{"id":4695,"date":"2022-01-12T21:37:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T21:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chap.haifa.ac.il\/2022\/01\/12\/handwriting-legibility-scale-hls\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T13:40:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T13:40:34","slug":"handwriting-legibility-scale-hls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chap.haifa.ac.il\/en\/2022\/01\/12\/handwriting-legibility-scale-hls\/","title":{"rendered":"Handwriting Legibility Scale – HLS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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A tool for detecting difficulties in producing a legible writing product. It evaluates the global readability of the handwriting in order to detect writing difficulties and to refer to the appropriate treatment provider. In addition, the tool may help target treatment goals in the field of writing.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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  1. Barnett, A. L., Prunty, M., & Rosenblum, S. (2018). Development of the Handwriting Legibility Scale (HLS):\u00a0A preliminary examination of reliability and validity.<\/a>\u00a0Research in Developmental Disabilities, 72,<\/em>\u00a0240\u2013247. doi:10.1016\/j.ridd.2017.11.013<\/li>
  2. Fogel,\u00a0Y., & Rosenblum, S. (2022). Anticipatory awareness and actual handwriting performance measures among adolescents with deficient executive functions.\u00a0Children,\u00a09<\/em>(5), 684.\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/children9111628<\/a><\/span><\/li>
  3. Fogel, Y., Rosenblum, S., & Barnett, A. (2022). Handwriting legibility across different writing tasks in school-aged children.\u00a0Hong Kong Journal of Occupational Therapy<\/em>.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/15691861221075709<\/a><\/span><\/li>
  4. \u010cunek, L., Ond\u0159ej, J., Bla\u017e\u00ed\u010dkov\u00e1, I., Pup\u00edkov\u00e1, V., Lacko, D., Pro\u0161ek, T., & \u0160af\u00e1rov\u00e1, K. (2023).\u00a0Handwriting quality: Psychometric properties of two evaluation scales with a Czech sample<\/a>.\u202fThe American Journal of Occupational Therapy<\/span>,\u202f<\/span>77<\/span>(3), 7703205130.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>
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  6. Lu, H., Chen, X., Leung, F. K., & Zuo, H. (2023).\u00a0Reliability, validity, and measurement invariance of a Chinese handwriting legibility scale among primary students in central China.<\/a>\u202fFrontiers in Psychology<\/span>,\u202f<\/span>14<\/span>, 1050894.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>
  7. Saile, A., & Yasin, M. H. M. (2024).\u00a0EFFECTS OF FINE MOTOR TRAINING IN IMPROVING THE LEGIBILITY OF HANDWRITING OF STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS.\u202f<\/a>Special Education [SE]<\/span>,\u202f<\/span>2<\/span>(1), e0010-e0010.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>
  8. Stuart, N., Zoia, S., Biancotto, M., & Barnett, A. L. (2024).\u00a0The Handwriting Legibility Scale: A Language and Age Extension for Students With and Without Specific Learning Difficulties.\u202f<\/a>Journal of Motor Learning and Development,\u202f1(aop), 1-2<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/section><\/article><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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