Practical Tips for explaining dyspraxia to people in positions of authority

Hi again,

One tip that we found very useful was to produce our own information pack to give to people in positions of authority who knew nothing about dyspraxia - but who had a big impact on parts of Anthony's week.

So I'm including:-

• Class Teachers
• Head Teachers / Principals
• Music teachers
• Employers
• Sports coaches
• Scout / Guides leaders
• Especially family and close friends who might be "baby-sitting"

Now I'm not talking a major dossier - or 'War and Peace' here.

Just a couple of concise pages of information you can put together yourself.

For Anthony we used

• his educational psychology report
• a letter from prevous teacher ... and employers (when he was older)
• a definition of dyspraxia, its symptoms, what was behind the symptoms .. and tactics (mostly encouragement) that worked best with Anthony.

Also there are some great tips on the major dyspraxia organisation websites for :-

TEACHERS


http://www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/services/gu_teachers.php

and


EMPLOYERS

http://www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/services/ad_employers.php

It worked for us and Anthony .. so hope it will help you too.

Please post your comments below.

Thanks

Des