Hi, I saw your post. What part of writing is he struggling with? Does he practice daily? With my son, I let him write a letter to me each morning. I don't correct his spelling or the way he rights until after. I use it to see what he needs help in.

For example if he writes the word "skool" or "clss". I know he needs help with spelling. If he is writing all of his words in upper case, then I help him with a second draft, by writing out what it should look like. The final draft he is actually copying my writing in his by his own hand on another sheet of paper. We work slowly to make sure he is writing things down correctly.

Maybe you can have him "free write" and post on my group "home educators" and we can find a solution?

Also.. try this link:
http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/1874.html


Do some of your students struggle with writing?

One study found writing to be a problem for 65 percent of students with attention deficit disorder (ADD ADHD). They often have creative ideas, but find it hard to get them out of their heads and onto paper. They have trouble starting and following through on assignments. Holding ideas in mind and organizing information are also challenging.

But there are strategies to make the process easier for all your students.

Allow enough time. Students with ADHD, especially those with the inattentive subtype, may take longer to process information. Be sure to give them extended time to complete their assignments.
Guide topic selection. Students who get stuck trying to pick an essay topic may use up most of their time and energy before they even start writing. Help them make a decision by writing four possible topics on index cards and asking them to eliminate one. Continue until only one topic is left. If they can't decide, flip a coin.
Teach brainstorming skills. Since students with ADD often cannot hold their ideas in mind for very long, you might serve as a scribe and record all the student's thoughts on the assigned topic. Avoid making judgments or grammatical corrections, since that would interrupt the flow of ideas. The trick is to capture all the ideas first and correct or edit them later.

Teach organizational strategies. Have your students record each idea they want to use in their essays on an individual Post-it note. This way, they can easily group related ideas. Alternately, Post-its might be used to keep track of the who, what, when, where, and why they need to cover in a report.
Guide the writing. If a student is struggling, sit down with him to talk about the assignment. Review his notes from the brainstorming session and ask, What are some ways you could write the first sentence in the second paragraph? If he doesn't have an answer, say, Heres an idea for the first sentence. How would you write that in your own words? To prevent writer's block, type his thoughts as he expresses them. Through this process, his skills will improve over time and require less involvement on your part.
Explain the editing process. Students with ADHD have a hard time writing to length and often produce essays that are too short and lacking in details. Explain how the use of adjectives and adverbs can enhance their composition. Show them how to use a thesaurus, too. Once your students have a rough draft, remind them to proofread it before turning it in.

Yes he does write everyday, his name and our address. We have moved from nashville, tn to mississippi and every morning monday thru friday he writes his first and last night, the street address and the city we are in. Some times he does great and others it looks like a doodles. we try it again a little later in the day after he does some of the work that he likes, like math and watching the history channel, and it gets worse again. in the last few days its just seems toget worse and worse. I have tried doing his writing on a tablet with the lines and he was having trouble with that, so now we use a notebook. The first thing that was going wrong with his writing was that he was writing everything is uppercase letters and now that we have that under control now its the way he writes his words.
Then with that, he is also always asking for when it is break time and tells me just about every morning that he dont want to do school work today. I laugh at him and say 'sorry son but we have to. i have to do my school work even when i dont want to do it. ( I am a full time college student).
we have tried a few things and we are running out of ideas.

From my own experience, it takes time for children to get the hang of writing lower versus upper case letters. Does he study along with you, during the times you are studying?

Ask him to pick a subject he wants to learn about, and have him writing a paragraph about what he has learned. After the first draft, help him to write a second draft. After the second, try having him rewrite the paragraph with the corrections. With my son we try and take it slow one letter at a time.

With my son, we try cheering each other on, if he is spelling I have him test me on the same words. So he doesn't feel like he is the only one studying the same subject. We do mix in a lot of play, and with boys... you can get away with saying things like.. if I have "5 yucky spiders plus 5 green yucky spiders... how many do we have total?"

I try to make it more exciting for my son, and mix in a lot of play.

There are times that I try toget my self notes done and some work done while he is doing some of his work,. But for the most part iam there with him helping him sitting next to him when he needs me. my mom is also trying to help too, she homeschooled my step brother who also has ADHD so she has been trying some new things with him too to see if they help.

That is great to hear. Daily practice will help him... do you have anything on the walls around your home to help him remember how the letters should look like?

Our family purchased some alphabet strips from the dollar store. They are on large rectangular poster board with each of the letters in upper and lower case.

Maybe you can try this also?

nothing like that. i have one of the writing tablet pads that had the letters on it and how they go for him to look at when he needs it.