The neuropsych said it's not (dysgraphia) and that he said her writing problems are directly related to poor EF. Typing or scribing helps a bit but doesn't solve the problem. Her notebooks are filled with drawings rather than "notes" and the LA teacher said obviously her fine motor ability is not a problem if she is drawing all over everything. In the end, I don't know that it matters "what" exactly it is...because the neuropsych said she should keyboard, use dictation, etc. anyway.
My one note on the "doesn't matter what" is that it may matter "what" in determining how to remediate and help your dd develop her written expression skills.
Also, as blackcap mentioned, I doubt her ddis dysgraphic, but I wanted to point out for parents who are new to the forum or new to dysgraphia, dysgraphic students are often very capable of drawing without issue - my ds is a fantastic artist - when he was young he could draw pictures that were so detailed and accurate they literally left adults with their mouths gaping open when they saw his work. Yet he couldn't write. The two things (drawing vs writing), while they rely on fine motor skills, are two very different processes (handwriting requires a development of automaticity that drawing freehand does not). While dysgraphia may have a component that is tied to fine motor vs visual, it is actually an issue with neurological wiring, i.e. how the brain communicates with either fine motor or visual processing.
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