He doesn't think the assignments are important and so resists them, or does the bare minimum so I am concerned that the OT picked up a lot of that rather than him trying his best and having trouble - although we have seen him having trouble where he wants to do it well
DD9.5 has dyslexic dysgraphia that was diagnosed at the beginning of this school year. She has had a long history of work resistance. It is a complicated web of 'is she bored vs. is she just not trying vs. does she not care'. When she received her diagnosis, it uncorked a lot of her bottled up feelings. She was able to tell us that she stopped trying to do her best in grade 2 when she came to the conclusion that her best would never be good enough. With her new accomodations, things are much different. BUT, she still needs to be encouraged to do her best... even with her enrichment work that is plenty challenging and interesting. She has such a detest for written work that we still have to convince her that she CAN do the work. Luckily, it is becoming easier and easier as she realizes how much typing helps her out. It will never be her preference to write/type her work. Her strengths are in verbal communication.
