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[quote=Anonymous]" My son's writing improved dramatically in sixth grade. I had gotten to the point where I believed it might never happen and then overnight, it seemed, he became a real writer.

Some key components to this were: typing practice for YEARS so that the handwriting component was totally eliminated and editing was made much easier; years of being an avid reader so that suddenly sentence structures and style elements seemed natural and ingrained (but why that suddenly made a difference in sixth grade and not before I can't really explain); an excellent, rigorous but step-by-step writing/grammar program; maturity (?).

If my son can do it, I truly believe that anyone can."

Our DC probably has less ADHD, not zero, and more learning disability but we saw a similar change in 11th grade.  All of the things mentioned were tried across MS and 9 and 10th grade and made little difference.

Somehow during 11th grade things started to work out.  Our guess is that DC didn't really learn to read until the 4th grade so it took 6 or 7 years just like someone learning to read in K would figure writing out in MS.

Senior year has been better and DC's college essay, for us, is just short of a miracle.

We have a neighbor whose DC "got it" as a freshman a couple years before our DS and their success kept us hopeful.

Good luck and keep working at it.  [/quote]

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