Professional Resources
Do you have a student(s) with dysgraphia?
Help your students overcome the social-emotional trauma associated with handwriting problems.
Symptoms of Dysgraphia
- Avoid handwriting
- Awkward pencil grasp
- Awkward letter appearance
- Breaks pencils often
- Difficulty managing margins
- Hand cramps or pain
- Intensely watching his/her hand when writing
- Pencil pressure is too light
- Poor fine motor skills
- Unorganized paragraphs
- Unusual hand or paper position
- Written Expression does not meet expectations
What is written expression?
Comprehending handwriting deficits begins by understanding what topics are included in writing.
According to the DSM-5 is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders, written expression includes:
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Grammar
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Punctuation
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Capitalization
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Sentence structure
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Paragraph organization
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Clarity
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Additional letters
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Omission of letters
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Vowel or consonant substitutions
Dysgraphia is a delay in written expression
Key Characteristics of a written expression delay are illegible handwriting and a slower speed than their peers.
How can you help your students?
- Arm yourself with best-practice interventions
- Collaborate with all disciplines in your building
- Know the signs to look for when a student needs an evaluation
- Join a community of Word Changers
- Engage in professional development programs
Free Resources
Body Sentence Alphabet
The Body Sentence Alphabet is a visual, auditory, and kinesthetic (movement) alphabet to improve spelling and vocabulary.
Virtual Dysgraphia Coffee Chat
The Writing Glitch Office Hours are Monday – Tuesday-Wednesday. Check times inside the Community.
The Writing Glitch Podcast
Listen to The Writing Glitch on your favorite podcast app.
The Writing Glitch Community
The Writing Glitch Community contains bonus materials, courses, masterclasses, and a community of professionals supporting one another.
Other Resources
Book Cheri to Speak
Need a topic for your next faculty meeting or PD day? Click to learn more.
Get Certified - Dotterer Dysgraphia Method
Certification is a year-long process. It contains several courses, a mastermind, masterclasses, and a practicum.
Handwriting Brain-Body DisConnect
Get a signed copy of Cheri’s book (US only)
Defeat the frustration of handwriting avoidance. Build confidence and competence in your understanding of dysgraphia. Be the dysgraphia authority in your school.
Masterclass Series
Learn more about our dysgraphia masterclasses.
Additional Resources
The longer writing is a challenge, the longer it will take to remediate it.
Proactive action is essential to supporting students with handwriting problems.
Practice is the other essential.
Keyboarding is important.
A keyboard will never replace handwriting.
Mission
Our mission is to help teachers, therapists, and parents raise the next generation of leaders by hacking barriers to writing success (dysgraphia).
About
At Dotterer Educational Consulting, we know that the physical and emotional cost of education is holding back our future leaders because students have difficulty accessing their way to learn. We design professional development tools that help ALL students, including 1/3 of the population with writing challenges, engage in learning to become the leaders they were meant to be.
Key Characteristics
Clarity: We believe that narrowing the gap between strengths and weaknesses can occur in the whole classroom setting through collaboration and awareness by taking risks and experimenting with emerging best practices. Being passionate about teaching is not limited to one profession. Everyone has something to share, even the students.
Community: We believe that encouraging the heart is created through community and builds students’ social-emotional learning across their lifespan. Let’s celebrate the smallest of victories and nurture gratitude.
Competency: We believe that self-development is both professional and personal and is a lifelong process. We need to unleash the servant kings and queens in ourselves and our students by tapping into every student’s learning behaviors.
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