Dyslexia

pollyanna24

Oh, really? Ooh, that's a bit annoying. Is this something that has to be paid for?

hardpressed

Would it be on his medical records or is it an educational thing? Perhaps he could contact his old school and ask their advice.

looneyleo

It might be worth contacting the Dyslexia Association and the Dyslexia Institute. These are usually the organisations that carry out assessments and they may still have your OH records on file??? Might be worth a try. Otherwise, you could ask them how much it would be for another assessment. They could also offer support to your OH and often have funding for different initiatives so it would be a good place to start.

spoilt_BUT_appreciate_it

Not that it's anything to be ashamed off, but I feel that he should just be believed as why would you say you were... if you're not?

I suppose the extra time in the test... but really how silly

lil_me

http://www.dyslexiaaction.org.uk/ met a lady from this charity recently, they are very helpful, might be worth contacting.

If he was officially diagnosed then there should be a report in his medical and school records really. A GP could maybe provide a letter to confirm to show at interviews.

That charity also do full assesments, these are usually a few hundred pounds but they can sometimes offer support depending on what funding they have.

eira

Ask for his school records-contact the school he attended or the LEA-he is entitled to these. Dyslexia tests are horrifically expensive. If he joins a local college for a course (could be anything ) and mentions the dyslexia he should get a test for free-colleges get extra money for this so they are quite keen to do them

spoilt_BUT_appreciate_it

lil_me wrote: »

http://www.dyslexiaaction.org.uk/ A GP could maybe provide a letter to confirm to show at interviews.

If I asked my doctor to do a letter it would cost £40 .. not something you ideally probably want to do just for the Interview (test) but always an option I suppose ..

xxdeebeexx

My husband and older son are both dyslexic and, because of so many pointers, believe that my younger son is dyslexic too.

I have not had my younger boy assessed officially (costs £300) but the SEN for the borough assessed him for me and concluded that he was not dyslexic as
1) He could thread beads!
2) He was not sufficiently behind to suggest it and,
3) to have discovered so many coping strategies by himself would indicate that he would have to be incredibly clever. (Heaven forbid, that couldn't possibly be the case now could it!)

The SEN is not allowed to do an IQ test which I believe is an essential part of the diagnosis.

My older boy has an IQ in the top 1% of the population (figures from his dyslexia assessment)

My younger son is 9 1/2
I am completely floored. My younger boy’s end of term report is appalling.
Apparently he does not know his 2, 3, 5, or 10 times table. We have worked hard on these at home and I can't believe that the school is happy to include this failure in his report. Surely they should be looking at ways in which to help him remember them. Surely I should have been contacted earlier so that we could address this problem together. My boy has failed to reach the required standard in all areas of maths and literacy but has exceeded the targets in PE and has met them and exceeded some in Art , Science, Design....well infact everything else.


My question is.... How can I get him to remember his tables ?? Rote doesn't seem to work.

What should I do about the school (if anything)

any other suggestions, help , discussion groups, teaching techniques ????

I am frantic as things will only get tougher for him. ( I know it’s not life threatening but it will eventually affect his self esteem).
Strangely enough all his friends are very extrovert and are in the top group for maths and Literacy.


I just feel that because he is a good boy ,doesn’t fuss or cause any upset he is just left to get on …



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freda

In my experience:

• Threading beads is dyspraxia,not dyslexia
• IQ is not a factor in dyslexia.
• Not remembering things is not a sign of dyslexia

*Some* of the things I would look for in someone who was dyslexic:

• Reluctance to read
• Inability to put 'meaning' into reading out loud
• Muddling up little words, i.e. missing out 'the' 'and'
• Difficulty in holding pen and writing neatly
• Difficulty to construct sentences, also difficulty writing longer paragraphs
• Finding copying i.e. from the board, fairly easy, but creating own writing from imagination much harder
• Swapping digits in maths, letters in words, b and d etc
• Finding breaking down words into their individual sounds difficult
• Often having excellent memory skills - especially in younger children who memorise books that they are meant to be reading in order to hide the fact they can't read them!
• Difficulty in putting things in a sequence, for example wirting down what order a recipe is made etc.

Regarding the times tables, try explaining to him how times tables work, so that he understands where they come from. If you think about it, times tables are just adding up. So, get out the smarties/counters and sit with him making piles of 3 on the table and adding them up. Do this in lots of different ways over a number of days - for example, drawing piles of 3, making piles of 3 stones in the garden, clapping groups of three claps etc etc till he gets the idea that 6 lots of 3 means 3+3+3+3+3+3 and so on. This approach may well work as he is good at PE etc implies he learns through *doing* things, not by reading or by rote.

There are some games on bbc online that are good for different aspects of maths - you could have a look to find some times tables ones too.

Hope this helps a bit.

BernadetteN

Where do you live?

I watched a series about dyslexia a few years ago where a university lecturer was warning about simply classing literacy difficulties as dyslexia. He advocated a reading intervention scheme which is used in Cumbria, Rochdale and North Yorkshire.

http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/childrensservices/reading/default.asp

I was quite convinced by this lecturers arguments that dyslexic children require intensive exposure to what they are bad at rather than buying funny coloured glasses and that is what the Cumbria literacy programme is about.

My own eldest son was diagnosed with "dyspraxia" at the age of 4 which can be a useful thing in getting extra help but really I think dyslexia, dyspraxia, aspergers all contain so many similarities that I prefer to look at all these diagnoses as all one condition that manifests itself differently in each child. I can see lots of aspergers traits in our eldest son but he shows no dyslexic tendencies, whereas another child may be diagnosed as dyslexic but share many dyspraxic tendencies.

Sorry I've not been of much help. However, threading beads - that's not going to hold your son back in life is it (unless he seeks a career as a tailor)? Just point that out to the teacher.