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.
wow that sounds like DS! In the IEP, the OT actually said that it was important to do this now in K because it gets harder to remediate when they get older because you have to undo those attitudes - I hope we can get him seeing good work before he comes to the conclusion that his best could never be good enough, because I can absolutely see seeds of that already. Psyches are such fragile things, they need to be protected!!
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