My DD is 7 and in yr3. I've suspected since she was a toddler that she's mildly dyspraxic. Both her fine and gross motor skills have always been behind those of her peers, never to the extent that it's been flagged up as a serious issue, but teachers and nursery staff have passed comment occasionally.
Her fine motor skills have improved a lot in the past couple of years, her hand writing is okay, she'll never win any awards for neatness but it's legible and she can now draw as well as needs to be able to for school. However she still can't ride a bike, can barely throw and catch a ball, can't tie shoelaces, runs like Phobe from Friends and struggles to use a knife and fork together. When the loom band craze hit she got very frustrated because she couldn't make even a simple bracelet despite me going through it with her over and over again.
She obviously (to me) has a problem, but other than the occasional bit of frustration over things like loom bands it really doesn't bother her or impact on her life much. She's academically bright, musically quite gifted and despite not being sporty in any way she loves things like swimming, soft play and nature rambles so she's not unfit.
My gut feeling is that she's perfectly happy as she is and I should just leave her alone, rather than try to get her assessed and draw attention to the things she struggles with. However I do sometimes wonder if I'm being a bit head in the sand and if I don't do something now she might resent me later on for ignoring her motor skills problem.
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Is it worth getting my DD assessed for dyspraxia?
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R0nJ0n · 06/10/2015 10:23
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