EMAILNOTICES>noPASSWORD>aaZxdFVpHRwhEWe have an IEP coming up for our 10 yo son on March 19, and I have asked that he be tested for some kind of writing disability because I didn’t know then that it is called dysgraphia. His writing problems are, in part, due to ADHD, but it’s far more than just not being able to sit down to write… it’s the writing itself and the PROCESS of writing, e.g. sequencing, lack of fine motor skills, etc.On the assessmant plan form I’m wondering if a written test is masked someplace in the general category of “Perceptual-Motor Skills”? Is the school required to give the TOWL, or do I have to go outside the school to have one done? My experience has been that the school will not offer up anything!Also, is dysgraphia an “accepted” LD within IDEA, and on down to the school level?
Re: TOWL, Dysgraphia, and IEP
: On the assessmant plan form I’m wondering if a written test is masked
: someplace in the general category of “Perceptual-Motor
: Skills”? Is the school required to give the TOWL, or do I
: have to go outside the school to have one done? My experience has
: been that the school will not offer up anything!You can specifically ask in writing for them to perform the TOWL. In the area of Perceptual-Motor Skills they are testing for a processing disorder. They need to use achievement tests to test for the specific disability.: Also, is dysgraphia an “accepted” LD within IDEA, and on
: down to the school level?It is referred to as a Written Expression Disorder.Helen
EMAILNOTICES>no: We have an IEP coming up for our 10 yo son on March 19, and I have
: asked that he be tested for some kind of writing disability
: because I didn’t know then that it is called dysgraphia. His
: writing problems are, in part, due to ADHD, but it’s far more than
: just not being able to sit down to write… it’s the writing
: itself and the PROCESS of writing, e.g. sequencing, lack of fine
: motor skills, etc.: On the assessmant plan form I’m wondering if a written test is masked
: someplace in the general category of “Perceptual-Motor
: Skills”? Is the school required to give the TOWL, or do I
: have to go outside the school to have one done? My experience has
: been that the school will not offer up anything!: Also, is dysgraphia an “accepted” LD within IDEA, and on
: down to the school level?>>Our son is also been diagnosed by a psychologist as having “conduct disorder” which is heightened by ADHD.