Thanks Aeh. I was really hoping the glasses would fix the writing problem so I have not followed up on the opto. eval. He goes in next month and we can request it at that time. I found out that our insurance does not cover OT for children and we have to go through the school. I don't think the school will do anything because he is not behind academically. I went through this with DS 10 and had him privately tested for writing issues. It was expensive so I am not sure if I want to do this again. DS just turned 7 so I don't know if that is considered young for a first grader or just average. He acts younger for his age though. His counselor sees his hyper activity and short attention span in their sessions so probably thinks his writing is related to that. DS gets bored very easily when not engaged, then disengages and often gets in trouble because he is off doing something else. We see this a lot in team sports for him but luckily not this year at school. I will try the HWOT. So far the teacher sends home letters to write on paper over and over again. He really does not like it and rushes through it making the same errors. He does not write letters backwards but not the correct sequence when forming the letters. He has trouble with capitals and punctuation. He can't remember to do it. He hates writing, coloring and drawing.
