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Subject: Son was right handed now is left handed

Author:
Chell

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Date Posted: 16:51:19 09/30/11 Fri

My 9 yr old has always written with his right hand. However he has struggled with it. He did not learn to read till middle of 2 nd grade. He now reads much better. He recently broke his right wrist. So we encouraged him to write with his left hand. It turns out that he really seems to be left handed. He draws better with his left hand too. I think that his writing and spelling will improve over time. Has anyone ever dealt with this kind of issue? Could he be dyslexic? I am looking a new writing curriculum for him to help him with this new skill. His spelling words were getting better. Then he got the cast off and went back to writing with his right hand and did horribly on his spelling test. So I have told him that for at least awhile I want him to stick to using the left. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Oh and he has 2 older siblings (11 and 12 yrs) who read and write just fine and a younger sibling (7yrs) who surpasses him in reading and spelling and another younger sibling(6 yrs) who also writes better, but is not reading yet. I am just not even sure what direction to go at this point. I have always just tried to help him as best I could, but with the break through of him using his left hand I am wondering if there is more I can do to help him. Thanks for any advice.

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Son was right handed now is left handed	Darwin Jensen	21:04:13 09/30/11 Fri

Re: Son was right handed now is left handed	Sharon B.	20:00:32 12/30/11 Fri