RT - Journal Article T1 - Handwriting Evalution in Mentally Retarded Students: Identifying an Instrument JF - USWR YR - 2008 JO - USWR VO - 8 IS - 4 UR - http://rehabilitationj.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-181-en.html SP - 45 EP - 52 K1 - Handwriting evaluation K1 - Mentally retarded student K1 - Legibility component AB - Objective: Handwriting difficulties are a common educational problem in mentally retarded students. The aim of this survey is producing an instrument for handwriting evaluation and executing it on the mentally retarded students. Materials & Methods: In this descriptive and cross – sectional research which is a relationship and validity assessment study, one hundred and twenty six mentally- retarded students (53 girls and 73 boys) ranging from 9 to 19 years old from two exceptional children schools in Shahr-e-rey participated. A handwriting check-list made by the researcher was executed on all of the students. Data were analyzed by use of independent T test, Mann Whitney test and Spearman correlation. Results: Executing handwriting checklist on the mentally-retarded students showed that there is not a significant relationship between handwriting and laterality (P=0.196), sex (P=0.487) and age (P=0.449). There is significant relationship between handwriting and grade (r=0.448, P LA eng UL http://rehabilitationj.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-181-en.html M3 ER -