About Dysgraphia

Dysgraphia is a condition that causes trouble with written expression. The term comes from the Greek words dys (“impaired”) and graphia (“making letter forms by hand”). Dysgraphia is a brain-based issue. It’s not the result of a child being lazy.

Fact: Dysgraphia is a lifelong condition—there’s no cure to make it go away. That doesn’t mean, though, that people with dysgraphia can’t succeed at writing and other language-based activities. There are a lot of ways to get help for dysgraphia, including apps and accommodations .

Dysgraphia can be diagnosed at the age of five or six years old, some diagnostic tools, such as the norm-referenced Test of Written Language (TOWL-4), are only appropriate for students nine years of age or older, since they will have had more experience with writing .

Writing requires a complex set of fine motor and language processing skills. For kids with dysgraphia, the writing process is harder and slower.

For many children with dysgraphia, just holding a pencil and organizing letters on a line is difficult. Their handwriting tends to be messy. Many struggle with spelling and putting thoughts on paper.

Adaptive Help: Patience and Understanding
Pencil grips sometimes help, Slant boards can help ( use a three-ring binder), stress balls to squeeze
There are many
Ipad apps that help students who struggle with dysgraphia.

Handwriting Without Tears has an app.

Snaptype was created by an Occupational Therapist.
DRAGON DICTATION text to speech app

DEXTERIA hand exercises

EVERNOTE has voice-recorded notes

Website for interventions: https://www.ldatschool.ca/developing-interventions-for-students-with-writing-disabilities-addressing-the-most-complex-academic-problem/