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Question and Answers that may help:
Q: My daughter is left handed and developmentally disabled, we are concerned about
her ability to write in the future. She shows no interest in writing holds her crayons
in the palm of her hand. She will fight when her hand is touched to change to the
correct position and she does not like hand over hand...any suggestions?
A: Instead of concentrating on handwriting concentrate on the movements required
to do handwriting. Look for fun activities that will require the same type of movements.
Activities that require the pincer grasp: model squeezing water from a sponge or
toy, play dough or clay make pots by pinching the sides. Any opportunity you can
use to demonstrate the correct movement is the best time to encourage handwriting.
Once the movement is attainable then you can encourage holding a crayon or pencil.
From Kelly, Montgomery NY
Q: My children are typically developing except for one. We always feel guilty one
way or the other, either we spend too much time with our disabled child and neglect
the others or we feel we aren't doing enough because we help our other children
out. Could we be doing more for our disabled child? We have tried doing academic
work at home but we are constantly battling more ADL skills, should we focus more
on her academics at home (this takes a lot of time and can become frustrating when
constantly interrupted)?
A:Unfortunately with having a child with a disability there is always an inherent
amount of guilt. Your use of you time is best spent encouraging your child to do
the best they can. Opportunities will always present themselves to encourage learning
of academics, don't get to upset if they are not always the way you expect them
to go. They best thing in to concentrate on getting your child to be happy and as
independent as possible. Kelly Montgomery NY
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