The thesis entitled Work plan for a pupil with graphomotor difficulties consists of a theoretical and an empirical part.
In the theoretical part, first is presented the motor development of the child and then the field of graphomotor skills. The following section presents the graphomotor difficulties that can be observed in children as early as pre-school age, through their drawing and the way they draw. Later on at school, these difficulties are reflected in the child's written work. The presentation also includes the preparation of children for writing and various exercises that can be used to strengthen children's graphomotor skills. The quality of the graphomotor exercises is also influenced by certain conditions (pen posture, body posture, pressure on the surface and hand movement when writing), which are discussed in more detail later in the thesis. In addition, adjustments are also made to facilitate the children's drawing and later writing process.
The empirical part presents the results of a study involving a boy with graphomotor difficulties. A one-month programme of work was carried out with him, the aim of which was to improve the writing of the four basic shapes (straight line, arc, wave and loop), and to improve the conditions affecting the performance of the graphomotor exercises (pen posture, body posture, pressure on the surface and hand movement when writing). Based on the observation of the boy during the programme and on the results of the pre- and post-programme tests, we observed an improvement in the boy's graphomotor skills. After the programme, the boy showed improvement in his writing of all four basic shapes, as well as in the conditions affecting the performance of the graphomotor exercises.
The thesis also includes a graphomotor assessment test based on theoretical findings and a one-month programme of work to improve the boy's graphomotor skills. Both are included in the annex to the thesis.
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