Spacing between words and within them - 08/16/12 08:25 PM
Hi
I posted previously about DS6 getting an IEP for writing issues, he gets OT in the school for that. On their (and people here) recommendaton we got him vision tested. The first level of testing showed a tracking problem with numbers across but not down - however, with the first level of testing it was really hard to determine how this was impacting him since he reads so well so we are getting what they call a perceptual test - if we can get the darn thing scheduled, they are being so annoying, grrr. The dr said he was a good candidate for vision therapy but did not meet the standard deviation of problem where she would have said it was aboslutely necessary.
Anyhow, we have been working with DS over the summer in a HWT workbook and a journal so we don't lose ground between K and 1st. And I have finally made the connection between the testing and his work - he has for the most part stopped reversing - and he never inverted - thank you for that thread on dyslexia! So I think that was developmental but size and spacing are still major issues. Size I think is the OT issue in terms of strength and effort, but I am now thinking the spacing is about the vision issue. He crowds letters in a word and/or hugely spaces them and then will combine a hugely spaced word with the next word so you can't tell what the district words are because the breaks seem in the wrong spot.
Anyone familiar with this? He has been taught to put is finger down when he finishes a word and to start the next after the finger but it doesn't always help because the spacing in the first word could be similar to the finger spacing! Looks like the appt won't be until September but I was wondering if anyone had seen this and had some tips I could start offering at home before we have the eye appt.
Thanks,
DeHe
I posted previously about DS6 getting an IEP for writing issues, he gets OT in the school for that. On their (and people here) recommendaton we got him vision tested. The first level of testing showed a tracking problem with numbers across but not down - however, with the first level of testing it was really hard to determine how this was impacting him since he reads so well so we are getting what they call a perceptual test - if we can get the darn thing scheduled, they are being so annoying, grrr. The dr said he was a good candidate for vision therapy but did not meet the standard deviation of problem where she would have said it was aboslutely necessary.
Anyhow, we have been working with DS over the summer in a HWT workbook and a journal so we don't lose ground between K and 1st. And I have finally made the connection between the testing and his work - he has for the most part stopped reversing - and he never inverted - thank you for that thread on dyslexia! So I think that was developmental but size and spacing are still major issues. Size I think is the OT issue in terms of strength and effort, but I am now thinking the spacing is about the vision issue. He crowds letters in a word and/or hugely spaces them and then will combine a hugely spaced word with the next word so you can't tell what the district words are because the breaks seem in the wrong spot.
Anyone familiar with this? He has been taught to put is finger down when he finishes a word and to start the next after the finger but it doesn't always help because the spacing in the first word could be similar to the finger spacing! Looks like the appt won't be until September but I was wondering if anyone had seen this and had some tips I could start offering at home before we have the eye appt.
Thanks,
DeHe