Could my dd be dyslexic?

[Perhapsdyslexia]

Dd is 4 and seems totally confused by reading and writing (can’t do it at all). Says the wrong sounds for letters and cannot write any letters at all? I hadn’t even considered dyslexia as she already has a diagnosis of ASD and I thought it was due to that but should I consider that she is also dyslexic ?

Of course it's possible but far too early to assess and what you're describing is not unusual for a four year old - important to remember that writing and reading are taught skills, not natural developmental stages, and children get there at different ages and in different ways. The best thing to do is to keep encouraging and enriching and making words and stories fun and engaging. Work on rhyme and rhythm through nursery rhymes and songs and rhyming books like Julia Donaldson, don't fret yet about dyslexia, there is plenty of time for her to develop her literacy skills.

Yes hopefully she will improve she is just really struggling and I was worried

Dyslexia is diagnosed in our area when significant difficulties persist despite appropriate learning opportunities. Ideally a child would be around eight years old before they’re seen as then they have had time to experience the teaching and learning.

To early to say.

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I would say get her hearing checked - DS had intermittent glue ear which didn't help - and possibly her eyes just to rule out any thing there.

Had the teacher said anything - about extra help of testing in school?

Her hearing is fine we had it checked at the initial stage of her ASD assessment. She is having a lot of support at school but still cannot manage to grasp any of the learning at all.

I will wait and see then I just wasn’t sure if it was something I needed to mention now in case help needed to start early

She's only 4, what are you trying to get her to do or is this coming from school?

She just can’t manage to learn any of the phonics, can’t read, can’t write anything at all . School have told us she is significantly behind in all areas and I just thought today perhaps she is dyslexic ? At home she can’t seem to concentrate even if we read to her

Her hearing is fine we had it checked at the initial stage of her ASD assessment. She is having a lot of support at school but still cannot manage to grasp any of the learning at all.

Well that one thing ruled out.

All mine struggled in early years with reading and writing. I'm diagonsed dsylexic and we always thought eldest especially has dyslexia like me - first school wouldn't test till 7 then 8 then wavered every time for years- next school thought it likely didn't want to pay for testing - and third secondary did screen testing she was boarderline on so wouldn't proceed.

We couldn't afford private testing - and she was finally fully properly tested by someone qualified at uni and yep she is very much dsylexic.

So I would talk to the school about when they test - you may be pushing at an open door or you may get nowhere for years as we did - but mostly 7 earliest you'll get a formal diagnosis.

Hiya, can i ask how your dd is generally?/trying to see if its a general global development delay - how is her speech?

I would talk to the school so its on record youve made it known and also is the learning environment suited to her needs? is she a gestalt learner?

At home her speech is good, she was non verbal til 2.5 then had a language explosion. She struggles to talk at school though she has speech therapy as will say nothing or just one word responses if really encouraged

If she is dysregulated then she won’t be learning? How well are school doing at make appropriate adjustments for her?