Hi, I am new to special needs so forgive me if I sound rather ignorant - I have no experience here.
I have a ds of 10 who is a very bright, articulate boy, has a huge vocabulary, reads a lot, is very good at memorising facts (if the interest him) e.g. train timetables, football stats, transport maps, etc. His schoolwork over the last couple of years has deteriorated, noticeably in presentation (poor handwriting, little effort) and spelling (he writes according to his own personal phonic rules, occasionally sprinkled with a rule he remembers about a particular word. e.g. knolige = knowledge.) Basically his work does not reflect his ability (I know that just sounds like any moany parent at parents' evening or whatever) and we are wondering what is the cause.
He's not that happy at school and we have spoken to his teacher but we are wondering whether we are missing a trick somewhere & whether it is possible that there is some sort of difficulty or disconnect that we haven't picked up on.
Can anyone tell me whether this sounds possible, and how you go about having an assessment made, etc? Also would this be unusually late to be picking such a thing up?
Thanks so much.
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DemmitGel · 14/09/2009 13:12
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