{"id":345387,"date":"2023-04-18T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/the-ajuriaguerra-scale-for-assessing-dysgraphia\/"},"modified":"2023-04-18T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T09:00:00","slug":"the-ajuriaguerra-scale-for-assessing-dysgraphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/the-ajuriaguerra-scale-for-assessing-dysgraphia\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ajuriaguerra Scale, for Assessing Dysgraphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dysgraphia<\/strong> is a learning disorder that <strong>affects <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/pourquoi-ecriture-manuscrite-est-elle-tres-importante\/\"><strong>handwriting<\/strong><\/a><strong> and its formation<\/strong>. It results in writing that is slow or illegible, requiring significant effort from the child. Assessment and diagnosis rely on a tool developed by <strong>neuropsychiatrist Julian de Ajuriaguerra<\/strong>: <strong>the E scale<\/strong>, based on 30 childhood graphic characteristics linked to the child&#8217;s stage of graphomotor development. Here&#8217;s a look at today&#8217;s reference tool for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dys-positif.fr\/la-graphotherapie-pour-traiter-la-dysgraphie\/\">graphotherapists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Neuropsychiatrist Ajuriaguerra&#8217;s 5 types of dysgraphia<\/h2>\n<p>Born on 7 January 1911 in Bilbao, <strong>Julian de Ajuriaguerra<\/strong> studied medicine in Paris&#8212;specialising in <strong>psychiatry<\/strong>. After meeting psychoanalyst Rene Diatkine, he focused on <strong>psychomotor and language disorders<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>His growing interest in child development led him to <strong>classify dysgraphia into 5 distinct groups<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>&#8220;floppy&#8221; child<\/strong>, with small, rounded, imprecise, irregular strokes, wavy writing lines, and untidy pages;<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>&#8220;impulsive&#8221; child<\/strong>, with movements lacking control, fast, jerky writing;<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>&#8220;clumsy&#8221; child<\/strong>, with poorly proportioned letters, poor-quality strokes, frequent corrections and joins;<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>&#8220;rigid&#8221; child<\/strong>, with regular but angular strokes, strong pressure that tears the paper, and tense writing;<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>&#8220;slow and precise&#8221; child<\/strong>, with an overly slow writing pace but neat strokes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The E scale, the reference tool for assessment and diagnosis<\/h2>\n<p><strong>In 1964<\/strong>, Julian de Ajuriaguerra, together with Helene de Gobineau, developed a Child scale (E scale) to help specialists diagnose dysgraphia <strong>in children aged 6 to 12<\/strong>. This tool brings together thirty criteria&#8212;characteristics of shape and motor control established according to the child&#8217;s stage of <a href=\"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/comment-se-passe-le-bilan-graphomoteur%e2%80%89\/\">graphomotor development<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For example, <strong>among the shape items<\/strong> on the E scale are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lack of movement: cursive writing is not fluid;<\/li>\n<li>Large writing&#8212;when at least half the letters exceed 3.5 mm in the middle zone;<\/li>\n<li>The school-style crossbar on the letter T, placed in the upper third of the letter;<\/li>\n<li>Join points: difficulty linking two letters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Among the E scale items for <strong>motor characteristics<\/strong> are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trembling;<\/li>\n<li>Broken lines, involving a sudden change of direction;<\/li>\n<li>Fluctuating, wavy lines;<\/li>\n<li>Letters that have been retouched for no spelling-related reason;<\/li>\n<li>Overall untidiness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For each item, the graphotherapist gives a score between 0 and 1, based on how often it appears in the child&#8217;s writing. <strong>The resulting score<\/strong>, weighted by a coefficient defined by Julian de Ajuriaguerra, <strong>is enough to diagnose<\/strong> whether or not the child has dysgraphia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you suspect your child may have dysgraphia, <strong>get in touch with a <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/handwriting-therapy-remote\/\"><strong>graphotherapist<\/strong><\/a> on the Ora-Visio platform, to get a diagnosis as quickly as possible. While dysgraphia cannot be cured, a professional can help your child <strong>find coping strategies<\/strong>, allowing them to learn to live with this condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dysgraphia is a learning disorder that affects handwriting and its  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":345388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[331],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-345387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-handwriting-therapy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}