What support does your dyslexic child get in class?

[swedishmum]

Although I couldn't get an appointment for Parents' Evening, I went in and took his books home. I know he is dyslexic but the work in his books is so wrong. I'm questioning why I've sent him to school for the past 4.5 years. I'm in the middle of a postgrad course on dyslexia and literacy and feel my son has been failed by the school, and by me for believing them when they said he was doing well. I just feel so sad for him.
I'd love to hear from parents of other dyslexic children.

hi swedishmum my nephew has just been told he is dyslexic hes 14 yrs old the education people phoned my sister to say he is highly intelligent but badly dyslexic.so none of his schools picked up on it he is now going to follow the dores programme.He has also been given a mentor in high school and has been told to put pink paper over what he is reading.i also have a friend whos daughter is slightly dyslexic and school said she was above average so got no help but we had parents evening last weekand the school has finally realised she is now very behind and will get extra help with spellings and maths as she has a problem with maths too.

All most teachers have time for, in amongst all the other planning and assessment work, is maybe produce the occassional worksheet that is on a different colour paper with different font types and sizes. With 25 lessons a week and between 20 and 30 kids in a class - I will forever praise the teacher who can cope with each individual learning need. Sorry I don't mean to sound negative. Checking the SEN register at my school we now have the term 'able dyslexic' which basically means that we do nothing about it.

Thanks for the honesty hc - not surprised at all.
I went in to see the Head today - there just has to be a better place for my ds. His verbal reasoning score of 130 when he was tested and the fact that his other scores aren't particularly weak probably means he qualifies as an able dyslexic too. It's just so frustrating.

How will you find such a better place? private perhaps? I ask because my oldest has dyslexic and dyspraxic traits and the help he gets is not enabling him to achieve his potential ie he is quite bright but performs only to age average (just). His writing is dreadful but his memory and verbal skills are excellent. They keep telling me hes fine and they know hes bright even though he doesn`t get things on paper but my goodness my heart sink when I see his written work.