She’s 8 in the summer, year 3. She cannot really read much beyond simple words, she knows her phonic sounds, she just cannot seem to grasp blending & reading. She’ll often guess words, say them totally wrong and just cannot be bothered with it. She also has a really short attention span
we read with her as much as possible at home, she was in a phonics group at school with 2 children her age based on their ability but they are moving up whereas dd has not made much progress. Interestingly all 3 have speech delays so I believe this could be linked. She was having small group tutoring at school which had now ended.
she was and still is speech delayed and has an EHC plan due to her speech delay, gross motor skill delays and learning delays. She is under SALT but that’s it. She’s waiting to be seen by some kind of learning team in our area. I don’t know what they will say or suggest.
despite this she’s a very sassy, confident popular girl who loves school and has lots of friends. She is great at writing (with support), drawing and great at maths.she really does try in all areas.
i don’t know what to do anymore. The school aren’t really saying much, I don’t know how to fully help her.
I believe she could have adhd, my eldest is autistic & adhd and I believe she could have adhd. She has a really short attention span, she very easily distracted, she jumps from one thing to another and constantly fidgets. I believe she has dyspraxia as everything would suggest thid. She’s definitely neurodivergent but my son could read pretty well at dd’s age despite having complex needs and learning delays himself.
she should be getting support with her learning at school but there’s only 1 TA in the class and a few with Sen and some that are generally explosive in class and because she’s pretty compliant she goes under the radar.
many advice for a desperate mum? Where do you find a tutor for phonics/reading?