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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 555132" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>OK, now that I'm home from work... </p><p></p><p>Sounds to me like your son has dysgraphia. It's not so much a "putting pen to paper" problem as it is a "putting thoughts on paper" problem - it isn't physical, it's a learning disability.</p><p></p><p>Standard accommodations and interventions for dysgraphia include: (so you know what to fight for)</p><p>- <em>untimed</em> tests in a non-distracting environment</p><p>- scribe for tests - he speaks, scribe writes</p><p>- oral exams</p><p>- if reading is great and it's just writing, multiple-choice exams</p><p>- alternative format answers for any written work where the content is more important than the format (e.g. history, social studies, reading comprehension... alternative format doesn't work when what is tested is "essay writing skills", but almost everything else... has an alternative format) - can he do a power-point? write a song? make a speech to the class?</p><p>- technology support - laptop with Dragon Naturally Speaking, dictaphone-type recorder</p><p></p><p>difficult child was allowed <em>one word</em> answers in social studies, for example, which was gradually increased to <em>short phrase (3-5 words)</em>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 555132, member: 11791"] OK, now that I'm home from work... Sounds to me like your son has dysgraphia. It's not so much a "putting pen to paper" problem as it is a "putting thoughts on paper" problem - it isn't physical, it's a learning disability. Standard accommodations and interventions for dysgraphia include: (so you know what to fight for) - [I]untimed[/I] tests in a non-distracting environment - scribe for tests - he speaks, scribe writes - oral exams - if reading is great and it's just writing, multiple-choice exams - alternative format answers for any written work where the content is more important than the format (e.g. history, social studies, reading comprehension... alternative format doesn't work when what is tested is "essay writing skills", but almost everything else... has an alternative format) - can he do a power-point? write a song? make a speech to the class? - technology support - laptop with Dragon Naturally Speaking, dictaphone-type recorder difficult child was allowed [I]one word[/I] answers in social studies, for example, which was gradually increased to [I]short phrase (3-5 words)[/I]. [/QUOTE]
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