Originally Posted by NikiHarp
AP is assistant principal wink

The ed psych says that, at this point, he needs "intense remediation" in writing. She also mentions that this may gradually shift in a few years from direct intervention to accommodations, like assistive tachnology, etc.

"Intense remediation" sounds like IEP to me. If he needed to type or have a scribe, that seems like a 504. He needs someone to teach him step-by-step how to write, how to organize his thoughts, how to spell, use traditional writing conventions, etc.

Yes, he'll need an IEP to receive the remediation that's been recommended. He'll also need accommodations (keyboarding or scribing) though and you'll want to get them in place now too:

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He can tell you that sentences need to start with capitals and end in punctuation but his writing samples were shockingly bad and it's not because he wasn't trying.

THIS is dysgraphia and what needs to be accommodated - he knows the rules for capitals and punctuation, but he can't access that knowledge while he's using handwriting because all of his working memory is taken up by trying to remember how to form each letter that he's writing. That's why he needs accommodations now - so he can show you what he does know, and so the remediation he receives will be able to focus on the specific pieces of written expression that he hasn't learned yet.

Best wishes,

polarbear

Last edited by polarbear; 08/05/14 10:57 AM.