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Great tips. I love the Dogman series because it shows kids folks with ADHD can do cool things too. Anytime we can work a special interest in, it is helpful
Maybe as we advance, today we are still at the basics.
Like, this is what I'm working with. He is in Special Edu, and this is the improvement. It's terrible, but we continue. Cursive helped me a bit, especially the fusion style you mention. I'm glad I've found this book. I have him write (and rewrite) a lot over the years, (this is not his best work at all) but I've pulled the ideas out my bum honestly. I'm glad this book has structure. We can do 15-20 mins, or a half a lesson, at a time so he doesn't get overwhelmed and he can feel empowered to write. He spelled generosity almost right the first go, and hearing him being proud of that was, so cool.
Block printing is a cool skill, I wish I could do it. It's the step you take after learning to write legibly, how to write beautifully. I'll be happy to get him in the lines lol thats truly a useful skill your father taught you :)
It's more important for me (for my son) to understand vocabulary because its a precursor for critical thinking and even emotional regulation. You can't talk about why youre mad, or how your feeling if you dont have the vocabulary to do so. I'm just sneaking writing and note taking skills into it vocabulary lessons. Root word understanding grant you access to the whole language. That is so important imo
You: I’ve pulled the ideas out my bum honestly.
Me, reading: This is intuitive genius. Seriously.
You've said your strategy essentially comes from listening/observing closely and winging it, but honestly what you're achieving just through keeping at it every way you can is amazing. Apart from not being more condensed (smaller, tighter) that handwriting is actually more legible than I've seen from more than a few adults, including the slight nod to the presence of lines. I am not exaggerating.
Your creativity and temerity are both inspiring. Your son is lucky to have you.
Oh, I recognize that 'script!' Just like my younger brother's when we were kids.
I like that you're getting sneaky with it. The thing with the comic book lettering or the architectural stuff is that it is all capitals. Is a good start for just getting the shapes down and the basics are of course squares.
My younger brother was an emergency C-section and he came out fully purple as the umbilical cord had wrapped around his neck and was choking him..
Ended up with impared development due to lack of oxygen and he was diagnosed on the Autism spectrum - used to be called Aspergers.. He would literally sit on a pillow on the floor and rock back and forth for hours and God save you if you touched him. He'd freak out. Too much stimulus. When he was still an infant, folks had to feed him by leaning him back and putting a small throw pillow on his belly and propping his bottle on that.
Touch was too much.
Dad taught him to write with the architectural lettering and he's now in his late 50's and has a beautiful script.
It takes time and it's just a matter of finding something the kid can latch on to and be excited by. Brother loved Star Trek and sci-fi in general so we ran with that.
Part of his adult education classes he was taking a few years ago involved writing a page of whatever he wanted.. So he wrote a short science fiction story - as he put it - more of a part of a chapter of a story he'd had in his head.. It was quite well written!
I told him he should keep at it once the class was over. Instead he decided to focus on cooking afterwards. Who'da thought?
He's a fantastic cook, eats better than I do - is all organic and whole foods. So funny how we all turned out.