Typing saved the day for our son, too. I once described his situation as having a huge bottleneck of information at the tip of his pencil.
In preparing to write, he'd talk a mile a minute about the topic, with wonderful detail, examples -- everything. But when he started scratching the pencil on paper, he'd end up with, "See Spot run."
In third grade, when we switched to typing for all writing assignments at home, he really opened up and his ideas and personality finally made it to the page. For whatever reason, the work at home also helped him improve his handwritten work at school.
Now in 6th grade, his typing speed has improved considerably and his writing has blossomed. Still working on the penmanship -- but we'll take what we can get.
