I was researching ideas for accommodations for my 6.6 yr old who is starting 1st grade in the Fall w/ subject acceleration to 2nd (this is not nearly enough as evidenced by their own testing but was a lot for school to be willing to try).
He has a "rule out disorder of written expression" from the Neuropsychiatrist who was focused (at our request)on dealing with/diagnosing his ADHD and Anxiety w/ PTSD at that visit. In a follow up call (he is out of area) when I asked about pursuing Dysgraphia he suggested we wait a bit longer to see how things develop.
After our vision testing with the developmental optometrist, we got an OT eval where the OT performed a Beery with these results:
BEERY VMI Raw score 6 Standard score 45 (very low) Percentile 2
VISUAL PERCEPTION Raw 19 Standard 93 (average) Percentile 31
MOTOR COORDINATION Raw 13 standard 69 (very low) Percentile 15
She also found low tone in his hands but nowhere else and diagnosed him with "Lack of Coordination including Dyspraxia and Hypotonia"
Can anyone enlighten me on what all this means? Is this indicative of a Dysgraphia diagnosis? Would this testing prove a Dysgraphia diagnosis? If so who would make such a diagnosis? Do we update the Neuro Psychiatrist? If not, what other testing do we need?
I have been convinced for awhile that my son had Dysgraphia because it just fits so well with the struggles I see. I haven't really connected with the Dyspraxia.... it just doesn't feel like a fit when I read about it. However we definitely see coordination issues. Can those be completely vision related or am I just in denial?
I feel pressure to get the dysgraphia figured out to support his academics and deal with the anxiety. We are asking for a 504 meeting at the recommendation of the developmental optometrist and the OT. I wish I could get him to Dr. Amend in KY who is my pick for a Neuro Psychologist but we have hit a financial road bump and this is not possible right now. We do need to do a WISC. WPPSI had too low ceilings for him at 4 and there is more we could learn there. School also mentioned wanting to update that and yes money is tight but I'd really rather get it done on our own with an expert in HG+ 2e kiddos.
