Just got back from DS's parents evening. He's 6 years old and in primary 2 in Gaelic medium education.
The news is not good.
He is at "Early Level" or "First Level" in everything and has made "Limited Progress" in everything except Health and Wellbeing and PE.
He is "Not yet on track" against national expectations.
In terms of academics I am most worried about his "Gaelic Listening and Talking" and his "Gaelic Reading and Writing" as these will obviously prevent him form accessing the rest of the curriculum if we don't get it sorted quickly. I'm considering a tutor to bring him along in these areas.
More worryingly his teacher reports difficulty in getting him to maintain attention and organise himself and she seems to feel that this might be at the heart of his problems.
He doesn't stay on task and frequently fails to finish his work in class. He also has trouble responding to simple instructions like "put on you coat and shoes" "get dressed for PE" etc. The whole class will be getting themselves changed and DS will have wandered off to the play corner and be messing around with toys.
It seems to be this wandering attention that is preventing him from learning.
I raised the possibility that he might have some kind of learning disabilty and, while she was proffessional enough to stress that she can't diagnose, she did also say that I might want to get it checked out with a GP.
I guess I'm looking for advice about how to handle this. Does anyone know how long it will take to get an assessment through CAMH? Would I be better seeking an assessment from a private Ed Psych and how would I go about this?
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"Limited Progress" in all subject areas. Where do we go from here?
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unlimiteddilutingjuice · 11/12/2018 21:54
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