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[quote=Anonymous]OP -- get some good evaluations done so you know what you are dealing with.  As some prior posters noted, you need to tease out whether this is only a physical / OT things or more -- and they may not be the same either. While motor issues may impact both writing and art, there could also be visual spatial issues impacting art.  In extreme cases, both motor issues and visual spatial issues can impact academics later on -- try doing the ever popular "hands on" assignments that are all the rage today if you are all thumbs.  Visual spatial can impact things like geometry.   All that said, you need to know if the slow writing is purely physical or any delay in getting developing thought processes or translating thought to hand.   Interventions will be different.

No matter what the result of testing, my advice would be to work on handwriting and with OT as much as possible now.  In another year or two, your DC may resist that more.  As kids get to middle and high school, if handwriting is a severe problem and if you can get a diagnoses for it, then you get permission for your DC to take all essay tests on a computer.  This needs to be formalized for things like AP tests in high school.   Good luck. [/quote]

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