Can anyone help me with my 9 year old?

jenhug

Dysgraphia, Dyspraxia, Irlen Syndrome, Asperger's syndrome are all things I would be looking at along with Audio processing disorder.
Does he do any tip toe walking, arm flapping?
My daughter is Asperger and Irlens and she is very sociable.

victory

no, his stability is perfect, he does no arm flapping or toe walking, he does sports at school, he is great listener, enjoys new things, has a very active mind but sometimes cannot get it through to paper or thought.

Savvy_Sue

victory wrote: »

His hand writing is terrible, he has been taught the imaginary line and if he thinks about it his hand writing can be legible but more often than not you just have to guess what he has writen which puts the teachers off, I help him so much he practically gives me the home work to do which is not the way to go about it:rolleyes:

What a really good teacher did for someone I knew was get them to bring their work to the front and read it aloud. Teacher would mark what child had written, not what teacher could read. Huge confidence booster.

I know it may not be practical to do this all the time, but it's surely worth asking about. Also getting your son to type his homework or dictate it to you to either type or write. Best if he types it because then his spelling is 'there', but I don't know what happens about spelling when a child has a scribe all the time.

It's important that it's HIS work not yours which is marked if you want HIS difficulties to be addressed.

pink_princess

victory wrote: »

You mean the books? Read about them on amazon they are highly recommended that is for sure a real confidence booster:D have you finished with your book?:rotfl::D

They make the books where you write and mark in them so that they can t be passed on.Wish they could.We bought ours through Waterstones via quidco .Believe it or not that was the cheapest store we could find it at.:D
PP

victory

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

It's important that it's HIS work not yours which is marked if you want HIS difficulties to be addressed.

Of course I want his difficulties to be addressed but as a mother I am doing the upmost to make sure that he has the best chance in life,whatever it takes is what I will do

Savvy_Sue

victory wrote: »

Of course I want his difficulties to be addressed but as a mother I am doing the upmost to make sure that he has the best chance in life,whatever it takes is what I will do

Of course, but you said:

victory wrote: »

I help him so much he practically gives me the home work to do which is not the way to go about it:rolleyes:

So I know you realise there's a problem. Which is why I made the suggestions I did.

And moving on from them, if your child cannot do the homework set, or is really struggling with it, it's surely better to make sure the school sees that, and sees what they CAN do, rather than sees what you have practically done yourself.

I don't see a problem with a child dictating to me if the actual getting-it-down-in-writing is the problem, and I don't see a problem with the child typing it if that's easier. The school needs to know there's a problem with writing, but they also need to know what's possible if those writing problems are overcome.

victory

The school knows there is a problem and we know there is a problem, you only have to see their neat hand writing at the school open days and it is clear, the difficulties he suffers are clear, his hand writing is not clear, his reading is bad, others are reading alone enid blyton books and he can barely read the beano.:rolleyes: He is 9 and should be more advanced but I have looked at dyspraxia, dyslexia, kineasthetic learner and he has no outstanding symptons to them, to lock it in to a cause, he can pat his head and hop, he has no sleep problems, no autism problems, no retraction from life, no lack of social skills, inability to co-ordinate, remember, listen, observe, he has difficulty being able to express his thoughts as they jumble, his speech is not the best, his enthusiasm, confidence, is intact.

victory

pink_princess wrote: »

They make the books where you write and mark in them so that they can t be passed on.Wish they could.We bought ours through Waterstones via quidco .Believe it or not that was the cheapest store we could find it at.:D
PP

Thanks but waterstones is a no no because there it is £31.99:eek: amazon is £25 ebay have none on there:rolleyes:

victory

Spent the morning with the speech therapist at the school, she said there is nothing there that is a definete problem, that she can get her teeth into that it can sometimes come across that he does not broaden his sentences to more than a few words so a referal and more waiting:rolleyes:
She said is def not ADHD,Autism, as his listening, understanding and follow through process is just fine

pink_princess

victory wrote: »

Thanks but waterstones is a no no because there it is £31.99:eek: amazon is £25 ebay have none on there:rolleyes:

Thats extortionate ,It was only £22.99 when I bought it in March .
Im so glad to here theres no underlying problems.All you can do is keep trying things really.You seem like your willing to do that so the problem should slowly improve.
Id keep searching for toe by toe as it is a huge help.
Good luck to you s both.
PP:D