About Candice Freeman
Dr. Candice Freeman OTD, MOT, OTR is the owner and founder of Tears to Cheers Handwriting Clinic LLC. .Dr. Candice Freeman has extensive experience with implementing a variety of handwriting programs and has received great results using research-based methodologies.
She has 13 years experience as a pediatric and home health occupational therapist and 5 years as an occupational therapy assistant program director. Her specialty is pediatrics with a concentration on fine motor skill development and handwriting.
She is also the owner of her own private consulting firm Freeman Educational Services that provides independent occupational therapy (OT) evaluations to schools. Candice earned her Bachelors of Psychology with a minor in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Houston (Houston, TX); Masters of Occupational Therapy (MOT) from The University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston, TX) and Doctorate in Occupational Therapy (OTD) from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions (Provo, Utah). She is currently a doctoral student attending Abilene Christian University (Abilene TX) and in the process of earning her Doctorate of Education in Organizational Leadership with emphasis on Higher Education with a scheduled completion date of 2021.
She is a member of American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), Texas Occupational Therapy Association (TOTA), National Black Occupational Therapy Caucus (NBOTC), member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., and current Student Occupational Therapy Association (SOTA) advisor.
She has presented at the Texas Occupational Therapy Mountain Central Conference 2018 poster presentation: Diversity recruitment practices across the state for Occupational therapy assistants and has a strong passion for exploring the topic of diversity and inclusion in occupational therapy.
In her spare time, she loves to compete in pageants (Ms. Plus America 2017; Ms. Texas Royal International Miss 2020) and has held many national and state titles in her 10 years of pageantry. Candice enjoys volunteering at her church providing community service and outreach, and spending time with her family, friends, and Malti-poo Baxter.
Print is predictable and impersonal. Handwriting, by contrast, resists the eye!
Handwriting is considered one of the most common forms of communication.
Within the domain of handwriting legibility of letters and numbers, speed, and proficiency are key elements in task performance. Addressing fine motor concerns through various activities will in turn prompt and encourage handwriting development. In addition to improving handwriting, a child will improve self-esteem and take pride in their penmanship.
Within the Dallas Metropolitan area there are less than 5 handwriting clinics that work on fine motor development and their waiting list can be up to one year to obtain an appointment.
Therefore, to decrease the wait time for children needing services a handwriting/ fine motor clinic will be established but with a twist thus embarking on the creation of a business plan to meet those needs.
Tears to Cheers Boutique Therapy Services Inc., is a sole proprietorship pediatric therapy center based in Dallas, Texas founded by Dr. Candice Freeman, OTD, MOT, OTR in 2020. Dr. Candice Freeman has extensive experience with a implementing a variety of handwriting programs and has received great results using research based methodologies. Dr. Freeman received her Master’s in Occupational therapy in 2006 from The University of TX Medical Branch at Galveston (Galveston TX) and Doctorate in Occupational Therapy in 2013 from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions (Provo, Utah). She is currently a license occupational therapist (since 2006) (#112074; TX Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners).
The clinic specializes in fine-motor skill development in the areas of handwriting (both print and cursive writing), school-based consulting services, independent occupational therapy evaluations, and parent/teacher education regarding pre-writing/writing skills and fine-motor skill development.
The clinic will strive to seek referrals from medical doctors that document the child is suffering from fine motor delays /handwriting concerns. This therapy center will strive to become one of the premier boutique pediatric therapy services companies in the southwest region of the United States. The goal of this premier boutique therapy center is to allow children and parents to receive the highest quality of care and education by restricting the volume of patients’ by carefully allotting ample treatment time and education to each and every family the therapist comes into contact with.