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[senco-forum] Reversals getting worse

Su Summers su at linaria.co.uk
Mon Jul 3 21:02:39 BST 2006

Article: [senco-forum] Reversals getting worse

Dear All

I wonder is there is anyone out there who could give ideas for 
helping a reception child in my language unit who has dyspraxia and 
expressive language disorder. He came to us after a term in reception 
from another school, held his pencil in a fist grip and was writing 
his name with letters formed any old how, and with the /s/ and 
occasionally the /h/ and /a/ reversed. He is quite bright, but has no 
sense of space, but responded well to being talked through letters 
and numbers so that he was beginning to get them the right way round. 
However, suddenly he is reversing nearly all his numbers and lots of 
letters and it doesn't now help him to have it demonstrated, talked 
through, etc. We are at a bit of a loss...

Any ideas gratefully received.

Thanks

Su




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