Asked by school to consult educational psychologist

[Gogglemint]

They tested dd (8) for dyspraxia and dyslexia, and she appears to have dyslexia (in 8th percentile for some of the tests) but there is no way we can afford one. They gave us a list of about 10 that we could contact, but they are all private. They seem to want us to get this done ASAP so that we can get procedures in place to help her.

Can you get this through your GP, or find funding to help? I feel like I am failing her if I don't pursue this, but don't know how we can.

Any help gratefully received.

Hi glad i came upon your thread and you are recent ...some i looked at were dated 2004! I have ds3(7.8 yrs) and have had serious concerns for him for well over a year or more.
concerns cannot read ..literatlty he can do a few 3 letter words but will make up his own while "reading" a book..ie he will see a word beging with W and guess its ..what,where ,why,or when without understanding the word...he struggles with reception books unless he has had it a month and then he will read it from pure memory due to corrective work from myself.

Like someone else's child earlier(sorry can't remember who..too many post's!) he get's his numbers wrong ..still ,..14../41 and so on...2 x table=6..8..10..12..20.30....

Writting is illegable which i suppose to be expected if he cant R or W

Has dx hypermobility and hypertonia and speech delay which is all we have had (lax) referrals and apps for..but having looked into this ...they can all be connected. Up to now it has been a wait and see approach.

He does get help at school (some 1-1 on reading and phonetics) and has a lovely senco and have finally got app with pead in a few weeks to push for OT and a ed pysc referral to get official dx of SOMETHING!!!!

Was interested in some comments that said pead can dx but would still like ed pysc to do the full test(maybe i just want to feel good when his IQ goes off the scale!!)

Would be grateful for any advice/comfort to get my lovely little ds all the help he needs(and me!)

BTW knows the wash programs i use on w/ m and d/w and cooker controls Friday is bins..and can remember his p/w for computor games ..ie anything he has to "DO" ??? as aposed to memorise .Is this ringing any bells with any one!!!!!

How about this for a laugh.

Went privately for an EP. Got results back, sent them into the state primary school, requesting a meeting to discuss the outcome.

That was April 2006.........

Child left primary last summer 2011, still waiting for the meeting.

Luckily enough to send to private secondary where things have been picked up on immediately.

I knew fairly early on I was dealing with a shite school.

chewinggum My kids' school know naff all about dyslexia. I know the feeling. I got a meeting and the head teacher said "Maybe he was tired when he did the tests"!!!!!! FFS!
They were forced, of course, to put him on school action plus and give him 1 hour extra help a week. (Legal requirement)

Isn''t it outrageous though. It is all about money. Schools can put their head in the sand and not help a child because they will have to use valuable resources which they would rather spend elsewhere.

It is a joke.

Yes, it is outrageous! It seems that all 3 of my kids are dyslexic and I really might as well talk to the wall about it rather than the head teacher. I've had the 2 older ones tutored privately at home with a specialist dyslexic teacher and that worked very well. The 6 year old, who seems to be the cleverest of the 3 is really struggling to read and write. I've decided not to do spellings with him as, from experience, I know that it is a waste of time learning spellings before you can read. I'm really concerned about his future progress at this particular school as I don't think the school has done any justice to my 2 older boys. I can't afford a private school though :( It drives me NUTS.