Acquiring+Motor+Mastery

==Tia hates to write. Her teachers have tried coaxing and threatening her about homework that she has never turned in, but Tia doesn't seem to care. The only reason she is concerned about not advancing to the eighth grade is that she wants to be in the same classes as her friends.==

==The motor aspects of writing have always been difficulty for Tia. She writes with a very awkward grip; her thumb overlaps her second and third fingers, and she moves her wrist excessively while forming letters. Sometimes she keeps her eyes only one or two inches from the page while writing. Tia's handwriting is adequately legible, but she writes very little and the effort required to write seems to be excessive. Tia's English teacher has noted that Tia's ideas seem to flow much faster than her fingers can keep up. Tia has been having a really hard time in science and history class where she needs to take a lot of notes. She can never write things down quickly enough so she has given up writing more than a word or two.== ==Tia has always been a good reader and has a great vocabulary. She comes up with many original ideas and has a good sense of humor. Unfortunately, she can't seem to get those ideas on paper. Tia's mother and teachers are getting frustrated with her lack of productivity in school. Most of all, Tia is getting frustrated. When her teacher asked her what was wrong she just said, "I guess I'm just too stupid for school."==

Adapted from All Kinds of Minds. (n.d.). Resources, Case Studies, Acquiring Motor Mastery, Tia– 7th grade. Retrieved from June 21, 2008 http://allkindsofminds.org/CategoryAll.aspx?section#CaseStudy