DS has been diagnosed as dyspraxic, what can I do to help him?

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it wasnt a surprise tbh. and I was relieved that we were able to identify it early on (he is not quite seven)

anyway, Im looking at things we can do to help. we are putting together a fiddle box and Im looking at special pens etc specifically these is there anything else I can get/do? and should I tell him?

its lis sie/oracle btw.

I am off on the school run in a second so its a quick one.

This website is good if you havent seen it already

Will be back later.

and this book which we borrowed from our local resources library

thank you, will take a good shufty. dh emailed our local society last night, and Ive downloaded a couple of books onto my kindle.

I have this in my basket, any good?

THat book is great. Not tried the pens. We have this and this and these which we got in a pack of 3 from Ryman.

Have they recommended that the school get a wobble cushion for him? I got one from TK Maxx for him - both the round one and the wedge one.

DS is 7 in June. We got the dx for dyspraxia back last March. We told him then. It helped him to understand that he wasn't being "lazy", "naughty" or whatever had been said. It is his diagnosis - it's just up to you when you want to tell him. I got this from the library to tell him with. He was pleased to know.

those pens are great, thank you. his teacher is sorting out a slope for him to use, and I am getting a whiteboard today.

should I tell him about the diagnosis? I mean, I dont want him to feel like he is different....

xpost, thank you! will add that to basket now. he has a lovely best friend who helps him a lot, and his teacher is wonderful.

Is he getting occupational therapy? A peanut gym ball is good to get for home as it is more stable than the round ones. Activities where he uses both sides of his body are good - like trampolining and riding.

IndigoBell's site is very good at splitting up the areas that he might have difficulty with.

We have this toothbrush.

We got a Tripp Trapp chair so that he could have his feet stable at the table.

Sorry, for the multiple posts. I probably have more to come. It's all stuff that has been recommended on here by other posters to me and has been great.

Oh, a ruler with a grip for him to hold onto (our one is red from Ryman) and scissors like these that we got from our local disability shop.

An awful lot of 'alternative therapies' are very successful.

When you've got your head together / money / time / energy / patience, you might want to investigate some of them:

Tinsley House
Dore
INPP
Sunflower
Sound Learning Centre

etc, etc, etc. There are lots of them. But they all have a similar theme.

Tinsley House and Sound Learning Centre have made an enormous difference to my DSs dyspraxia.