HOW TO USE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES TO HELP YOUR CHILD IMPROVE:

Writing

Writing skills are essential for success at school, in many vocations, and particularly in higher education. It is common to find children who experience difficulties with legibility of print (poor handwriting), display slowness in copying or taking notes, or make frequent spelling errors. Other children may have problems in expressing their verbal ideas effectively through written language or difficulties in organizing their thoughts on paper. These children may have fine-motor difficulties, organizational problems, a low tolerance for frustration, limited working-memory skills, and problems in sustaining attention and effort to tasks. 

Common indications of difficulties with written language include:

• Handwriting difficulties:  illegibility, slow production of written assignments
• Limited content and vocabulary in writing
• Good ideas, but poorly organized written assignments

Further information regarding children with written language difficulties can be found in links on the  LearningWorks for Kids website sections on Organization, Working Memory, and Resources. Digital technologies can be used to support, practice, and enhance written language skills. Parents are encouraged to utilize children’s other strengths and intelligence to assist them with their difficulties in written language. Digital technologies used in conjunction with parent, teacher, and peer mediation/involvement are helpful with the preceding list.