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[quote=Anonymous]Thank you, this was helpful. I'll respond in part---

[quote=Anonymous]
How do you know she has dysgraphia if she has not been tested?  Dysgraphia is not just bad handwriting as that can be ameliorated by practice and with OT.  It is an issue with motor coordination and organization of thoughts to be able to write in coherent sentences, then paragraphs then essays. [/quote]

I do not know if she has dysgraphia. I suspect that she does. My question pertaining to this was, and I quote: "How was your child diagnosed with dysgraphia? Do you know exactly what assessments were conducted, by whom, and at what age/grade?"  You respond to this below.

[quote=Anonymous]
My DC was diagnosed as part of his comprehensive psychological-educational evaluation.  I don't know which tests she used specifically for dysgraphia as he also has other LDs and diagnoses.  You can request an evaluation from the school.  I would consult wrightslaw.com for background information about how to do that.  DC was in 3rd grade when he was diagnosed with dysgraphia, it was an additional diagnoses at the time.  [/quote]

Regarding the "responding to accommodations," what I meant and expressed badly was how did the SCHOOL respond to the issue of accommodations and--as you point out--remediation and intervention.  Did they willingly and expertly supply it?  Did they put up a stink?  On what basis?  Etc.  You talk about this below, and that's helpful.  Thank you.

[quote=Anonymous]
Children do not respond to accommodations.  Accommodations are what a child receives when they do not respond to intervention.  You are asking for remediation and intervention.  DC had OT services for a few years but his issues were not muscle oriented and no amount of practice helped.  He started out with an alpha smart and progressed to a laptop.  All keyboarding practice was done at home. He has word prediction software on his laptop.  He also dictated to us and to school personnel.  In the first few years he used a graphic organizer for writing.   He was given more detailed instruction in learning who to write a sentence, paragraph, essay.

He is now in HS and has all of his tests are scribed and read to him.  He will get the same accommodations when he takes the SAT. He does only dictates homework on an occasional basis and uses his technology instead.  We do help him edit his writing., but that is more the dyslexia than the dysgraphia. [/quote]

If my child does not have dysgraphia--and she may not, I'm just not in a position to say, I can only see that there is a massive discrepancy between what she is capable of in reading, writing, etc. and what she can produce on paper, as well as what her other 2nd (and even kindergarten, hey, even preschool sister!) can do.  Therefore, a desire to identify needs accurately and ACT NOW rather than wait any longer.  At any rate, if she does not have dysgraphia, the suggestion below is helpful, thank you.  We also have Handwriting Without Tears and I'm pointing out some basic strategies such as using a finger to space out words, look for a word that's already spelled correctly somewhere else on the paper, drilling sight words, and so on.  Scribing for her and asking her to copy it might also be helpful, as you pointed out below. Thanks.

[quote=Anonymous]
If your child does not have dysgraphia and you want to help her, you can scribe her homework for her and then have her copy it for practice.  That is what we did for our older son from 3rd through 5th grade.  It got him over the hump, his handwriting will never win awards but it matured and is legible.  Plus, it is never too early to learn keyboarding. [/quote][/quote]

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