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<blockquote data-quote="Kjs" data-source="post: 212837"><p>My difficult child has an awful time writing. I first thought it was because he was lazy. Then thought it was because he skipped second grade where you learn cursive. We struggled with this until 7th grade. (many years)</p><p> </p><p>When he was tested in 7th grade by the school, the school psychiatrist told us that in her observation it is actually "painful" for him to write.</p><p> </p><p>Several things could attribute to this. One is poor eye muscles. Seems strange I know. Other is how he holds the pen or pencil. Try a larger pencel like the fat ones. Another is that he presses really hard when he writes making his hand tired.</p><p> </p><p>Fortunately for us, he can type. In 6th grade he took keyboarding and he could type 110 words a minute. (on the computer where you don't have to hit return like in our days). On his IEP he has written that any free form writing assignment can be done on the computer. He has the use of the class computer. Also the alpha smart if he chose, which he does not want.</p><p> </p><p>Another thing they did (school), is on some of the longer assignments that could not be done at home, the Special Education person took him in another room and orally gave him the assignment. He did wonderful. He can elaborate so well when speaking and not well at all when writing. Like you, a word or two. So any assignments that say a full sentence..he always got wrong.</p><p> </p><p>We fought over this for years, now not so much of a fight. Since your difficult child is so young, is there something that can be written in his IEP (if he has one) that on SOME assignments he be given orally? That would show he knows the material, just difficult for him to write.</p><p> </p><p>Good luck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kjs, post: 212837"] My difficult child has an awful time writing. I first thought it was because he was lazy. Then thought it was because he skipped second grade where you learn cursive. We struggled with this until 7th grade. (many years) When he was tested in 7th grade by the school, the school psychiatrist told us that in her observation it is actually "painful" for him to write. Several things could attribute to this. One is poor eye muscles. Seems strange I know. Other is how he holds the pen or pencil. Try a larger pencel like the fat ones. Another is that he presses really hard when he writes making his hand tired. Fortunately for us, he can type. In 6th grade he took keyboarding and he could type 110 words a minute. (on the computer where you don't have to hit return like in our days). On his IEP he has written that any free form writing assignment can be done on the computer. He has the use of the class computer. Also the alpha smart if he chose, which he does not want. Another thing they did (school), is on some of the longer assignments that could not be done at home, the Special Education person took him in another room and orally gave him the assignment. He did wonderful. He can elaborate so well when speaking and not well at all when writing. Like you, a word or two. So any assignments that say a full sentence..he always got wrong. We fought over this for years, now not so much of a fight. Since your difficult child is so young, is there something that can be written in his IEP (if he has one) that on SOME assignments he be given orally? That would show he knows the material, just difficult for him to write. Good luck [/QUOTE]
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