WriteSteps
Pediatric Occupational Therapy
Danielle Shulman
OTR/L, MSOT
Does your child have difficulty with one or more of the following?
Fine motor skills
- Weak hand strength
Handwriting
- Eye-hand coordination
- Visual perception (including overall spatial or body awareness)
Sensory integration
Services Offered
- Comprehensive evaluation in numerous areas, including visual motor skills, visual perceptual skills, handwriting assessments, self-care, and sensory integration.
- Treatment in any abovementioned area that is deemed weak, based on formal evaluations, clinical observations, parent reports, and teacher concerns.
- Classroom observations and recommendations, when required.
Some of the areas that are typically strengthened at WriteSteps include:
- Upper body and hand strengthening to improve fine motor skills
- Utilization of diverse handwriting techniques to improve penmanship (including Handwriting Without Tears, Benbow’s Loops and Groups, and Callirobics)
- Visual perceptual skills (including visual discrimination and spatial awareness)
- Sensory processing skills through a variety of programs and techniques (including the ALERT Program and Brain Gym)
Clientele
At WriteSteps, Danielle works with children from ages 3 through high school. Diagnoses of some of her clients include:
- Dysgraphia (difficulty in producing legible handwriting)
- Learning disabilities
- Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
- Sensory Processing Disorders
- Autism
- Down’s Syndrome
- Cerebral Palsy
About WriteSteps
After graduating with her BA from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, Danielle obtained her Masters in Occupational Therapy at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. She worked for many years in the Massachusetts school system before moving to California in 2004, where she currently resides with her husband, two sons, and her Maltese named Waffles. Daniellle worked in the Rancho Santa Fe School district for five years while building up her private practice. In addition, she has arranged numerous presentations for schools, parents, and teachers in the San Diego area. Today she works out of a home office and is available for evaluations, treatments, and group presentations.
Contact WriteSteps
Danielle Shulman, OTR/L, MSOT
11172 Corte Pleno VeranoSan Diego, CA 92130
Phone: (858) 401-2677
Email: ot@writesteps.com
