We have been laying the foundation for appropriate times to be silly and goof around. Now 'D' seems to be more comfortable expressing himself to the best of his abilities. Short videos of his favourite shows serve as a current future reward for practicing writing skills. I guide him along and use quantity in short spurts to encourage him to discover his proper pen grip. I aim to take it one practice session at a time, and at the same time extending the seated-time for each. We follow what he is okay with at the time, and I simply take the most opportune times of the day for it.
Right now we are working with mazes and numbered dot-to-dot books. He is finding more comfort in simply getting it done, and when we learn he is struggling with his motor strength, we find fun ways to guide his fingers to something more comfortable. I often will ask him to do 10 pages in one sitting. It's working wonders, he does have to remain aware so that he doesn't make obvious mistakes, and train himself to hold a writing tool in an efficient manner.. he picks and chooses what his work is, he gets rewards for pushing himself, and not for what he accomplished on the paper. We add stickers to his collection simply for sitting down and doing it, and for a fun break afterwards he usually gets to watch a video on the computer.
I'd like to point out that, a) he chose the workbooks, b) we discussed what I hoped he would be able to do, and what he wanted to get out of it, c) this way allows him to express his creativity gradually, and with a lot of help.
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