Hi, Bronxmom,

First of all, welcome. With those scores, your son meets the DYS criteria and I highly recommend you apply. My DS had similar handwriting issues - caused by fine motor issues, poor environment, and more. He just despised writing. Now he's in third grade, we're homeschooling, and it's starting to come together. Basically, I just took the pressure off and went back to having him write less so that he could work on speed and fluidity in workbooks, science notebooks, etc. Seems to be working. And I let him dictate when he can't even get started, and then copy it over in his handwriting.

I'd say apply to DYS, and get some help from the experts.