To say my son’s handwriting was bad is to put it mildly.  It was (to borrow from Judith Viorst), “Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad” handwriting — which breaks my heart to say, because he tried so very hard.  It’s as if his hands just didn’t work right.  We tried everything to help him:  We bought handwriting workbooks.  We tried copy work.   We quickly gave up on dictation.  It seemed that everything we tried only added to Jake’s frustration, and the more we practiced the worse it got.  We couldn’t understand – why was this so difficult? 

 For years I kept thinking things like, “At least it can’t get any worse!” or “He’s just a boy and all boys have bad handwriting, right?” or “There’s always typing!”  It was such a source of frustration that we had all but given up.  And then we found LGS. (Little Giant Steps Neuro-Educational Program)

Eventually, Jan would teach us about mixed dominance and its effect upon motor control.  We began doing the prescribed exercises, and Jake began to make steady improvement in all areas. We were so hopeful!  But something still wasn’t quite right; after about a year, Jan noticed Jake was regressing. Thanks to her experience, she recognized the cause immediately:  Despite what we all thought (Jake included), he wasn’t right handed after all — he was a lefty!

 It has taken us two years and a lot of work, but he is making amazing progress!  We just started cursive this week.  He’s gone from hating handwriting to enjoying it:  No more complaining when I pull out the handwriting sheet, no more tears and frustration.  Thank you, LGS!

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