Long story, will try to get everything in so don't drip feed. DD1 bright(age 4 we hid some sweets on top of kitchen cupboards, went upstairs, came back down and she had got kitchen chair, her fishing net and was trying to fish them down so no problem solving problems), however she has always struggled at school. End of year 1 she could hardly read, writing eligible etc., I managed to start her reading by working solidly with the Ladybird keyword system over the summer holidays as she just didn't get phonics. I mentioned to the school that I thought she could be dyslexic as my sister is dyslexic but they were more concerned that she was shy and lacking in social skills(takes after me) and that she had fine motor skill problems. had physio for that, didn't do a lot but again she takes after me in being a bit clumsy and uncoordinated. Eventually they did a screening test on her and said no but I know these screening tests are not always accurate.
They then thought she may be asd, but that has been ruled by psychologist, I never thought she was, just shy and lacking in self-confidence, we have another appoint with psychiatrist end of month
Now age 10, she says she feels doesn't fit in at school, always on the outside of groups, talked to her said I felt same and that others probably feel the same, she thought about it and admitted that two of best friends, unfortunarely in other class probably feel same.
She is still lacking in self confidence, is disorganised and scatterbrained. Her reading is probably now above average, although she struggles to read aloud when she does she struggles with phonics, loses her place and skips lines and words. Her writing and spelling are still very poor, she told me last week that she is the worst in the class apart from those diagnosed with dyslexia. She has also been diagnosed with dyscalculia so is struggling in maths as well.
There is a family history of dyslexia, as mentioned above my sister is dyslexic as is my husband's neice, my dd2 was diagnosed as being mildly dyslexic last year.
I feel that she may have a degree of dyslexia but the school won't reassess and I don't know what to do as I'm concerned she will really struggle at secondary school
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hooper02 · 16/01/2013 13:18
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