Accommodations and Modifications for Students with
Handwriting Problems and/or Dysgraphia

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More information on Dysgraphia:

Books on Dysgraphia and Handwriting Problems

Richards, Regina G. The Writing Dilemma: Understanding Dysgraphia. RET Center Press, 1998. This booklet defines and outlines the stages of writing, the effects of different pencil grips on writing, and dysgraphia symptoms. Guidelines are provided to identify students with dysgraphia and specific helps and compensations are provided. Find it at amazon.com

Levine, Melvin. Educational Care: A System for Understanding and Helping Children with Learning Problems at Home and in School. Cambridge, MA: Educators Publishing Service, 1994. Concise, well organized descriptions of specific learning tasks, variations in the ways students process information, and concrete techniques that teachers and parents can use to bypass areas of difficulty. Find it at amazon.com

Olsen, Jan Z.Handwriting Without Tears. Find it at amazon.com.

Shannon, Molly, OTR/L Dysgraphia Defined: The Who, What, When, Where and Why of Dysgraphia - conference presentation, 10/10/98. web4246@charweb.org

Related articles:

When Writing's a Problem: A Description of Dysgraphia - by Regina Richards, a great starting place.

LD OnLine In Depth: Writing (Many articles about writing and learning disabilities)

Overview of Assistive Technology - 1998 - Marshall Raskind, Ph.D. and Eleanor Higgins, Ph.D. This article, while focusing primarily on secondary and adult assistive technology for people with learning disabilities, provides specific descriptions of different types of assistive technology, such as writing assistance software. It also describes the process of determining how to choose and use assistive technology devices.

Keyboarding Programs for Students with Special Needs - part of LD OnLine's listing of Assistive Technology Resources for Students with Learning Disabilities.

Making Technology Work in the Inclusive Classroom: A Spell-Checking Strategy for Students with Learning Disabilities - 1998 - Dr. Tamarah Ashton, Ph.D. This strategy helps the student with learning disabilities get the most out of spell checking software.

From Illegible to Understandable: How Word Prediction and Speech Synthesis Can Help - 1998 - Charles A. MacArthur, Ph.D. New software helps writers by predicting the word the student wants to type and reading what s/he has written. How, and how much, does this help with student writing and spelling?

Speech Recognition Software - Daniel J. Rozmiarek, University of Delaware, February 1998 - A review of the new continuous speech recognition software now available.

A Manual For Implementing Dragon Dictate - 1998 - John Lubert and Scott Campbell. A step-by-step manual for helping students with learning disabilities "train" Dragon Dictate to recognize their speech.

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