INDEX

A

ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), 89-99

about, 90-92

getting children to do exercises, 95, 97

grapho-exercises, 92-98

letters "I" and "f", 93-94, 97

Magic Margins and, 90, 92-96

methods to treat, 92, 98

questions to ask, 98-99

age of writer

determining by handwriting when life drama occurs, 61, 64

lower loop, 62

anger

lower case "f" and, 26

methods to deal with, 32

Aristotle (Greek philosopher), 1

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. See ADHD

B

Baldo, Camillo (Italian physicist), 1

baselines, 63

lower loops and, 61-62

representative of the present, 63

Belzer, Joan (author)

about, v

contact information, vi, xv

how she became handwriting analyst, 43

Binet, Alfred, 2

blank page, margins and, 7

boundaries

examining margins to understand, 12-13, 17-18,73-77

moving beyond, 112

setting, 7-8

brain writing, 57-58, 72

ADHD and, 91

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (poet), 2

C

children. See also students

discipline in the classroom and, 69-88

learning to write cursive, 73

with disabilities, using the Fabulous Figure 8 and, 115-116

Clark, Ron (teacher/author). The Essential 55, 70

control over your life. See self-control

Crepieux-Jamin, Jules (scholar of graphology), 2

cursive letters

children learning to write, 73

three zones of, 58-59

D

"d" (lower-case)

examples, 45, 47

grapho-exercise, 46-48

self-worth and, 44-46

weight loss and, 112

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan, 2

E

East, Beverly (graphologist), 7

ego

expressed using letter "I" (capital), 33

formation of letters and, 113

emotions

anger, 26, 32

lack of boundaries, 13

lack of confidence, 23-24

lack of focus, 21-22

people pleaser, 15

Release Exercise to help understand, 101-109

self-blame, 26-27

self-control, 20-21

self-worth, 44-53

shyness, 14

examples of handwriting

"f" (lower-case), 20, 21, 26, 27, 29, 96

margins, 12, 14-18

exercises. See grapho-exercises