Re: How to handle teachers - Chris and Cathy

[Guest guest]

Hi, Chris. Reading this, I was wondering,. . .How is 's

writing now? I know he is in college, and was wondering if that is

something he outgrew, or is still struggling. Or did OT help him get

past it?

I was also thinking, will schools allow typing in place of writing, if

the writing is an issue? I know in colleges they do a lot of computer

work, but was wondering if they can make the exception for kids with

writing issues, in public grades, like Micah.

Josh learned to type at a young age, using Mavis Beacon. It had games

you played that taught you key placement, etc. He thought it was

great fun, but it helped him get his typing skills down quickly.

He always had the other problem, with writing. . Being too neat.

Somehow he found ways to not let it make him too slow though.

BJ

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> > Micah brought his papers home today....he'd been collecting them

> since the

> > beginning of the school year. I finally asked, thinking the

> teachers had them,

> > but no....they were all crammed into his desk.

> >

> >

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[Guest guest]

Hi BJ, the occupational therapy really helped. His writing was

better and legible after it.

And wanted to add that the neurologist did prescribe OT for him and

helped insurance cover it. But an additional thought is if I had

needed to use some type " proof " for insurance purposes is that I

could show 's writing BEFORE his OCD began and then AFTER it

began, it was like a " lost skill " that he could have rehabilitation

on so that helped his insurance pay for OT. Some insurance won't pay

to, say, improve a skill but if a skill is " lost " will pay for

therapy.

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> Hi, Chris. Reading this, I was wondering,. . .How is 's

> writing now? I know he is in college, and was wondering if that is

> something he outgrew, or is still struggling. Or did OT help him

get

> past it?

>

[Guest guest]

That's great that it helped, Chris. Too bad you have to prove

something to get insurance to pay though. I feel they should just do

it, without making the situation harder.

BJ

> >

> > Hi, Chris. Reading this, I was wondering,. . .How is 's

> > writing now? I know he is in college, and was wondering if that is

> > something he outgrew, or is still struggling. Or did OT help him

> get

> > past it?

> >

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