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Dysgraphia & Boys
What It Takes to Write
Helping Students with
Dysgraphia
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Dysgraphia Examples
Students may have trouble writing from the standpoint of
language (linguistic dysgraphia), sensory-motor
coordination, or memory. Impaired auditory and or visual
processing may also contribute to writing errors because
of problems accurately hearing or seeing words or their
word parts.
In many cases, dysgraphia has several components, so it
may be helpful to have the help of a specialist to
determine how to prioritize a learning plan or extra
help from a tutor or therapist.
The writing sample below shows a capitalization error,
and mistakes due to impaired letter and word recall.
The letter "s" was initially drawn as an "n". This
student had dyslexic dysgraphia - and there was a
dramatic difference in grammatical mistakes depending on
whether his answers were handwritten or typed.
The sounds from misspelled words are phonetic - it's
just that the student can't easily retrieve the letter
clusters that need to be learned by sight.
In the figure below, a young child with sensory-motor
coordination struggled with the proper formation of
letters. Look at the shaky quality of the lines
(unstable pencil grip) and irregularly sized letters.
In the sample below, a child's writing mistakes showed
that he has having a hard time discriminating between
similar sounds. "I thought I could climb the mountain,"
became "I thoot i crod clam the matin."
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