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On this page of CSM Clinic in Kyiv you will find information about dysgraphia, a writing disorder. Our specialists perform detailed diagnostics and offer correction methods, including individual sessions with a speech therapist and special exercises to improve children's writing skills.
Human abilities are boundless by nature; they can captivate and amaze. But sometimes we encounter unusual situations in which abilities fall short of generally accepted norms and need an explanation. One such phenomenon is dysgraphia – a neurological term that means impaired ability to write or use written language. Another name is specific writing disorder.
Not only children can have trouble writing. For many highly educated and intelligent adults, writing causes many difficulties, and putting thoughts into written form is especially exhausting. Dysgraphia – is a problem of a purely neurological nature.
It is believed that writing disorders can be triggered by:
Cases of genetic heredity are encountered in medical practice.
Dysgraphia can have various manifestations:
Dysgraphia is diagnosed by neurologists. They carry out a comprehensive assessment of the disorders from different angles using hardware-based methods and specially designed tests, which allows them to determine the type of dysgraphia.
Types of dysgraphia by the way the problems manifest can take various forms and directions:
After the causes of dysgraphia are identified and its type is established, treatment can be handled by narrow-profile specialists: psychotherapists, neuropsychologists, speech therapists, and special education teachers.
While children are developing and growing, the signs of dysgraphia may not be obvious. In the first stages of schooling, parents and teachers often take "scribbles" as normal for beginners who are taking their first uncertain steps, or lean toward blaming laziness. But if attention is not paid in time, a minor problem can grow into serious difficulties for the child and undermine their psychological state. The presence of dysgraphia and the failures associated with it can lead to:
Parents' task is to turn to specialists at the first doubts or signs of dysgraphia.
CSM Clinic in Kyiv is a specialized neurological medical facility that provides comprehensive care to children and adults with dysgraphia. The clinic uses modern equipment and international methods to help identify the causes of the disorders.
Experienced neurologists will work to find the underlying cause of dysgraphia and overcome its challenges, build a correction program, and, most importantly, provide the child with support and understanding.
One of the advantages of CSM in addressing dysgraphia is a comprehensive approach. The child will be seen by a psychologist, a physiotherapist, a special education teacher, and a child speech therapist in Kyiv, who are skilled in using the art of words to identify and resolve the problem in the context of learning and development.
The main symptoms of dysgraphia are difficulty forming letters, omitted or substituted letters in words, uneven handwriting, impaired spatial placement of text on the page, and problems with grammar and spelling.
Diagnosis of dysgraphia at our clinic takes a comprehensive approach: assessment of the child's speech and writing skills, testing for speech disorders, and consultations with a speech therapist and other specialists.
At our clinic we offer individual dysgraphia correction programs that include sessions with a speech therapist, special exercises to develop writing skills, psychological support, and the use of modern methods and techniques to improve written language.
