I need advice on whether to make ds stick out this term at school before we HE or go for it now. We had told him we would trial it alongside school this term as we were only just coming round to the idea. We wanted to make sure that HE was better than school not the same or worse. By 'the same or worse' I mean ds behaviour which had become abysmal during 1st year at secondary with inclusions and exclusions and stealing and bullying and so much lying!
Since we began the trial he has cheered up, he talks, he is calmer. He is starting to be willing to do written work without 2 hours of persuasion before hand. We would like to aim toward exams so want to keep up with some written work production. But he is dyslexic in our opinion. Both schools have said he isn't, when they have done the screenings (which they have been worried enough to try every year!). Then try to console us with "there are far worse children here who need help". Fair enough that they need help, but he does too. When ever I find articles on dyslexia which list signs and symptoms of dyslexia, I can tick off every one for him except low reading age. He even has a dodgey eye which is associated with dyslexia.
Oh I've gone off track. How long would you give such a trial considering it was having positive results so early? It is particularly difficult to decide since his school report just arrived and despite all the problems with behaviour and attitude and us only ever hearing all the negative stuff from school, he has come out pretty well. He is in the second highest stream (top in French = litttle writing), and subject teachers judge his attitude B or C (the system goes A to E). This good report took us completely off guard and I think just shows actually how intelligent he is despite not being able to write more than 2 sentances without having a meltdown.
So do we contiue trialling or just go for it?