I was wondering if anyone had experience of using a psychomotricienne in France?
DS is 6.5 and in CP. I would say he is a very normal little boy, has lots of friends, plays team and individual sports and is full of imagination. He's a sociable little boy, if a bit scatterbrained. We speak English in the house, but he goes to the village school where he is the only bilingual child. He had a bit of soutien in GS to help with pronunciation before starting to read but this is now sorted. He's also had some slight maths problems, but nothing too serious.
So this year they have started writing in earnest and his cursive is appalling. For me, it is probably connected to his lack of concentration in things he is not interested in and it is certainly something we have to address (my writing was also problematic and maths not always straightforward for me but it all worked out in the end). So he, along with a good few others, have been having special classes in writing from another teacher. Last week, the directrice, who is also his class teacher suggested we take him to a psychomotrienne for an interview, so we did. As I said he is a bit scatterbrained, not one for sitting still and can wear his clothes inside out without noticing, which apparently are all markers for not being able to organize your personal space. I would add that we are very happy with the school, the staff is wonderful and my son and daughter love going to school.
It's not an area I know much about. The advice I hear (from my teacher friends in the international system) is some kids, especially boys, take a bit longer to sit still and reach these milestones and he is displaying behavior typical of many 6 year old boys, don't worry about testing until he is seven. But of course, he is in CP in the French system and if they can't understand his writing, he basically can't express himself.
So, I wasn't much impressed by the pscychmotricienne - who kept us watiting for an hour and then said she didn't notice the time which doesn't bode well for someone who is meant to help my son organize himself. While the theory sounds fine, my instinct is that he needs to practice his handwriting for another term before putting him into a type of therapy.
Does anyone have any experience of using this kind of therapy or had similar handwriting problems in CP and can offer some advice? Thanks!
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usuallydormant · 16/12/2013 07:27
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