Can anyone help me with my 9 year old?

Teesside_Mum

My daughter had a similar problems, she seemed to read backwards and mixed up her letters and was having real problems with numbers but was not dyslexic her teacher told us to go and see an local optometrist who specialised in reading problems. We had to pay a fee ( around £60 about 6 years ago) and they found she had a problem with the focusing of her eyes. She wore glasses that helped her focus for about 4 years. She is now fine and doing really well at maths! (top set)

victory

So would you recommend he got his eyes tested?

Savvy_Sue

It certainly wouldn't hurt, if that's not been done. It might be worth phoning round a few opticians to see if you can find one with an interest in dyslexia / how coloured filters affect vision. But just a basic eye test might throw up a problem.

Mojisola

Who tested him for dyslexia and what test did they use? I can't see how he "passed" when he makes the kinds of mistakes you describe.

You may find he ends up with a "non-specific learning disorder" label but that doesn't mean he won't be given extra help. If he needs it, fight for it.

I would second Savvy_Sue's advice about getting his eyes tested before anything else and, if he can try some coloured filters, even better. If he finds the words move about on the page or lines merge and separate, coloured lenses may help.

victory

tHE SCHOOL tested him for dyslexia and he was so under the lowest range they dismissed it completely and could not pin it to him so then came in the speech therapist who found nothing that she could pin to him, he took the test for 45 mins and never once caved in, she was very surprised at his listening, understanding, abilities and had no probs with all the tests that take him to level age 9 and 3 months he is 9 and 4 months so she could not get any negatives out of it.
Oh I fought all the way when she said that is it, well done and off you go back to class and that she would send me a copy of their finding which were none so I told her we had to carry on 'finding' so a pediatrist is coming as well as a one to one teacher before xmas:rolleyes: to determine him again, the teachers seem to think yes there is a problem but yes we run test and yes he passes and no we don't know what to do about him so we will keep smiling keep saying it is fine and hopefully the mum, me, will give up and just accept it for what it is,er....NO:D
I am taking him tomorrow for an eye test, that is for sure thanks:D we know it is not his hearing as he was tested at school and has no probs at all, such a shame all this because like I SAID to the speech therapist I so want you to find something so we can get a term for it and get him the help he needs...

floss2

victory wrote: »

tHE SCHOOL tested him for dyslexia and he was so under the lowest range they dismissed it completely ...

I don't want to worry you, but my younger son had several tests done by his primary & high schools and 6th form college for dyslexia, each one gave the same negative results.

When he went to uni in 2007, aged 19, his written language problem was noticed and he was tested again, and this time was referred by his uni for a full test with an expert. He is now classed as moderate-to-severely dyslexic, and has approximately £5.5k of equipment provided by our LEA to help him to study, plus extra support from his uni & tutors.

Having the diagnosis has helped him to understand his problems thorugh school - which were very similar to those you have described - but has made me very angry & upset that his problem was not picked up earlier.

Please look on the BritishDyslexiaAssociation website, as they have a lot of helpful advice on there.

victory

My father was dyslexic so I know the signs etc and read loads of info and he honestly does not fall into that catergory:D