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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 595519" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Has she been tested for dysgraphia? It sounds very much like she has it. I do. ALL of my kids do. From what I have seen, most people with dysgraphia complain of hand pain if they write very much. No matter how often I wrote, or how much or little, it made my hands hurt. And I filled many notebooks while taking notes. She clearly needs more help with writing if she is still having problems. One thing that will help is working with an Occupational Therapist (OT) on conditioning the muscles in her hands.</p><p></p><p>Most places won't do the things IC suggested for PE. I know our district flat out refuses. They just have the child not take PE. OF course it has been dropped as a graduation requirement here, and that change was made when I was in HS. While they CAN make accommodations, many schools WON"T.</p><p></p><p>As far as a doctor blaming you for a teen's weight? get a new doctor. That is NUTS. And what he wants her to do? If it is so important to him, he can show up at five am to get her up and take her for a run then take her to school. I would tell him that to his face. No, I am not joking. His attitude is typical of peole who have never had a weight problem and have no empathy. The rest of the world knows this is the wrong way to look at the situation, and exactly the approach guaranteed to make her flat out refuse to exercise, period. So if the doctor wants to spread blame around, he can get his own tushie in gear and pick her up in the morning and make her exercise. Or you can drop her off at his office after school and he can run with her and deal with her and then drop her off at home. </p><p></p><p>I guarantee that he will NOT take you up on that. If he does? Let him. Insist that HE has to wake her up and get her ready though. After all, she is a teen.</p><p></p><p>As for why the psychiatric can get her to smile? he isn't her mom. At her age, you are the mom, aka the dumbest person on earth. There is NOTHING that will fix this but time. By the time she is 20 or so, you will be the smartest woman in the world to her. It just is what it is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 595519, member: 1233"] Has she been tested for dysgraphia? It sounds very much like she has it. I do. ALL of my kids do. From what I have seen, most people with dysgraphia complain of hand pain if they write very much. No matter how often I wrote, or how much or little, it made my hands hurt. And I filled many notebooks while taking notes. She clearly needs more help with writing if she is still having problems. One thing that will help is working with an Occupational Therapist (OT) on conditioning the muscles in her hands. Most places won't do the things IC suggested for PE. I know our district flat out refuses. They just have the child not take PE. OF course it has been dropped as a graduation requirement here, and that change was made when I was in HS. While they CAN make accommodations, many schools WON"T. As far as a doctor blaming you for a teen's weight? get a new doctor. That is NUTS. And what he wants her to do? If it is so important to him, he can show up at five am to get her up and take her for a run then take her to school. I would tell him that to his face. No, I am not joking. His attitude is typical of peole who have never had a weight problem and have no empathy. The rest of the world knows this is the wrong way to look at the situation, and exactly the approach guaranteed to make her flat out refuse to exercise, period. So if the doctor wants to spread blame around, he can get his own tushie in gear and pick her up in the morning and make her exercise. Or you can drop her off at his office after school and he can run with her and deal with her and then drop her off at home. I guarantee that he will NOT take you up on that. If he does? Let him. Insist that HE has to wake her up and get her ready though. After all, she is a teen. As for why the psychiatric can get her to smile? he isn't her mom. At her age, you are the mom, aka the dumbest person on earth. There is NOTHING that will fix this but time. By the time she is 20 or so, you will be the smartest woman in the world to her. It just is what it is. [/QUOTE]
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