“If your child is a reluctant or struggling writer, it is important to determine why.”
Any kind of difficulty or disability in writing is termed as “DYSGRAPHIA”
Dysgraphia Symptoms-
- Trouble forming letters shapes.
- Tight, awkward, or painful grip on a pencil.
- Difficulty following a line or staying within margins.
- Trouble with sentence structure or following rules of grammar when writing, but not when speaking.
- Difficulty organizing or articulating thoughts on paper.
There are, however, solutions, to help a child with dysgraphia.
- Shortening written assignments such as asking for two sentences instead of five.
- Write simple words and phrases to help organize thoughts before writing.
- Allow the child to orally tell you their thoughts and providing one-on-one assistance in writing.
- Finally, with technology implemented in more classrooms, typing is a more an exciting option for children.
Accommodations allow the student to present and access the work in a way that takes the writing process out of the equation so they are graded on their acquisition of knowledge over their dysgraphia.
NOTE:
Undiagnosed dysgraphia can lead to feelings of depression and anxiety in students, taunting from classmates, as well as conflict in the classroom and at home. Teachers and parents can easily confuse the inability to process and translate information into written form with laziness or lack of effort.