mich- I'm glad to hear that the 504 plan has worked well for your daughter. Your 504 plan sounds similar to what we will be requesting. I feel kind of silly asking for more time though, because right now DS hurries as quickly through his work as he possibly can. I know if he took more time to concentrate, his writing would be better. Maybe ADHD medication will help with this?
My DS sounds like he is somewhere in between your DD and DS. His reading/writing deficiencies are not enough to put him in remediation, but he does have significant fine motor issues. Actually, this whole journey started last summer when I had DS evaluated by an OT because he had not established a dominant hand and he could not button buttons, tie shoes or zip clothing. Turns out he had HUGE issues that he compensated for extremely well. He was diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder with tactile oversensitivity and vestibular and proprioceptive issues. We have spent the past year in physical and occupational therapy, but by the end of the year I realized that we had to be dealing with more than just Sensory Processing, so we had the psycho-eduacational eval done. Now I understand that giftedness, sensory processing issues and ADHD can often overlap. It is such a complicated issue!
Oh, and DS has not mastered proper writing conventions by any means. It is only recently that I'm able to make out the majority of what he writes, but it takes some deciphering. He still has a lot of letter reversals and forms a lot of his letters from the bottom up. He does not understand how to use punctuation at all. (he also doesn't pay any attention to punctuation when he reads.....he says he just doesn't "get it"). He does use grammar correctly most of the time. Everything is relative though and I can only compare his writing work to my 1st grade DS, who writes perfectly.
Thank you for the continued input! This is all incredibly helpful!
