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Dyspraxia

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Date Posted: 06:02:34 01/21/13 Mon

Has anyone come across a similar set of strengths and weaknesses to this? I think this is showing mild dyspraxic tendancy. Would love to hear comments if anyone has any. Thanks.
T is a child of 13 who has possible slight dyspraxia. This was noted very early on in his school life and although he has compensated well for his difficulties, I would agree with the early tentative diagnosis given. His intelligence and other physical circumstances in his life have negated the need for a formal diagnosis and assessment.
His gross and fine motor skills are most affected with him still having very poor handwriting. This problem was compounded by an early teacher who did not realise he was left handed and he did not finally �choose� his left hand for writing until very late at age 6. This �lost� him vital months doing early writing practice at school and I think has compounded his struggles with writing. His fine skills have always been poor with colouring in, painting, fine beads etc being a huge task and always well below average for his year.
He does however play the piano, although I think he would struggle with an instrument that needed more co-ordination to make a sound from (eg flute or violin). He likes piano because it makes a sound with no effort and he can concentrate on playing the notes in the right order rather than also having to deal with multi tasking, making his body work hard as well as the brain to get the notes played correctly. He has never learnt how to ride a bike and has never been proficient at PE at school. Some of this is due to physical difficulties but I am convinced that some of it is dyspraxia related.

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