This section contains further information regarding dysgraphia. It is divided into:
Dysgraphia Websites: For further information and resources
Further Reading: Downloadable PDFs
Dysgraphia Professional Development: Courses & Webinars
Talking to Students about Dysgraphia: Useful Books and Stories
Dysgraphia Websites
The buttons for each website link you directly to them.
Understood.org contains a lot of useful information for parents and teachers on how to understand and support children with dysgraphia. The button will take you to an introduction of what dysgraphia is.
Dysgraphia Life is a website that has information on dysgraphia and what strategies work. It also has additional information on webinars and further reading.
Dysgraphia: Further Reading
Click on the top right corner to download PDFs.
Dysgraphia: Professional Development
Dysgraphia Life has a series of webinar recordrings about dysgraphia. They are available for free. The button takes you directly to the webinar page.
Medbridge offers a short online course on dysgraphia. The first chapter is free to see if you are interested in the course. The course is offered by a qualified occupational therapist.
Talking to Students about Dysgraphia
Some suggetsed books to discuss Dysgraphia with students.
Writing Right is an illustrated children's book whose main character is Noah, a third grade boy with dysgraphia. Dysgraphia affects writing skills and can make learning very difficult. In this book, Noah learns to work through his struggles with dysgraphia through perseverance, help from his mom, computer resources, and occupational therapy.
When the snow starts to fall that means it is time for the end of the year annual thank you letter celebration on the farm. Cria, the llama, is having difficulty completing the celebration. Cria has dysgraphia, which can make writing a challenging task. In this story Cria discovers different ways that can help her write her own letter and become independent.
A little boy who loves storytelling but struggles with writing learns that it’s okay to make mistakes in this charming and encouraging picture book from the author of Mommy’s Khimar.