One of the other OTs told me that if you trace a number or letter on the back of a child and ask them what you wrote (with your finger) a child with dysgraphia would have trouble figuring it out. DD didn't have trouble. Not sure how "accurate" that test is.
This the first time I'd ever heard of this... and fwiw... my first thought was... I couldn't possibly id a letter traced on my back, and I'm for sure not dysgraphic lol! Seriously, though, dysgraphia means there is a disconnect in the ability of the brain to control either fine motor or visual processing in a way that prevents a child from developing automaticity of handwriting. I don't see any connection with how the brain interprets a letter traced by someone else on your back, other than demonstrating that the brain is recognizing the form and able to remember it as it is traced - *by someone else*. I don't think it really touches at all on the issue of dysgraphia.
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