Dysgraphia:
Inability to write clearly.
Inability to write clearly.
Dysgraphia is the name given to the learning difficulty that means a person struggles with physically writing words.
Like dyslexia and dyscalculia, it can be a result of a product of thought and a special way of reacting to confusion. The Davis programme successfully overcomes this learning difficulties because it uses the dysgraphic person’s natural ability and thinking style in a new way.
Like dyslexia and dyscalculia, it can be a result of a product of thought and a special way of reacting to confusion. The Davis programme successfully overcomes this learning difficulties because it uses the dysgraphic person’s natural ability and thinking style in a new way.
What is the dysgraphics natural way of thinking?
The ability to think primarily in pictures
The ability to alter their senses (perception)
A lower than normal threshold for confusion
How does it cause difficulties with Writing?
A natural picture thinker can easily end up with multiple pictures of how to write. The combination of these multiple pictures leaves the picture thinker unable to accurately produce one form resulting in untidy and inconsistent letter formation accompanied by extreme tension in pen grip. Confusion with any of the lines, shapes or movements need to draw letters will mean that inaccurate information will be learned. It may be that their natural perception is not accurate and they are dyspraxic too.
The ability to think primarily in pictures
The ability to alter their senses (perception)
A lower than normal threshold for confusion
How does it cause difficulties with Writing?
A natural picture thinker can easily end up with multiple pictures of how to write. The combination of these multiple pictures leaves the picture thinker unable to accurately produce one form resulting in untidy and inconsistent letter formation accompanied by extreme tension in pen grip. Confusion with any of the lines, shapes or movements need to draw letters will mean that inaccurate information will be learned. It may be that their natural perception is not accurate and they are dyspraxic too.
The Davis programme can not help if the cause is brain damage (prevents accurate and controlled muscle movement), physical deformity or illness (eg. damaged hand, Multiple Sclerosis), intentionally bad handwriting (this may not be conscious but is used to hide poor spelling or grammar), or inadequate teaching (lessons in handwriting as a child may have been missed or not effective). Help addressing spelling, grammar issues and getting appropriate handwriting instruction is best sought elsewhere.