dyslexia and getting extra help at school

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I have to say, I did tell the school that even if it "labelled" my DS if this is what I had to do to get them to recognise his needs then that is what I was prepared to do and I would use that "label" in a positive way!

Good luck to you and your DD

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Mojisola

spaine wrote: »

I found that the report held some weight.

It has specific recommendations for the teachers, for parents and tutors even a mention about how her friends could help.

It's made me as a parent more aware of how shes learning and its also boosted her confidence.

She really wanted to know what the report said .. so I focused on all the positive parts first.. She was so pleased that one of the tests, she came top 2% and scored as if she was 13yrs. Shes only 9 !

So proud of what she can do .. now we'll focus on the key things to help with her literacy.

Exactly our experience! I was able to explain to DS that what was given as a "9 year old score" was just an average and that if his class mates had taken the test, they would have done better than him on the spelling and reading but worse than him on other parts.

I also believe that there's nothing "wrong" with a dyslexic's brain - it is just wired differently. In a pre-literate society, I think the dyslexics must have been very valuable people because of their problem-solving abilities and good spacial awareness. It's important not to suppress their skills because they have to work so hard so keep up with the literate world. Nurture what they are good at and they will find ways round the literacy problems.

I can see how people like my son were the ones in earlier ages who could, for example, visualise a finished building and work out how to build it. People like him would be the more inventive members of society who came up with solutions for all sorts of problems that others just couldn't see. Every age needs different thinkers and, as long as we don't stunt dyslexics by making them feel stupid, they will be an asset to society.

charlea

my son ( now 16 ) was diagnosed as dyslexic at his school when he was 7 i can remember exactly what we did but we went private to have it recgonised and so got the extra help he needed within weeks rather than months years both his junior and senior school were great and very supportive and we also paid for him to have extra lessons at a specialise dyslexia school each week untill he was 14


he has just done his GCSE and got an A in PE, A In Maths and B In Biology and C In english along with 6 other grade c and 1 d

he had a scripter /writer for his exams and got extra time which was invaluable for him

while his writing is ok considering his dyslexia his math and science and sports are really good and strong and i think that he just see /views things differently

so dont worry my son was the orginal couch potatoe age 7 -8 now captain of the rugby team and doing a btec in sport alevel in maths and alevel in PE

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charlea wrote: »

my son ( now 16 ) was diagnosed as dyslexic at his school when he was 7 i can remember exactly what we did but we went private to have it recgonised and so got the extra help he needed within weeks rather than months years both his junior and senior school were great and very supportive and we also paid for him to have extra lessons at a specialise dyslexia school each week untill he was 14


he has just done his GCSE and got an A in PE, A In Maths and B In Biology and C In english along with 6 other grade c and 1 d

he had a scripter /writer for his exams and got extra time which was invaluable for him

while his writing is ok considering his dyslexia his math and science and sports are really good and strong and i think that he just see /views things differently

so dont worry my son was the orginal couch potatoe age 7 -8 now captain of the rugby team and doing a btec in sport alevel in maths and alevel in PE

That's so lovely to hear! My sister has dyslexia and has her masters now. I think one thing we can agree is that dyslexia is nothing to do with intelligence, more like learning in a different way, if the person with dyslexia are taught the right way then dyslexia should not stop any potential.

I may have to go down the private tutor route very shortly, but really should we have to do this if our children have dyslexia

The only thing that gets me down is getting through to my DS school that I want him to achieve that potential they tell me he's not that much below average, compared to his peers I'm sick and tired of the times I've had to say.. Give him the right support/intervention and think where he could be Argghhh!!