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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 212906" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>The others have great ideas. I am wondering if your son could have dysgraphia? My kids all have it to some degree, with jess having the least amt of it. </p><p> </p><p>dysgraphia is a learning disability, like dyslexia, but it is for writing. There is actuall a disconnect between the hand and brain, so that writing NEVER becomes automatic the way it does for most people. My 3rd grader is learning to type, and has the hypermovile joints, and writes as little as possible and NEVER EVER colored ANYTHING. Hated to color, come to find out when he was about 4 it was the hypermobile joints and the dysgraphia keeping his hands from doing what his brain thought they should do. He gets occupational therapy once a week in school to help with this, and I buy special pencil grips that feel good to him (the ones he likes are about $2.50 at an online Occupational Therapist (OT) shop). While this is much more expensive than many other grips, they work for his left-handedness and they have the right "feel" so they are worth every single penny. I originally ordered one of every type of pencil grip they had, so that we could see what he likes. School hasn't ordered them, but I really don't care to fight about it. They think another grip is better, but it feels 'wrong' and he is very very sensory driven (sensory integration disorder). So I just buy about 10 of these grips every couple of months and send them to school when he can't find his. Last year at one point I walked into his class and EVERY kid was using one of thank you's grips - they had been picking them up to try, and liked them! I did mention it to the teacher and she gently migrated them back, as thank you misplaced another one. He misplaces EVERYTHING, inluding the lenses to his glasses!</p><p> </p><p>Check out dysgraphia, it just might be what is going on.</p><p> </p><p>Susie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 212906, member: 1233"] The others have great ideas. I am wondering if your son could have dysgraphia? My kids all have it to some degree, with jess having the least amt of it. dysgraphia is a learning disability, like dyslexia, but it is for writing. There is actuall a disconnect between the hand and brain, so that writing NEVER becomes automatic the way it does for most people. My 3rd grader is learning to type, and has the hypermovile joints, and writes as little as possible and NEVER EVER colored ANYTHING. Hated to color, come to find out when he was about 4 it was the hypermobile joints and the dysgraphia keeping his hands from doing what his brain thought they should do. He gets occupational therapy once a week in school to help with this, and I buy special pencil grips that feel good to him (the ones he likes are about $2.50 at an online Occupational Therapist (OT) shop). While this is much more expensive than many other grips, they work for his left-handedness and they have the right "feel" so they are worth every single penny. I originally ordered one of every type of pencil grip they had, so that we could see what he likes. School hasn't ordered them, but I really don't care to fight about it. They think another grip is better, but it feels 'wrong' and he is very very sensory driven (sensory integration disorder). So I just buy about 10 of these grips every couple of months and send them to school when he can't find his. Last year at one point I walked into his class and EVERY kid was using one of thank you's grips - they had been picking them up to try, and liked them! I did mention it to the teacher and she gently migrated them back, as thank you misplaced another one. He misplaces EVERYTHING, inluding the lenses to his glasses! Check out dysgraphia, it just might be what is going on. Susie [/QUOTE]
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