The THS-R is an untimed, clinical assessment of neurosensory integration skills evident in handwriting (both manuscript and cursive) that are often disrupted in students with learning difficulties. The THS-R provides standardised assessment of children’s handwriting ability for both manuscript and cursive styles that can be used with any of the popular handwriting programmes (such as Palmer, Zaner-Bloser, D’Nealian). The THS-R is not a classroom assessment of penmanship.

Results of the THS-R can be used to:

• identify neurosensory integration problems
• monitor progress of students with disabilities
• determine if neurosensory integration difficulties are contributing to students’ learning problems
• guide instructional or rehabilitation practices

Changes to the new edition include:

• norms extended through age 18 (manuscript and cursive)
• nationally stratified norms
• simplified scoring procedures
• clarified scoring criteria
• handwriting exemplars that reflect current styles including D’Nealian, Handwriting Without Tears, Universal, and Zaner-Bloser
• abbreviated administration procedures
• scoring examples
• scoring training video

Testing and scoring time approximately 25 minutes. The Manual now provides guidance on how the THS-R can be used for progress monitoring. Also included is a video tutorial to assist practitioners in the scoring process. Subtest scores are reported as scaled scores and percentile ranks, and an Overall standard score has been added. The THS-R was normed on 1,500 U.S. individuals.