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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 76934" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Has anyone checked your son for dysgraphia or dyscalculia? If you are not aware of these (and you may be), they are dyslexia for writing and numbers, respectively.</p><p></p><p>The wonderful art and terrible handwriting, along with clear problems writing sentences, is a big old red flag for dysgraphia. Many people with dysgraphia are very talented with art. But putting words in your head into words on paper requires different brain activities.</p><p></p><p>Dsygraphia runs in both mine and husband's families. No one was ever diagnosis'd with it until my difficult child. My husband taught himself to write nicely by "drawing" the letters until they became second nature. He did this all by himself, and it took several years.</p><p></p><p>Dyscalculia is probably not spelled properly. Oh well. It is dyslexia for numbers. Transposing numbers (58 becomes 85, etc...) is a sign that you might want to look at these.</p><p></p><p>I know that when my kids were in Montessori one of the things they encouraged was anything that used the dominant hand to strengthen it and develop the passages in the brain that are used for writing. Playdough, chopping things, lots of other things are useful.</p><p></p><p>Hope these give you some ideas.</p><p></p><p>Susie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 76934, member: 1233"] Has anyone checked your son for dysgraphia or dyscalculia? If you are not aware of these (and you may be), they are dyslexia for writing and numbers, respectively. The wonderful art and terrible handwriting, along with clear problems writing sentences, is a big old red flag for dysgraphia. Many people with dysgraphia are very talented with art. But putting words in your head into words on paper requires different brain activities. Dsygraphia runs in both mine and husband's families. No one was ever diagnosis'd with it until my difficult child. My husband taught himself to write nicely by "drawing" the letters until they became second nature. He did this all by himself, and it took several years. Dyscalculia is probably not spelled properly. Oh well. It is dyslexia for numbers. Transposing numbers (58 becomes 85, etc...) is a sign that you might want to look at these. I know that when my kids were in Montessori one of the things they encouraged was anything that used the dominant hand to strengthen it and develop the passages in the brain that are used for writing. Playdough, chopping things, lots of other things are useful. Hope these give you some ideas. Susie [/QUOTE]
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