This is a very tentative thought at the moment; I haven't voiced it aloud to anyone. DS1 has some dyslexia and is getting stressed with not being able to work quickly enough to finish the same work as the rest of the class. He can read well, he just takes longer to process the work. His maths is good, but here the dyslexia is a problem in that it takes him a while to adapt to the language of maths at this level.
They are all preparing for it, mock tests and what not, but as he isn't finishing in time, he is kept in at break to finish off. This is marking him out and he is coming home to me, able to talk about it, but when he does and when I try to tell him, "the teachers just want the best for you, they need you to learn", he gets all choked up and starts crying. He is no shrinking violet and will speak up and say, "It's because of my dyslexia" to the teachers, even though he is a bit embarrassed by it. It does sound like they have gotten to the "eye rolling" stage with him at this point and nothing has been done to facilitate him.
At our end, we've had an ed pysch assessment, a home tutor for a while and I take him every week for an hour to a dyslexia support centre for some tailored teaching, all this funded by us, of course and quite rightly. We've also communicated with the school, and a scribe to help DS was mentioned by his latest teacher, but after that, nothing. It hasn't happened and he is unhappy and stressed and playing up.
Parents evening is coming up, and I would like to politely ask for this scribe to materialise and to have this firmly in place. As we have done as much as we can do to help DS, I would like the school to do this little thing. If not, a part of me wants to throw the toy out of the pram and not "play the game". Would it be so bad?
This is all so preemptive, but I really do need to get my thoughts clear and tohave some leverage when negotiating at the forthcoming parents evening. Thank you in advance for your thoughts, opinions and especially to those with experience.