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[quote=Anonymous]Based entirely on our observations over the last year or two, we think our bright, but not genius-level, 8 year old has difficulties with writing and spelling that track with dysgraphia, but could also just be from a lack of instruction in a way that clicks for her.  Practice alone isn’t improving things at all.

We’ve tried to work with her, but she gets so anxious and distressed, no matter how low-pressure we try to be.  And now that school work is transitioning from learning to write to writing to demonstrate learning, we don’t want her physical and mechanical difficulties with writing to hold her back.  So we’d like to figure out first if it’s something like dysgraphia and then have her work with someone one on one other than her parents to give her the tools that help her.

Do MCPS elementary schools test for dysgraphia?  From what I’ve read, the testing is a full panel, which is fine with us.    If so, what’s the best way to advocate for her to be tested?  We’ve brought this up with her teacher a few times, and she finally told us to ask the principal, so we did.   The principal hasn’t even responded to our email, which seems par for the course based on conversations with other parents in the school.

Is there private testing available? If so, any recommendations?

We aren’t as concerned about her getting accommodations at this point as we are with trying to figure out how best to make writing not an awful process for her. [/quote]

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