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  1. ‘I Don't Know What's Right and What's Wrong’: Parent Perceptions of Support and Progress of Their Children With Handwriting Difficulties

    Article • Literacy, April 2026, Wiley

    Mellissa Prunty

  2. Awareness about developmental coordination disorder

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, February 2024, Frontiers

    Mellissa Prunty

  3. Doing the ‘write’ thing: handwriting and typing support in secondary schools in England

    Article • Literacy, May 2023, Wiley

    Mellissa Prunty

  4. Handwriting and typing: Occupational therapy practice when supporting adolescents with handwriting difficulties

    Article • British Journal of Occupational Therapy, June 2022, SAGE Publications

    Mellissa Prunty

  5. Handwriting Difficulties in Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)

    Article • Current Developmental Disorders Reports, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mellissa Prunty

  6. Grip strength and pen pressure are not key contributors to handwriting difficulties in children with developmental coordination disorder

    Article • British Journal of Occupational Therapy, January 2020, SAGE Publications

    Mellissa Prunty

  7. Accuracy and Consistency of Letter Formation in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder

    Article • Journal of Learning Disabilities, December 2019, SAGE Publications

    Mellissa Prunty

  8. Understanding handwriting difficulties: A comparison of children with and without motor impairment

    Article • December 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Mellissa Prunty

  9. Children and young people’s perspectives and experiences of a community wheelchair basketball club and its impact on daily life

    Article • British Journal of Occupational Therapy, October 2019, SAGE Publications

    Mellissa Prunty

  10. Handwriting Legibility Scale

    Article • January 2018, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Mellissa Prunty

  11. Development of the Handwriting Legibility Scale (HLS): A preliminary examination of Reliability and Validity

    Article • Research in Developmental Disabilities, January 2018, Elsevier

    Mellissa Prunty

  12. Understanding handwriting difficulties: A comparison of children with and without motor impairment

    Article • Cognitive Neuropsychology, May 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Mellissa Prunty

  13. Visual perceptual and handwriting skills in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder

    Article • Human Movement Science, October 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Kate Wilmut, Mellissa Prunty

  14. The impact of handwriting difficulties on compositional quality in children with developmental coordination disorder

    Article • British Journal of Occupational Therapy, July 2016, SAGE Publications

    Mellissa Prunty

  15. An examination of writing pauses in the handwriting of children with Developmental Coordination Disorder

    Article • Research in Developmental Disabilities, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Kate Wilmut, Mellissa Prunty

  16. Handwriting speed in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: Are they really slower?

    Article • Research in Developmental Disabilities, September 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Kate Wilmut, Mellissa Prunty