Educational Psychologist Nola Kloppers

25/02/2026

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29/01/2026

What Is… Dysgraphia

If writing feels like a daily battle for your child, this post is for you.
Dysgraphia is a brain-based difference that makes handwriting and written expression genuinely hard — even when a child is bright, motivated, and trying their absolute best. This isn’t about laziness or lack of effort. It’s about how many skills the brain has to juggle at once just to get thoughts onto paper.

When we understand why writing feels so heavy, we can stop pushing harder — and start supporting smarter. Reducing pressure, offering alternatives, and protecting confidence can completely change a child’s relationship with learning.

Later today, I’ll be sharing A Child’s Voice — what writing feels like from the inside when you have dysgraphia. It’s one many parents and educators say stops them in their tracks.

Save this post if it resonates, and come back later for the voice behind the struggle.

29/01/2026

A Child’s Voice: I Have Dysgraphia

This is what writing can feel like from the inside.
Not defiance. Not avoidance. Not a lack of effort.
But a child whose brain and body are working incredibly hard just to get words onto paper.

Many children with dysgraphia know exactly what they want to say. The struggle is translating those thoughts into handwriting while juggling motor control, spelling, spacing, memory, and time pressure — all at once. When we only see the writing, we miss the effort underneath it.

This post is an invitation to slow down, listen, and see the child behind the pencil. Patience, belief, and flexible ways to show learning don’t lower standards — they remove unnecessary barriers.

If this sounds like a child you know, you’re not alone. And neither are they.

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29/01/2026

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If you’ve ever wished you could step inside your child’s emotional world for a moment… this series is for you.

Over the next two weeks, I’m sharing A Child’s Voice — a gentle, brain-based set of visuals that puts words to what children often can’t explain yet. It’s not about “perfect parenting”… it’s about understanding what regulation really looks like from the inside out, and why connection is the starting point.

We’ll be running the full series from 2 to 16, with daily posts you can come back to whenever things feel loud, messy, or overwhelming at home.

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Managing Big Feelings, a Toolkit for Parents & Educators.
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27/01/2026

Focus on effort, not just results.
Praise resilience, encourage curiosity💡

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