My DS will be 7 in a few weeks time and cannot yet read. He can recognise his name (and will write it badly) but currently will not sit down to read any of his school books. The school use the Chip and Biff books and DS is still on the Stage 1 and 2 books. However, even with these he seems to fearful to sit down and have a go. The school says he knows the phonics but lacks confidence to blend them together.
TBH he has got worse - last year he would at least sit and attempt to sound the words out (and would get simple ones) but now he will not even do this and just says he is "no good at it".
He has now been diagnosed with Developmental Coordination Disorder which I know can go hand in hand with dyslexia. He has 15 hours of 1-1 time at school and I am about to drop my hours to 16 a week (from full time) to do some after school activities which might help to boost his confidence (although I haven't a clue how I will manage financially).
I am asking the LEA to do a Statutory Assessment of his SEN but have little faith in this process. A friend's son (aged 9) was recently assessed by them and their advice was for my friend to spend more time teaching him the days of the week! My friend paid £550 to the Dyslexia Institute who saw and assessed him - he is severely dyslexic and illiterate. Yet nobody in the education system has detected this.
I know DS will need to be 7 before I can test but is that still too early?
He is being referred to the eye clinic for an assessment of his occular motor skills to see if there is a problem there which is affecting his ability to learn to read.
I am wotrried. I don't want him to get to 9 without being diagnosed if he IS dyslexic as I would imagine he may be lost. Even with a diagnosis my friend is STILL having to fight with the LEA over funding and Statementing for her DS.
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When should I start thinking about possible dyslexia?
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JollyPirate · 17/10/2009 15:03
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