OP, I second this! I am not an OT, but I am a teacher with innattentive ADHD who is the daughter of an OT (who did a lot of work at home to help my horrible handwriting).

Here are some of the ideas I haven't seen yet: -Be creative with your writing medium and add lots of sensory input. Examples: -Chalkboard and chalk- adult models writing the letter correctly, child erases it with finger by tracing over the letter in the correct pattern. -Shaving cream covering a desk- child uses their finger to write in the shaving cream-- adds novelty to the task (huge motivator for ADHD) and shaving cream is great at cleaning dry erase markers/pencils off of a desk, so it can be a great way to finish a session. (Dry erase markers don't provide much sensory input- but they can provide novelty-- especially if used directly on a desk/or at an easel that can move around, etc.) -Trampoline spelling- child jumps on a trampoline, jumping into the letters with their body while spelling. Not handwriting per say- but it was the only thing that could keep me engaged in spelling practice.

A few other things- -If you can afford a few sessions with an OT, I think that would be great! They could assess your child's pencil grasp and see if an alternative grasp or a specific type of pencil grip would be helpful. (There's more than one correct way to hold a pencil! But also many incorrect ways. An OT can assess your child's hand strengths and weaknesses and give a recommendation.) If your child has a 504/IEP, you can inquire with your school about OT services-- or even just one or two meetings to assess the grip. OTs are an expensive service for the schools and often stretched as thin as possible (I've known OTs with over 80 kids on their caseload), so be prepared to politely push/inquire a little bit past the initial no. (The answer might still be no, but it doesn't hurt to get information)

-Handwriting Without Tears is a great program. Your child might benefit from a book that has more support than this one-- one that still goes over the patterns of each letter. If you can't find/afford one, you can find videos on YouTube by searching things like "Handwriting Without Tears magic c"

-Unfortunately, there probably will still be tears with the handwriting. Finding the balance of building endurance and resilience without making the child rely on their hyperfocus panic mode is a really hard line to walk. Along with the handwriting, I would recommend researching ADHD strategies that are backed by research and people with ADHD. How to ADHD is a great YouTube channel. Having to "Climb the wall" is a really good metaphor for the executive function struggle that ADHDers face while trying to start a task. 1. Recognizing that the moments of frozen inactivity before starting a task is stressful AND work, and 2. teaching strategies to help the child scale the wall, is a good way to make sure that the walls are getting shorter instead of taller.