Ds has just started secondary school. We strongly suspect he as ASD but due to funding issues in our area we can't seem to get a referral/diagnoses & camhs were useless.
NFER tests taken in primary shiw he is above average academically (exceptional reading) but writing is a huge problem, bith from an unable to use his imagination perspective & a physical perspective.
He struggles with fine motor co-ordination eg using cutlery, his handwriting is appalling & it physically hurts him to write for long periods of time. He produces much better work when able to use a computer. We are wondering about possibly dyspraxia?
He had a meltdown last week in an english writing test (school are monitoring him & he's being observed by an LSA) but he did a maths test & did well (slightly above class average) but basically he got most of the answers correct, he just ran out of time as he writes slowly.
The school did dyslexia screening last week & children who were identified were allowed extra time in the tests. Is there any similar concessions for dyspraxia & if so how wouod we go about this? Ds goes to an independent school so we don't have access to the LA educational psychologist.
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balletgirlmum · 07/11/2015 12:15
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