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Post by healthy11 on Jan 27, 2015 20:35:16 GMT -5
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Post by bros on Jan 27, 2015 21:41:08 GMT -5
A bit simplistic, but gets the point across. I was lucky enough at that age to get referred to literally the top pediatric neurologist in the area, who saw me on and off from 4-17, until I began having seizures again, and he had to stop seeing me, as he was the only doctor left in his practice.
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Post by healthy11 on Jan 27, 2015 22:37:23 GMT -5
I agree that the examples given in the preschool article were somewhat simplistic and not all-encompassing, but I wish my son had been identified at an earlier age, like you were, bros. It makes me wonder how much more could have been achieved if therapy was initiated when he was in preschool.
What seemed to "muddle" my son's dysgraphia identification as a young child was that he did have pretty good fine motor control, at least when it came to manipulating small items like Legos. He couldn't handle pencil-to-paper tasks very well, however. Since he showed dominant left-handedness, people generally dismissed his illegibility since he was "pushing" across the paper, and his writing difficulties weren't taken seriously until he was in middle school. Thankfully, keyboarding has minimized the need for him to do a lot of handwriting, and spellcheck has also been very helpful, but he still avoids composing lengthy passages, and often what he does generate doesn't seem as well organized as it should be, given that he's now an adult.
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Post by bros on Jan 27, 2015 23:45:27 GMT -5
I was identified as having motor skill issues at 2, started OT/PT at 2 1/2 or so, in preschool the local SD evaluated me (My parents didn't agree with the IQ in the 70s) and my parents found the amazing neurologist I saw, who diagnosed me with dysgraphia.
At 3 years old, testing by the county determined my motor skills/coordination were at an age equivalent of around 1 year, 2 months. However, my OT & PT ceased completely after second grade, leading to a complete regression of my motor skills & coordination, leading to permanent severe disability to this day. I can't even write my name legibly, let alone a sentence and I shudder to think of the pain a passage would induce (last time I had to write that much, pain radiated from my hand all the way up through my shoulder for the remainder of that day and part of the next).
Honestly, if I hadn't been identified at such an early age, someone would've been doing something horribly wrong - because micro-premies born when I was either didn't survive (Which was 85% of the time), or survived with severe disabilities. I'm on the more mild end of the severe disabilities, which is good.
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Post by healthy11 on Jan 28, 2015 0:13:11 GMT -5
bros, you obviously are a smart guy who serves as an encouraging example to parents of other micro-preemies! It certainly is good that computers and keyboarding have become commonplace, as the tools allow you to express yourself very well using them!
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Post by bros on Jan 28, 2015 7:43:09 GMT -5
bros, you obviously are a smart guy who serves as an encouraging example to parents of other micro-preemies! It certainly is good that computers and keyboarding have become commonplace, as the tools allow you to express yourself very well using them! Yeah, they started me keyboarding in 6th grade with the horrible Alphasmart 3000. Then in 7th & 8th grade, I was finally taught how to touchtype in computer class. 7th grade, I was even allowed to skip art and take a second marking period of computers because my parents pretty much yelled at the IEP team about how much pain I would be in until they relented and let me take it again. I pretty much acted as a teachers assistant for the computer teacher and helped out a fellow student with severe disabilities - he had to use a large print keyboard due to low vision, with big keys due to his slow movement/cerebral palsy. |
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Post by michellea on Jan 28, 2015 9:20:50 GMT -5
Don't beat yourself up, Healthy. My DS was identified at age 2 with fine motor deficits. He received public and private OT through 3rd grade. He still struggles immensely. Maybe his skill level is better than it would have been without the OT - (frightening to think), but his writing is pretty much illegible. He can compensate with a keyboard - but this does not help in math......
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Post by bros on Jan 28, 2015 12:08:42 GMT -5
Don't beat yourself up, Healthy. My DS was identified at age 2 with fine motor deficits. He received public and private OT through 3rd grade. He still struggles immensely. Maybe his skill level is better than it would have been without the OT - (frightening to think), but his writing is pretty much illegible. He can compensate with a keyboard - but this does not help in math...... There are SOME programs for writing math, but nothing that is very good. Most of the things I have tried were programmed in the early 2000s and never updated. |
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Post by michellea on Jan 28, 2015 14:36:37 GMT -5
Bros - we found the same regarding AT and math. We found some things, but they were cumbersome at best.
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Post by bros on Jan 28, 2015 14:49:02 GMT -5
Bros - we found the same regarding AT and math. We found some things, but they were cumbersome at best. That's what I found when I had an AT eval done in like 2010-2011. |
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Post by edvin54 on Aug 20, 2015 5:42:17 GMT -5
Thanks for this link dear! Pretty soon I am going to join a Phoenix preschool and this post will help me in finding if any kid is having learning attention issues and need extra care. It will be beneficial for the kids too! |
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Post by healthy11 on Aug 20, 2015 7:57:56 GMT -5
edvin, welcome to Millermom's forum. I always like to let new posters (and anyone else just perusing the site) that despite the name, we are a community not only of moms, but also of dads, as well as males and females who may not be parents but who either are impacted by learning issues themselves, and/or work with kids who have learning differences. That includes young adults, teachers and school psychologists, etc. Our members are primarily from the U.S., but there are some from Canada, the U.K., Australia, and elsewhere...Despite our different backgrounds, our common goal is to learn more, so that we can help kids who learn differently reach their full potentials!
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