How can I help my 10yo adhd innatentive son, with time mangment skills, and improve his handwriting.
Iv tried a task list, rewards, getting things ready the night before.
He struggles putting thought to paper, or into words. You see the cogs turning but nothing comes from it. He struggles to finish any work at school.
His handwriting is so bad. Some days unreadable. No form or structure. Little letters look big, big ones small. Even with lines on the paper, he cant write in a strait line, and words begin to float. Sometimes letters overlap, no spaces between words. No commer or full stops.
His eye sight is almost perfect. I did bring up dyslexia as I am too but peads don't agree. His handwriting is at around a 2nd grade level. He's bright, and quite smart. He's very observant and can see details most people miss. He can read, just below grade level but nothing to be overly worried about. It's more he reads slow, not that he struggles with the words.
Any ideas on how to help him improve. We sit and do handwriting every day after school, with no improvement. Some days I feel it's getting worse.
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This is why adhd kids are medicated for school. They just need their brains to give them a break so that they can think in an orderly way, and learn.
He's medicated, on trial ATM. Currently on dex
Occupational therapy.
Is he flexible? Do his hands need strengthening? Grasping stress balls or rock climbing would help.
His dinger grip is too tight but his wrists are sloppy if that makes sense. Teacher gave him finger grips for all his pencils to help lose his grip. His fingertips turn white
So it sounds like he compensated for control. That maybe sorted with some simple strengthening exercises
Take out the stress of trying to think of sentences to form a story or even a coherent sentence, then hold them in his head, recall them and stay focused on the task, while concentrating on grip, lines, letter formation, punctuation, staying at his desk. One thing at a time.
Try using a voice to text tool online to record his thoughts. He can then punctuate it if that’s the skill you want to focus on. Or he can then copy it out in his own handwriting. So he can check back one word or even one letter at a time.