To be annoyed with DS's teacher

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DS is in year 1, his teacher left just before the Christmas holidays and a new one started. He's very dyslexic and was diagnosed about a year ago, he's struggled with this but his old teacher was very understanding and made sure he had a lot of extra help with his reading and literacy. On one of the first days of having this teacher he was very upset at home time because she wanted everyone to stay in class rather than having some children go out with the teaching assistant in a smaller group for a bit of extra which had always happened before. DS said he didn't understand what was going on and couldn't do his work which caused him to get in trouble. When the same happen the day after I spoke with his teacher and she said she wanted to see for herself who needed the extra help, I understood that but also made it very clear DS really needs the help. We had parents evening a few weeks ago and she commented on how he's not trying with his reading and writting. I know I'm not there to see him during school but I honestly don't think that's the case, it's just going to take him a lot longer than the other kids. He still struggles to write his name for god sake and she still can't see this isn't just him not wanting to try. The other day she kept him behind at break for not finishing his work so I asked to see how much work he had done (It was a task where they fill in the missing words) and he'd done half of it. that doesn't sound great but I'm really happy with that. It's like she's not listening to a word I'm saying and simply assumes he's badly behaved child and I'm in denial of it

We had terms in primary of 'kitten doesn't seem to want to push herself' all from teachers who just couldn't/didn't want to understand that her visual processing disorder (aka dyslexic) meant that her written work would often not reflect her verbal work. We had meetings with head, head of KS2 and senco still made no difference.
All I can say is secondary where there is less emphasis on spelling etc is much, much better.

Please explain what your qualifications are to come to this conclusion? I for one would be interested to know

@Maldives2006 what conclusion?

@sweeneytoddsrazor

I think your comment "Dyslexic children can be badly behaved." is truly awful and not at all helpful to the OP.

Why?

They can be. Sometimes children misbehave because they're worried or stressed or frustrated (due to their AEN) or for a multitude of other reasons. Sometimes it's because they're simply trying it on and not behaving.

Dyslexia or any other AEN is not an excuse for a child falling below the standards you expect from them.

Each person should be judged to their own abilities but the OP's son may well have been kept in for not doing as much as he could have.

The fact you think this is an awful suggestion and another poster said "FFS!" shows how blinded people can be.

All I can say is secondary where there is less emphasis on spelling etc is much, much better.
We've found secondary worse than primary. Ds1(14) put in a really low set despite having high IQ/cat scores (albeit dragged down by his dyslexia) where a lot of the kids don't want to work/mess about, so he finds it impossible to do much work, thinks he's stupid, with no-one telling him otherwise (except me) and he's been left to get on with it by the teachers.

Dyslexic children can be badly behaved.
My other Ds(13)(different school) is always mucking about in class, is it because of his dyslexia? No, probably not, he's just a naughty little sod.

Op, you'll probably find you have to fight for your ds every step of the way. Good luck.

I agreeChickenFriedbut why are you assuming he isn't messing around?

Because the OP didn't mention. Why are you assuming he's naughty?