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I would recommend doing lots of practice with him. You can also improve his fine motor skills by getting him tracing, drawing and colouring activities, anything that lets him practice holding a pencil will help develop the fine motor skills needed to improve his writing. There are handwriting books available to practice making the correct shapes of letters properly too, and for joined up writing which we have found useful.

I've heard great things about Pam too....


Just a heads up to check whether your son is hypermobile in his hands. My son is great at literacy but his handwriting just wasn't improving...turned out he was hypermobile in his hands and so couldn't control a pen - or could, but by holding pen very strangely, affecting his whole posture and tiring him out quickly. It could so easily have been overlooked but a referral to an occupational therapist at sunshine house, some big pencil grips and a posture pack to use at school are all helping him. He is also getting touch typing sessions at school to prepare for secondary school.


I suspect there is a lot more of it out there than is diagnosed.

  • 1 year later...

Hi all,

As my name has popped up here, I thought it might be useful to post some information.

I will be able to offer some handwriting support sessions in July and August.

For younger children, this is much more successful if done individually in their own home, wth parent/s there to learn how to carry on the support.

If you would like any more information, please email me

[email protected]


Please include details about the learner, the problems and your locality. I will then email with further information about availability and costs.

For more about me, please see

http://www.nha-handwriting.org.uk/about-nha/committee-biographies

and my Facebook page is: handwritingteachwrite


Thank you!


Pam

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