DS, 7, and in Y2 seems to be progressing well at school. At parents evening last week his teacher said he's a bright boy, he reads well - with fluency and expression, is confident, asks and answers questions readily, and is accurate in his answers. However, when it comes to writing and recording his work, it's as if there's a blockage between his mind and his hand. He just can't seem to do it in a reasonable time. His teacher said it's not through lack of effort or lack of concentration or laziness, she said he's very motivated and is desperately trying to do it, but that it is a complete struggle for him. She said he gets flustered copying work off the board as he can't keep up and then gets panicky about it. He has a teaching assistant on the table he sits at and she is there most of the time helping him (and several others) along.
From doing homework I know it is hard to get him to write things down, although he gets through his spellings and handwriting practice in good time, but his teacher says it is now a real problem although she's at a loss as to what to do. She's concerned because she says it needs to be tackled before January when the work rate rally cranks up, and before he moves up to the juniors. At the same time, she's also very concious of not wanting to damage his confidence and his enjoyment of school.
His teacher is going to talk to the SENCO at school to see if she can help. I've looked up dyslexia and it is one of the things mentioned, but he doesn't really display any of the other symptoms. He's left handed and used to write letters and numbers around the wrong way sometimes, but that happens rarely now.
So it seems this is something that he can't help, and is in his make-up, but could it be a form of dyslexia or are there any other possibilities? I've absolutely no experience in this area, and don't know where to start. TIA.