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Articles
Author - Margaret J. Kay, EdD
Summary - The term dysgraphia has been
applied to a set of developmental disorders in the expression of written
language. Dyslexia is one of these, but there are other types too, which
are more likely to affect children with NLD. This article is an excellent
description of dysgraphia, including the brain mechanisms that underlie
the writing process; assessment of written language disorders, and
intervention strategies.
Size - 21K, approx. 10 pages
All Kinds of Minds, a non-profit institute for the understanding
of differences in learning, have created the following excellent series of
articles. Each identifies specific writing skills that students are expected
to possess, obstacles encountered by many students, including those with
NLD, and helpful strategies to develop and strengthen these skills.
Summary - Strategies for difficulties in graphomotor, language,
and memory skills that may interfere with a student's ability to write
legibly and comfortably, type on a keyboard, or copy notes from a board.
Size - 2K, approx. 2 pages
Summary - Strategies for difficulties in attention or
concentration abilities, self-monitoring, creativity, temporal-sequential
ordering, and higher order cognition that may interfere with a student's
ability to generate, organize and communicate ideas.
Size - 2K, approx. 2 pages
Summary - Strategies for difficulties in language abilities
and higher order cognition that may interfere with a student's ability to
take the perspective of a reader, accept constructive criticism, and
revise or edit his/her own work.
Size - 2K, approx. 2 pages
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