Dysgraphia

A Dysgraphia learning disability is the relationship between cognitive functioning and physical ability. More specifically, it is the ability of the student to express their thoughts effectively through writing. Struggles with fine motor skills, such as manipulating a pencil, can result in hand writing that is slow, laborious and messy. This is extremely frustrating for student as their writing ability is unable to keep up the pace to which the student is thinking.

Students who have difficulty with hand writing will often avoid tasks that require its use. They avoid writing in an agenda or taking notes and instructions off the board, they skip planning steps such as brainstorming and outlining, their test answers lack details, in math they prefer to write only answers instead of showing the steps, and they will avoid showing anyone their written work either because they are embarrassed or in fear of being made to do the work over.

Our approach is to help these students appreciate the importance being organized and the value of having effective notes, and the impact of both on their academic results.    We teach these skills in the context of their current work load so they get the opportunity to see the positive impact on their daily assignments, in hopes they internalize and adopt these skills over the long-term.