Striking 4D (Part 3) --- Dysgraphia

Understanding the learning disabilities in our students will go a long way in helping them, as well as helping us in helping them. Having poor or no understanding about learning disabilities will certainly enable teachers to contribute to negative outcomes in our students' lives.

There is NO advantage in being ignorant.

Remember, your contribution to early detection will help your students MORE than the contribution of the specialist providing late intervention.

Late intervention will cost more. More monetarily, and more emotionally.

So, what exactly is dysgraphia?



The following video may be a little difficult to digest at first, but the final two points can help you to better understand how you can help a student with dysgraphia:



How do some forms of disabilty go undetected in schools? Watch the following video to see how gifted students compensate for their disabilities.



Finally, we need to motivate students who have struck 4D which success stories that can spur them towards making one of their own.



From my reserach into this topic of learning disabilities, I have begun to realise the complexity of detection and intervention towards these disabilities. Detection really requires one to sit down and read into the discrepency in student performance, or rather, their under-performance. Any such discrepancies can be viewed as due cause that warrants a thorough investigation into the possibility of learning disability. An educator well-informed of learning disabilities is more likely to be able to detect the gift and provide the necessary intervention. Therefore, it is hoped that you will join the ranks of well-informed educators with the viewing of this post.

I have not been able to surface more relevant videos concerning Dysgraphia from Youtube, hence I will provide some links for your reading pleasure below:

All you need to know about Dysgraphia

Dysgraphia for students

Striking 4D (Part 2) --- Dyscalculia

Understanding the learning disabilities in our students will go a long way in helping them, as well as helping us in helping them. Having poor or no understanding about learning disabilities will certainly enable teachers to contribute to negative outcomes in our students' lives.

There is NO advantage in being ignorant.

Remember, your contribution to early detection will help your students MORE than the contribution of the specialist providing late intervention.

Late intervention will cost more. More monetarily, and more emotionally.

So, what exactly is dyscalculia?





And if you are wondering how it might affect you if you had it? Watch the next few videos.









Indeed, after watching these videos, it is a mistake to call Dyscalculia a type of Maths Dyslexia. I am beginning to wonder if my students have a combination of both. Perhaps they have dyspraxia and dysgraphia too?!

However, if you are anything like me, understanding that our students may have learning disabilities help me to be more observant and patient with them. At least, now I do know what I should be looking out for. Do you agree?

Well, here are some successful (and famous) Dyscalculics:



Having explored Dyslexia and Dyscalculia, I wonder if I should discuss Dysgraphia or Dyspraxia next?

Stay tune for 2 more chances to strike 4D!

Striking 4D (Part 1) --- Dyslexia

Understanding the learning disabilities in our students will go a long way in helping them, as well as helping us in helping them. Having poor or no understanding about learning disabilities will certainly enable teachers to contribute to negative outcomes in our students' lives.

There is NO advantage in being ignorant.

Remember, your contribution to early detection will help your students MORE than the contribution of the specialist providing late intervention.

Late intervention will cost more. More monetarily, and more emotionally.

So, what exactly is dyslexia?









And you can motivate your student with dyslexia by showing them the following videos:





No one hopes to strike 4D when 'D' is for Disabilities.

In subsequent posts, I will be discussing Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia and Dyspraxia.

This post is dedicated to SH, AT, ES, MI and M. They are my brave students with the gift of dyslexia. It is my hope that they will learn to cope and excel in their lives!