERS AND WHITEBOARDS
Suggest to him that he hold the pen between the index and middle finger,
i.e. with the pen resting in on top of the crook / join between those
two fingers and necessitating just a little support from the thumb
underneath the pen. Puts much less strain on the hand when holding a
pen and writing and the shift in position that should result might help
with the problem of him inadvertently erasing his writing.
Bryan Jones,
Manager, Disability Support Services
& North London Regional Access Centre,
Middlesex University
Tel: 020 8411 5366
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Sent: 31 March 2008 15:12
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Subject: LEFT HANDERS AND WHITEBOARDS
Dear all
Any ideas?
I have a Student who is left-handed and has been taught to hold his pen
in
a hooked position. This is putting additional strain on his wrist and
sometimes pain if he writes for long. This is a bit of a problem but is
manageable within the usual exam adjustments.
However, He is on a teacher training programme with primary age kids.
This
involves a lot of board writing. When writing on a whiteboard the
position
means his hand wipes the letters/words after he has written them. He has
attempted to alter his grip but so far this has not been successful.
I have advised the student to seek further advice from an Occupational
Therapist through a GP referral.
I have also advised our teacher training dept that It would be helpful
if
the student could use a keyboard and interactive whiteboard as much as
possible, rather than writing by hand onto the whiteboard. However, this
isn't always possible because of the nature of the lessons. We have also
discussed using flip-charts but he finds a similar problem with the pen
then as well, leading to smudging.
Any ideas?
Steve O'Melia
Disability and Academic Skills Co-ordinator
University of Chichester
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