Maybe the homework fight is always about writing, not reading or math. Maybe a single paragraph takes an hour, the letters lean every direction, and your bright kid seems to shrink the second a pencil comes out. Dysgraphia Testing in New Berlin, WI looks past messy handwriting to what is actually making writing so hard. No referral is needed to start.
From your first phone call to the final feedback session, one licensed psychologist stays with your case, and a learning disability specialist on our team runs the hands on writing testing beside them. We work with children, teens, and adults, we build every evaluation on a baseline of cognitive and executive function, then shape it around your specific writing concern, and we always screen for the conditions that tend to travel alongside dysgraphia.
Letters that never look the same twice, words crammed together or drifting apart, and a grip so tight the hand cramps. Copying from the board lags behind, and the writing on the page never matches how much your child clearly knows when talking it through out loud.
Essays that wander even when the ideas are strong, answers left half finished, notes no one can read later, and a growing habit of dodging any assignment that means writing by hand. Getting thoughts onto paper costs so much effort that the actual content suffers.
Note taking that can never keep up, reports that resist organizing, and a quiet reliance on voice to text or saved templates. Handwriting brings fatigue and frustration fast, and many adults simply steer away from roles that lean heavily on writing.
We open with an hour long conversation where your psychologist traces the story of writing and fine motor development, from those first shaky letters to the written expression struggles happening now. What surfaces here guides which assessments will pinpoint the difficulty most precisely.
Your psychologist assembles a testing plan that pairs cognitive and executive function measures with focused writing and fine motor tasks, the latter run by our in house learning disability specialist. Expect roughly 2 to 6 hours of in person work across one to two days, and questionnaires sent to you and to teachers so the picture reflects real settings.
Findings from both clinicians are folded into one detailed diagnostic report that walks through cognitive ability, fine motor skill, spelling, written expression, and any co occurring conditions such as ADHD or a related learning difference.
About two to three weeks later you come back for the feedback session, where your psychologist explains the diagnosis in plain terms and hands you individualized recommendations: writing intervention ideas, classroom accommodations, assistive technology, and clear next steps.
No. A referral is never required to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. Reach out directly whenever you are ready, and we will loop in your child’s school or your own provider only if you ask us to.
Because writing disorders need writing specific testing. Your psychologist manages the cognitive and executive baseline and the broader clinical picture, while our learning disability specialist handles the hands on writing assessment. Both clinicians sit in on the feedback session, so nothing gets lost between them.
No. Dysgraphia affects the act of producing written language itself, which can show up in spelling, spacing, organization, letter formation, and the sheer effort writing demands. A formal evaluation tells apart a true writing disability from a lack of practice and locates exactly where the process breaks down.
Yes. We evaluate children, teens, and adults. Plenty of adults come in after years of quietly working around writing in school or at work, and we tailor the evaluation to your stage of life and the places writing matters most to you.
Yes. The report documents specific findings and recommendations that schools, colleges, and employers can act on, from extended time and a scribe or keyboard to assistive technology and lighter handwriting demands where they make sense.
Call us at (414) 387-2100 and we will talk through your concerns and find a time that works. No referral, no paperwork hurdles, just a direct conversation to get started.
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