Evening,
Looking for some advice.
For the past two years my eldest dd has been struggling at school. She is struggling in practically every way possible. She is struggling with reading and learning and we have since discovered that she has Irlen Syndrome. She is also being assessed for dyslexia too.
Over and above this she is struggling with friendships she seems to be falling in and out of friends constantly. School have said that she is emotional and sensitive and takes to heart what others take as a joke. There has been an element of bullying as she has learning aids in class when have been taken and thrown on the floor. A boy has become physical with her and she has been pushed down the stairs in the school also.
I feel as if she is regressing. She is experiencing meltdowns not because she can't have something but more she's not coping. Her friends at home are exactly the same as at school as we are in a small village. She is the youngest in her year and the other kids play in this too. She seems happy to play with dolls and her younger sisters friends (6 years)
I find her hard work. Challenging with her siblings if I ask her not to do something I can guarantee within 5 mins she's doing it. It's like she's not understanding or taking in what I am saying. At the weekend whilst out shopping she stood jumping waving her hands screaming/crying in tantrum. I was shocked at her age I must say.
I'm now starting to question things. Would it be wrong if me to question some sort of behavioural disorder or autism in girls? I'm gutted that she's struggling in life it's heartbreaking to see!