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#53951 - 08/30/09 10:27 AM If your dysgraphic has a hard time with worksheets
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Registered: 03/18/08
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Just wanted to pass this along to any other dysgraphics out there. My DS has a hard time writing on worksheets in the spaces provided.
At the recommendation of another board, we bought Paperport for 50.00 on Amazon. And it works! You just need a scanner and the Paperport software, scan in the worksheets, and choose form typer. The program finds the places to type on the lines (or you can manually override to write in spaces). You just type your answers and hand in the worksheet like everyone else!

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#53957 - 08/30/09 11:12 AM Re: If your dysgraphic has a hard time with worksheets [Re: master of none]
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Registered: 03/15/08
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What a great idea.....how old is your DS? I take it you can only do this for their homework though and not class done items? My DS6 as the WORST time writing in the spots on his first grade worksheets (and the fact that they are BORING and way below his level doesn't exactly help) and I keep seeing his teacher mark through them with red pen everywhere because after 2 weeks she doesn't understand what his reversals looks like - so she is marking him wrong for things that are actually correct but are backwards. This would be SO cool to be able to do in the classroom for him...how do you guys you use?>

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#53959 - 08/30/09 11:32 AM Re: If your dysgraphic has a hard time with worksheets [Re: Belle]
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I've heard of some kids carrying around scanners, but that's not our plan yet. DS is 9. And we taught him to type two years ago. Our plan is to let the teacher see his typed homework worksheets and see if she thinks it would be something she'd want for school. We have macs at school and I don't think paperport works with macs anyway.

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