Dyslexia

Savvy_Sue

And Bernadette, I wouldn't wait until the first week of term, I'd be phoning them BEFORE the end of this term and asking to speak to their SENCO to discuss your concerns. AFAIK you don't need to have a diagnosis, just a 'need', in order to get help. although what constitutes a need may be open to discussion!

BernadetteN

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

And Bernadette, I wouldn't wait until the first week of term, I'd be phoning them BEFORE the end of this term and asking to speak to their SENCO to discuss your concerns. AFAIK you don't need to have a diagnosis, just a 'need', in order to get help. although what constitutes a need may be open to discussion!

The SENCO at the Grammar school has known about him for a year now, but they still cannot do anything till he arrives. It's the Occupational Therapy (only one working OT for a population of over 100 000 and no-one to help her so NO assessments have been done for months on any child in East Kent and her list just gets longer) and Speech Therapy services of East Kent that I am waiting for. I'm sure the Grammar school will do all it can, unlike his current school.

ooobedoo

can i ask where you got the acetate from, i want to see what colours are good for me.

xxdeebeexx

ooobedoo wrote: »

can i ask where you got the acetate from, i want to see what colours are good for me.

Hi I bought my sons from Crossbow Education and I bought a mixed pack of 5 eye level reading rulers so that we could try out all the colours. (The colours that didn't suit were later sold on Ebay)

The whole site seems really interesting.

HTH

Dx

xxdeebeexx

jacquij123 wrote: »

One company that I have come across and I was quite impressed with is DORE, may be worth a look.

Hi jacquij123

Have you had any first hand experience of this company. It seems to keep cropping up in my search for answers. The only reports I can find are those that have been written by the company itself. I was really looking for an independent review. Although it's a charity the course seems very costly.

Would love to know yours or anyone elses thoughts on this.

TIA

Dx

deb54

i think its best to be tested to see what colour is best for you, look for an optician who tests for it. i know stoke is probably a long way for u but i'll find the name out and let u know. i got my daughters sheets from an art shop. when she was tested they found orange was her colour but for others its purple , blue yellow. just put he acetate sheet over black type on white paper and it changes it to black on orange, purple etc.it really helped my daughter.

skintas_2

my son has just had a sen at school, he has been diagonsed as having dyslexia. he good a good report for maths, science, pe, jsut his wrinting and reading that he has trouble with. this was diagoned last week and he is 7

TediousPhoenix

If you are dyslexic and manage to over-come all the hurdles put in your way by the education system and manage to get to university, then there is a wealth of equipment and help that is thrown at you through an application of the Disabled Students' Allowance - laptop, specialist software, dictaphone etc., as well as Tintavision appointments.

Tintavision - see link below - provides coloured overlays (I think I had 3 sessions and three subsequent overlays) and aims to 'train' the person to be able to read on white paper. I found it very helpful.

It's not fair that the only true funding available for dyslexics is when a small minority reach university; it's too late by then.

http://www.tintavision.com/

loopylass

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

With exams, you may be able to get extra time. I can't remember if my little bro did or not, but I do know he used to be allowed to write "I have dyslexia which affects my spelling and handwriting" on his exam papers. Loopy, you may find the special needs provision is better in the upper school, could be worth asking now, and also about any extra help your daughter might get in exams.

Hi
I rang up the school as soon as i knew she was accepted and they have said she will get extra help in the exams but its not the fact she cant read it its that if its a long question she will not understand it. It needs to be to the point and as her maths is really bad level2 at the age of 13 im wondering if shes got something else(cant remember what someone said it was called) as well
They have said they are not bothered about the spelling as long as they can understand what she is trying to say
im just worried she wont cope and just guess the answers and put anything down

loopylass

my daughter had her colour screening test done at her school the LEA agreed to do it and now she has coloured over-lays and it has made a difference in her reading
i would advise any parent whose child is struggling to get one of these done and i wish i had not listened to the teachers when i first was concerned when my daughter was 7

My friend paid for her son to have a colour screening test in specsavers i think it was £18 for the test and £60 for the glasses