Originally Posted by bluemagic
What I might suggest is you try suggesting she turn her notes into perhaps "blog" posts or posters. Smaller tasks that can be done one subject at a time.

I was thinking the same thing. Another thought - do you think your dd would be open to y'all "writing" the book together? That way she could go through the rest of the process and learn from you as she does it? And if the only roadblock at this point is handwriting and organizing her thoughts, yes, I'd help her with that by scribing or showing her how to organize etc.

I also was wondering about the writing challenges - from your first mention, and then especially after reading that your dh is dysgraphic. I'll second DeeDee's advice to seek out a neuropsych eval now - what you're seeing happen at school can really hit the self-esteem in a big way in those early years of school for a child who has a writing challenge. I wish I'd had my dysgraphic ds eval'd earlier. Like your dd, he was compensating when he was 6 and no one realized that his refusal to write etc were anything other than 6 year old behaviors. By the time his behaviors and writing challenges had become a more obvious issue, he was most of the way through 2nd grade, and his anxiety was sky-high, and his self-esteem was really low. I would give anything to have known earlier so we could have started accommodations earlier. And even though he was only 8 at the time, fining out he was dysgraphic and understanding a bit about it really helped him feel better about himself.

Best wishes,

polarbear