{"id":344953,"date":"2024-02-08T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/gurvan-paper-for-visuo-spatial-dyspraxia\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T09:00:00","slug":"gurvan-paper-for-visuo-spatial-dyspraxia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/gurvan-paper-for-visuo-spatial-dyspraxia\/","title":{"rendered":"Gurvan Paper for Visuo-Spatial Dyspraxia"},"content":{"rendered":"

When a child has visuo-spatial dyspraxia, they struggle to coordinate hand and eye<\/strong>. This learning disorder makes certain schoolwork tasks particularly difficult. Fortunately, some tricks can help them overcome their difficulties, such as Gurvan paper<\/strong>, which offers coloured ruling so they can find their bearings on the page. Overview.<\/p>\n

The writing difficulties of children with dyspraxia<\/h2>\n

Affecting at least 1 pupil per class<\/strong>, dyspraxia affects the execution of certain voluntary movements and activities. Among the most common forms of this learning disorder, visuo-spatial dyspraxia (VSD)<\/strong><\/a> is characterised by difficulty planning and carrying out movements that require both visual and spatial coordination.<\/p>\n

By combining difficulties with motor planning, eye movement and spatial organisation<\/strong>, VSD affects the child’s handwriting: skipping a line or word when copying, slowness in movements, confusion between similar-looking letters, or handwriting that doesn’t follow the line.<\/p>\n

The story of Gurvan paper, created by Anne-Ga\u00ebl Tissot<\/h2>\n

Originally, Gurvan was the name of a boy who came to see<\/strong> handwriting specialist Anne-Ga\u00ebl Tissot to work on his writing. Suffering from VSD, he struggled to see the lines on standard French-ruled paper: too close together, not contrasted or marked enough, they required a great deal of effort<\/strong>, preventing him from focusing on the content itself.<\/p>\n

Faced with this identified difficulty, Anne-Ga\u00ebl Tissot designed a custom ruling<\/strong> that she named after her young patient: it is based on standard French ruling, but with intensified contrasts to help Gurvan better grasp the space on the page. Note that this tool can also be used by <\/strong>children with dysgraphia<\/strong><\/a> or ADHD<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The benefits of Gurvan paper for children with VSD<\/h2>\n

Anne-Ga\u00ebl Tissot keeps the usual markers and colours<\/strong> of standard large-squared French ruling – namely, the red margin on the left, marking the area where you shouldn’t write, the purplish-blue baseline and the light blue interlines.<\/p>\n

But the handwriting specialist adds fundamental markers for children with visuo-spatial dyspraxia:<\/p>\n