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Dysgraphia and Writing Problems

Link Between Directionality and Handwriting

Spatial directionality—the awareness of left/right, up/down, and forward/backward in space—is a crucial underpinning of fluent, legible handwriting. When children struggle with directional concepts, several handwriting features can suffer.

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Apr 20, 2025Sue du Plessis
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How to Identify Handwriting Problems

Identifying handwriting problems can help improve writing skills, especially for students or anyone struggling with legibility, speed, or comfort. Here’s a breakdown of how to identify handwriting issues and what to look for.

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Apr 16, 2025Sue du Plessis
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Why Handwriting Matters in a Digital World

Handwriting matters more than most people realize—for both practical and cognitive reasons. Here's why it still holds value, even in a digital world.

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Apr 16, 2025Sue du Plessis
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Dysgraphia Symptoms, Types, Causes, Treatment

Learn more about dysgraphia: What is dysgraphia? How common is this learning disorder? What are the symptoms and warning signs in early writers, young students, teenagers and adults? What are the causes and best treatment?

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Aug 28, 2024Sue du Plessis
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5 Dysgraphia Success Stories

Most dysgraphia success stories in the press are of famous people who have been successful despite dysgraphia. Our students aren’t renowned. They are ordinary people who overcame or are in the process of overcoming dysgraphia symptoms like severe spelling and handwriting difficulties.

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Jul 17, 2023The Edublox Team
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Dysgraphia and Writing Problems

Handwriting Curriculum for Dysgraphia

This comprehensive handwriting curriculum for dysgraphia treats the causes: deficits in visual perception, visual memory, motor skills, sensory-motor integration.

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Jul 17, 2023Sue du Plessis
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18 Gross Motor Activities to Improve Handwriting

Having good gross motor skills can enable a child to excel at sports. But this is only part of the benefit! Developing a child’s gross motor skills can do so much more than that – they can influence their ability to write well and even concentrate in the classroom.

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Apr 6, 2023Sue du Plessis
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How to Improve Fine Motor Skills for Better Handwriting

Failure to attain handwriting competency often adversely affects academic success. Poor fine motor skills contribute to poor penmanship, but can be improved.

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Apr 3, 2023Sue du Plessis
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Top 5 Reasons Why Handwriting Matters

As laptops and tablets become more commonly used as writing tools, many are ready to leave the skill of handwriting behind. A growing body of research, however, is leading psychologists and neuroscientists to emphasize the importance of teaching handwriting.

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Mar 13, 2023Sue du Plessis
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Handwriting and Cognitive Skills

Handwriting difficulties affect between 10 and 30% of children. Research shows that handwriting deficits do not resolve without intervention. Research also shows that improving cognitive skills should be part of every child's handwriting treatment plan.

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Mar 12, 2023Sue du Plessis
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Tactile-Kinesthetic (Haptic) Perception and Learning Disabilities

Tactile and kinesthetic perceptions usually go hand in hand; together, they are called haptic. Tactile perception refers to the sense of touch, while kinesthetic perception deals with the sense of body movements and muscle feelings.

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Feb 26, 2023Sue du Plessis
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10 Types of Learning Disabilities and How to Help

This article discusses ten types of learning disabilities and how to help: dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia, language processing disorder, visual processing disorder, auditory processing disorder, ADHD, autism, and nonverbal learning disability.

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Dec 26, 2022Sue du Plessis