{"id":4642,"date":"2024-05-28T06:55:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T10:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tuteurcps.com\/understanding-dysgraphia\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T03:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T08:06:13","slug":"understanding-dysgraphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tuteurcps.com\/en\/understanding-dysgraphia\/","title":{"rendered":"Dysgraphia, a written-related learning disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4642\" class=\"elementor elementor-4642 elementor-3325\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c668b3c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c668b3c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d65f038 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d65f038\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A large part of a student\u2019s educational journey involves writing, with students asked to develop both their physical and cognitive writing abilities as they progress through school. As with other academic skills, <b>writing skills can be impaired due to a specific learning disorder \u2013 in this case, dysgraphia<\/b>. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72beb56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72beb56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is dysgraphia and how does it manifest?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3efe281 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3efe281\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Students with dysgraphia can struggle with the motor skills needed to write clearly and properly. Their writing can sometimes be hard to read, messy and lacking in form. The physical requirements of writing can be difficult, r<b>esulting in bad posture when writing and an awkward and excessively tight pencil grip<\/b>. More broadly, these issues mean that drawing can also be difficult.   <\/p>\n<p>Students with dysgraphia <b>may have trouble transferring their thoughts to paper and can often need to verbalize words out loud while writing<\/b>. When completing written assignments for school, students may forget words or leave sentences unfinished. As a result, the finished written product is not always a good indicator of what a student may truly know or understand about a topic.  <\/p>\n<p>Students struggling with this learning disorder <b>often require extra time at school to work on written evaluations<\/b>. Indeed, they should benefit from such an accommodation, as this extra time can make a difference in allowing them to more clearly get their thoughts on paper. They may also benefit from being allowed to type their work, helping reduce the physically taxing nature of the actual writing.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1667199 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1667199\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tutoring strategies for helping a student with dysgraphia\n\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74114bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74114bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Other options to help students with dysgraphia can include encouraging them to use helpful tools; special pens or writing equipment that feel more comfortable in their hand can help ease the stress of writing.<\/p><p><b>Tutoring is also a great way to support a student with dysgraphia<\/b>. With a tailored approach, it is possible to mitigate some of the challenges of dysgraphia by developing specific learning strategies. Some examples of useful learning strategies include:  <\/p><ul><li>Setting up and teaching brainstorming with diagrams or images before starting a writing task.<\/li><li>Encouraging writing by engaging in fun writing activities outside of school hours, such as keeping a diary or scrapbooking.<\/li><\/ul><p>Helping students cope with dysgraphia is important \u2013 the ability to move from thoughts to expressing those thoughts in written form is a basic skill, and one that will be needed throughout their personal and professional lives.<\/p><p>For more info on dysgraphia, visit : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ldonline.org\/article\/12770\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What Is Dysgraphia?<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ldonline.org\/article\/12770\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LD Topics<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ldonline.org\/article\/12770\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LD OnLine<\/a><\/p><p>To learn more about how we support and help children with learning disabilities, <a href=\"https:\/\/tuteurcps.com\/en\/tutoring-for-learning-disabilities\/\">click here!<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A large part of a student\u2019s educational journey involves writing, with students asked to develop both their physical and cognitive writing abilities as they progress through school. As with other academic skills, writing skills can be impaired due to a specific learning disorder \u2013 in this case, dysgraphia. 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