I think my daughter may have dyspraxia

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She is 8 and struggles at school ,she is having an assesment tomorrow and we will get a diagnosis soon.
However the school thought she was just a bit slow and kept her back a year now they are making noises about how she needs to go back to her original class

TBH we have always had problems with the school and we did take her out at one point for a week after an incident last year.

There is nothing around here for her and nothing to meet her needs.

IMO she is getting more and more depressed with schoollife and I am sure she will do better at home part of this is because I want to protect her from bullies and part because I want to prove to the school she shouldn't be sat in a corner and ignored .
Any advice would be really welcomed TIA

ds2 is dyspraxic. Showed as inability to write, do sports and ride a bike. I took him out of school at 5 after a teacher yelled at him for not writing.
He's been home educated for 8 years now, was reading just fine before he went to school, started typing and spelling at 7 and finally picked up a pen at 10. His handwriting is appalling. He's nearly 13 now.
I don't think many schools can cope with special needs of any shape or form. They try and squash the child back into the 'norm' with doing things at the same time as anyone else. A dyspraxic child will master some things later but on a school timetable will be labelled 'slow' or 'stupid'. My son is neither (he has decided to go back to school and passed the entrance exam to a posh school last week) but at 5 the school had labelled him 'difficult' and 'slow'. This was despite him reading fluently at 5. Made me so cross.
I'm already frothing at dd2's school. She's nearly 4 and at SN school as she has severe cerebral palsy. When I asked why the SN school hasn't had any child get a GCSE in 3 years despite some of these very physically impaired children being bright, I was told that it was much better they concentrated on social skills as academic stuff was a waste of time 'for them'. WTF! If you have no body function at all like my dd then your brain is all you have left and surely learning is vital?!
Not a message I was happy with so she is going to be mainstreamed and have proper academic expectations. sheesh.

Thanks NMC. They have sent a letter home for me to take to the assesment tomorrow on this they have put that she is difficult and disruptive.But they have put that she is happy in social situations and at school when I know she finds them difficult so why would they lie?

What riles me aswell is that my ds and other dd are at school and are constantly coming home with certificates and stickers and not once does Lucy a bit of positive praise goes a very long way .

I think I am definatley going to look into HE in the very near future .

Have a look at the Home Ed Special Needs website
There is a link to the email support list there that will be well worth you joining.

Calvin was diagnosed dyspraxic at around five and I was told by the school that he would never learn to write adequately. I HE him from age 6 - he's now 11 and writes just fine. He can also ride a bike and roller blade.

I highly recommend HE for dyspraxic children. Lots of one-on-one time, patience and exercise (Taekwondo has made a big difference) and he has come on immensely. As I write, he is drawing reflections of shapes in two different lines of symmetry. Even a year ago, he would have been in tears - he just couldn't see how to do it. Today, I barely have to give him pointers.

Best wishes

Laura