Special Education Office	September 20, 2009

414 East Ojai, Ave

Ojai, CA 93024

Attn: John Shallenberger

To Whom it May Concern,

I am writing to request having my son, Aidan Mahoney, tested for dysgraphia. He has always had trouble writing ledgibly. Year after year we thought he would just get more practice and get better with time. Boys often have messier hand writing so early on we didn't worry too much. His younger brother is in kindergarten and we have seen his writing starting to surpass Aidan's in terms of ledgibility. We realize now that he is far behind the normal curve and fourth grade is more demanding in terms of writing. He is bright and able but this area of concern is holding him back from his school work. I have lots of writing samples from over the years and concern from teachers starting in first grade. I was told that this was the best way to get the ball rolling in terms of seeing if there is something to be done to help Aidan with this problem. Please let me know what I can do in order to facilitate getting some sort of help/testing for him.

Scincerley,

Elizabeth Mahoney

emahoney@thacher.org

805-798-4662

805-798-3430

Bert Mahoney

2009-09-20T20:17:53