Article not the original one but another one re math handwriting

[Guest guest]

Obsessive

Compulsive

Disorder (OCD)

Definition

Diagnosis

Characteristics

Impact On Learning

Strategies

Online Resources

Books

Impact On Learning

OCD has a major impact on learning as can be seen by the following statistics:

48% of OCD students need remedial help

40% of OCD students are in special classes

7% of OCD students repeat a grade

© F. Leckman, M.D. & Barbara J. Coffey, M.D., 1994

Effects On Seven Areas Of Learning

Oral Expression

Inefficient communication

Trouble organizing narrative

Word retrieval problems

Circumlocution

Nonspecific word usage

Deficient verbal pragmatic strategies

Prosody - too fast or too slow

Failure to consider needs of listener

Difficulty expressing emotions appropriately

Listening Comprehension

Verbal inattention

Difficulty focusing on verbal detail

Difficulty focusing on prolonged listening activities

Fatigue and distractibility in highly verbal settings

Difficulty following directions

Need for repetition of verbal instructions

Auditory imperception

Auditory processing deficits

Problems detecting pragmatic language cues

Difficulty interpreting figurative language

Basic Reading Skills

Attentional problems

Impulsivity

Inattention to detail

Distractibility during reading activity

Impersistence

Poor self-monitoring

Delayed acquisition of decoding/sound blending skills

Tracking problems

Reading Comprehension

Impulsivity

Impersistence

Inattention to relevant details

Inefficient memory strategies

Sequential processing deficits

Difficulty with inferential comprehension

Difficulty comprehending lengthy passages

Written Expression

Language domain

Difficulty initiating ideas

Difficulty limiting topic

Disorganization and lack of planning

Poor self-monitoring - many careless errors

Inability to edit written production

Memory domain (Difficulty handling complex memory demands)

Poor recall and maintenance of ideas

Difficulty remembering appearance of letters/words

Difficulty making writing legible

Problems retrieving specific vocabulary words

Difficulty remembering mechanics (capitalization, punctuation, grammar)

Difficulty spelling correctly

Graphomotor/handwriting domain (90% have handwriting problems)

Poor fine motor skills

Handwriting not an integrated skill

Impulsivity - rapid, unplanned writing

Excessively slow writing

Impersistence when writing several paragraphs

This is a sample of the impact of OCD on handwriting. Note the rewritings and

enlarged period. Frequent erasures are common as are holes in the paper due to

obsessive erasing to make the writing look perfect. ( Teaching the Tiger, pg.

86)

Math Calculation

Poor mastery of math facts

Poor active working memory

Inattention to details

Impulsivity

Sequencing problems

Difficulty with multi-step calculation

Difficulty following instructions

Poor spatial utilization

Poor self-monitoring

Graphomotor impairment

Tics distract from attending to details

Perseverating on numbers and symbols

Math Reasoning

Difficulty handling abstract language

Inattention to relevant details

Sequencing processing deficits

Impaired executive functioning

Inefficient memory strategies

Tracking problems

Impulsivity

Impersistence

Unable to manipulate language

Motor tic interference

Stuck

Copyright, Marilyn P. Dornbush, Ph.D.,

Sheryl K. Pruitt, M.Ed., 1992

(Teaching the Tiger, pp. 67-102)

[Guest guest]

These statistics are very old, since they are dated 1994. I wonder if they are

still accurate today since there are better treatments now both medications and

ERP. Stormy

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Sent: Thu, June 16, 2011 3:26:55 PM

Subject: Article not the original one but another one re math

handwriting

OCD has a major impact on learning as can be seen by the following statistics:

48% of OCD students need remedial help

40% of OCD students are in special classes

7% of OCD students repeat a grade

© F. Leckman, M.D. & Barbara J. Coffey, M.D., 1994

[Guest guest]

Hmmm...that's interesting, can't say I agree with it all. Though also

has Aspergers so some of below fits him from that perspective and from

developmental problems (motor skills). Others on list don't fit at all.

I wonder if some of the things they list are because so many with OCD also have

2nd diagnoses (ADHD, TS, Aspergers, any LDs...)?

I can certainly see attention and distractibility fitting in with OCD as a

cause.

>

> Obsessive

> Compulsive

> Disorder (OCD)

>

> Definition

> Diagnosis

> Characteristics

> Impact On Learning

> Strategies

> Online Resources

> Books

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Impact On Learning

>

> OCD has a major impact on learning as can be seen by the following statistics:

>

> 48% of OCD students need remedial help

> 40% of OCD students are in special classes

> 7% of OCD students repeat a grade

> © F. Leckman, M.D. & Barbara J. Coffey, M.D., 1994

> Effects On Seven Areas Of Learning

>

> Oral Expression

>

[Guest guest]

That's an interesting list.

Our son is fortunate, I guess, since he is " hyper " organized with some things,

so it seems to work to his advantage with math, grammar, etc. Any of those

things where there are rules and organization.

Although, when his OCD was flaring, he did have difficulty staying focused, so

thinking the same as Stormy that maybe it doesn't apply to some who are being

treated with some success.

BJ

>

> Obsessive

> Compulsive

> Disorder (OCD)

>

> Definition

> Diagnosis

> Characteristics

> Impact On Learning

> Strategies

> Online Resources

> Books

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Impact On Learning

>

> OCD has a major impact on learning as can be seen by the following statistics:

>

> 48% of OCD students need remedial help

> 40% of OCD students are in special classes

> 7% of OCD students repeat a grade

> © F. Leckman, M.D. & Barbara J. Coffey, M.D., 1994

> Effects On Seven Areas Of Learning

>

> Oral Expression

>

> Inefficient communication

> Trouble organizing narrative

> Word retrieval problems

> Circumlocution

> Nonspecific word usage

> Deficient verbal pragmatic strategies

> Prosody - too fast or too slow

> Failure to consider needs of listener

> Difficulty expressing emotions appropriately

> Listening Comprehension

>

> Verbal inattention

> Difficulty focusing on verbal detail

> Difficulty focusing on prolonged listening activities

> Fatigue and distractibility in highly verbal settings

> Difficulty following directions

> Need for repetition of verbal instructions

> Auditory imperception

> Auditory processing deficits

> Problems detecting pragmatic language cues

> Difficulty interpreting figurative language

> Basic Reading Skills

>

> Attentional problems

> Impulsivity

> Inattention to detail

> Distractibility during reading activity

> Impersistence

> Poor self-monitoring

> Delayed acquisition of decoding/sound blending skills

> Tracking problems

> Reading Comprehension

>

> Impulsivity

> Impersistence

> Inattention to relevant details

> Inefficient memory strategies

> Sequential processing deficits

> Difficulty with inferential comprehension

> Difficulty comprehending lengthy passages

> Written Expression

>

> Language domain

> Difficulty initiating ideas

> Difficulty limiting topic

> Disorganization and lack of planning

> Poor self-monitoring - many careless errors

> Inability to edit written production

> Memory domain (Difficulty handling complex memory demands)

> Poor recall and maintenance of ideas

> Difficulty remembering appearance of letters/words

> Difficulty making writing legible

> Problems retrieving specific vocabulary words

> Difficulty remembering mechanics (capitalization, punctuation, grammar)

> Difficulty spelling correctly

> Graphomotor/handwriting domain (90% have handwriting problems)

> Poor fine motor skills

> Handwriting not an integrated skill

> Impulsivity - rapid, unplanned writing

> Excessively slow writing

> Impersistence when writing several paragraphs

>

> This is a sample of the impact of OCD on handwriting. Note the rewritings and

enlarged period. Frequent erasures are common as are holes in the paper due to

obsessive erasing to make the writing look perfect. ( Teaching the Tiger, pg.

86)

>

> Math Calculation

>

> Poor mastery of math facts

> Poor active working memory

> Inattention to details

> Impulsivity

> Sequencing problems

> Difficulty with multi-step calculation

> Difficulty following instructions

> Poor spatial utilization

> Poor self-monitoring

> Graphomotor impairment

> Tics distract from attending to details

> Perseverating on numbers and symbols

> Math Reasoning

>

> Difficulty handling abstract language

> Inattention to relevant details

> Sequencing processing deficits

> Impaired executive functioning

> Inefficient memory strategies

> Tracking problems

> Impulsivity

> Impersistence

> Unable to manipulate language

> Motor tic interference

> Stuck

> Copyright, Marilyn P. Dornbush, Ph.D.,

> Sheryl K. Pruitt, M.Ed., 1992

> (Teaching the Tiger, pp. 67-102)

>

[Guest guest]

Actually, my dd pointed out to me that all those statistics applied to her at

one time. It was just not due to the OCD so much as her comorbid disorders. So,

I think it is a matter of how severe the illnesses are at the time. My dd wasn't

able to do school work AT ALL when she was severely ill and she is normally an

excellent student. Stormy

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Sent: Sat, June 18, 2011 2:32:16 AM

Subject: Re: Article not the original one but another one re

math handwriting

Although, when his OCD was flaring, he did have difficulty staying focused, so

thinking the same as Stormy that maybe it doesn't apply to some who are being

treated with some success.

BJ

> OCD has a major impact on learning as can be seen by the following statistics:

>

> 48% of OCD students need remedial help

> 40% of OCD students are in special classes

> 7% of OCD students repeat a grade

> © F. Leckman, M.D. & Barbara J. Coffey, M.D., 1994