Difficulty coordinating what is seen with doing.
| Symptoms | Strategies |
|---|---|
| Poor eye-hand coordination: poor handwriting, difficulty with such activities as cutting, sewing, drawing, and copying. May use printing instead of cursive writing. | – Use clay or playdough to develop muscle skills. – Use appropriate lined paper. – Skip a line when writing compositions; allows for erasures and is easier to read. – Provide a variety of writing requirements: multiple choice, matching, oral quizzes, as well as essays. – On written test, may need more time, or an oral test can be an alternative. |
| Inaccurate copy. | – Use computers to compensate for weakness. – Modified testing procedures may be needed. |