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Diagnostic assessments for Dyslexia, Spelling, Reading, Writing & Maths Difficulties.
If you are concerned about your child's learning and want to find out the cause of the problem, Dr Karen Faulds EdD offers diagnostic assessments for dyslexia, spelling, reading, writing and maths difficulties, as well as help and advice.
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Writing letters and words helps children to remember spellings. If children struggle with the motor skills underpinning writing, remembering letters and words is hard, so it takes a great deal longer to learn and retain spellings.
Information about pencil grip development may help you to identify potential difficulties with writing and spelling early on. An inefficient pencil grip may also signal other potential motor problems, and early help will reduce difficulties going forward.
Stages of a developing pencil grip How a child holds a pencil is very important when it comes to letter formation and learning to write, as a functional pencil grip will lead to efficient, pain-free handwriting. The development of a child's pencil grip, however, is a gradual process that will develop as the child grows. Stages of a p...

HANDWRITING DIFFICULTIES
There are so many reasons why a child may struggle to write, each requiring a different remedy. They might struggle to remember the pattern of motor movements to form letters, struggle with layout and positioning due to visual processing problems, or struggle to hold the pencil efficiently for a variety of reasons. Handwriting difficulties are rarely remedied by more handwriting practice, and require specialist assessment to identify the root cause and design an effective intervention.
An independent occupational therapy assessment is often the best way forward in these circumstances.
https://www.theottoolbox.com/handwriting/
Activities to Improve Handwriting - The OT Toolbox Use these handwriting activities to help kids work on and imporve handwriting legibility with fun ways to work on letter formation, line use, and placement.
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CUED ARTICULATION - a low cost / high impact strategy
Some children struggle to hear and reproduce speech sounds, which will impact on their ability to map letters onto those fuzzy sound templates. A simple strategy like cued articulation, paired with presentations of letters, will help your child to keep up, and possibly reduce difficulties later on.
Multisensory strategies like these really grab and focus children’s attention. They provide helpful support and include visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile cues to make the learning process more efficient.
You can begin to use this type of support early on, the earlier the better, so that your child gets the help they need before they have begun to fall behind.

https://parenting.kars4kids.org/visual-processing-disorder-is-this-what-your-child-has/
Visual processing disorders are not picked up by ordinary eyesight tests, and are a major barrier to learning. Problems with reading, writing, spelling and maths linked to VPD require a different approach to difficulties linked to the more common sound-based processing differences. A full diagnostic assessment will provide a clear picture of your child's difficulties, as well as targets and useful teaching strategies and resources.
Visual Processing Disorder: Does Your Child Have VPD? Visual Processing Disorder (VPD) covers a variety of vision issues that have nothing to do with being near or farsighted. Does your child think that a square and a triangle look the same? Does she …
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Difficulties at school are sometimes linked to sensory processing problems which can mimic other disorders. A full diagnostic assessment will identify your child's strengths and weaknesses, and provide a clearer picture of their cognitive profile, so you can begin to get them the help they need to succeed.
[Self-Test] Sensory Processing Disorder in Children Sensory processing disorder makes it difficult for the brain to receive messages from the senses. It may manifest as meltdowns from sensory overload, or stimulation-seeking behavior, or confusion and clumsiness in everyday tasks. Could SPD be causing your child’s challenging behavior? Take this sy...

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