Wonder if someone with some insight can help me. My DS2 is 7 and will be in year 3 in September.
In year 1 his teacher told me that she thought he had some issues with processing information and might be dyslexic. He had trouble following more than one instruction in sequence and needed support in the class to carry out tasks. She was very helpful and wrote him an IEP.
Then he went into year 2 and the teacher has been much less helpful. He still has his IEP although I am not convinced this is being followed. His problems carrying out instructions in sequence has got much better, his reading is good and his writing is untidy but not any worse and maybe better than his brother at that age. His spelling is good unless he is asked to write it in a sentence in a test.
His major issue is with numbers. He just does not 'get' maths at all. He can't see pattern in numbers. Confuses numbers when they are written down so will say 50 for 15 and vice versa, frequently writes numbers backwards, can only add and subtract using fingers, a number square or counters. The class is moving on to multiplication and learning tables and he won't mange this! Number bonds were a disaster, he learns them by rote but they don't seem to mean anything to him and then be has forgotten them by the next day.
He has been assessed at school for dyslexia using a computer program which concluded that he was at moderate risk of being dyslexic. I asked if I should get him formally assessed and the teacher said there was no point as they would not do anything differently.....hmmmm. T
I now see from my own research that if a moderate or high risk is flagged up then formal assessment is recommended. Locally the formal assessment costs £530. So do I go for it? Its with a Educational Psychologist so I expect she will be able to help us, help him whatever the outcome.
There is a part of me that thinks I am just being an hysterical parent trying to find a reason why my son is struggling when the only reason is his intelligence!