1st Edition
Parent’s Quick Start Guide to Dysgraphia
Parent’s Quick Start Guide to Dysgraphia provides parents and caregivers with an immediate overview of dysgraphia and steps they can take to support and encourage their child.
Each chapter is packed with detailed and helpful information, covering identification, strategies for improvement, advocating for your child, and maintaining your child’s self-esteem. Summary and resource sections at the end of each chapter give quick guidance to busy readers. Topics include a wealth of research-backed activities, strategies for improving penmanship, making writing fun, technological assistance, and more.
Offering straightforward, easy to understand, and evidence-based information, this book is a go-to resource for caregivers parenting a child with dysgraphia.
Introduction
1 Dysgraphia Explained
2 Assessing for Dysgraphia
3 Treating Dysgraphia
4 Strategies for Improving Spelling
5 Strategies for Improving Penmanship and Handwriting
6 Strategies for Improving Writing
7 Strategies for Making Writing Fun
8 Technology for Dysgraphia
9 Helping Teachers Understand and Accommodate for Dysgraphia
10 Dysgraphia: Your Child’s Self-Esteem and Mindset
Biography
James W. Forgan is Associate Professor of Special Education at Florida Atlantic University, USA, where he prepares teachers to educate children with dysgraphia and related disabilities.
Noelle Balsamo is an instructor and consultant specializing in teacher and parent education.
