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My younger boy (8 yr) always has problem spelling words and writing. He can read very well and is already reading Rick Riordan's books. Currently into the last book of the 2nd series, The Blood of Olympus. Ask him anything about dinosaurs, space or Greek myths and he rattle off facts non stop because he reads a lot of books on those topics. And he has an incredible imagination and we have no doubt that he is an intelligent boy. But when it comes to writing, he has lots of problems. Simple words like could, should, balloon, etc... he can't spell or miss out letters here and there. Spacing letters, punctuation and capital letters are a major problem despite reminding him countless times. That got me to research what the problem is with him. I found dysgraphia on the Internet. It is something like dyslexia but unlike dyslexia, which is reading and writing disability, dysgraphia is only writing disability. I am going to get him assessed by a psychologist and see if he needs special courses to help him with his writing. My question is - does anyone know the effectiveness of these so called professional help? These type of things are very expensive as I read on the Internet.