Have a meeting with the SENCO at DS school. We thought for a while he might have dyslexia but a friend suggested dyspraxia might be more likely given some other things she had observed about DS. I googled dyspraxia and was a bit [shocked] at how many of the symptoms DS ticks.
Whilst I don't want my DS 'labelled', I do wnt to make sure I do the best for him and get him the support he needs. He has been quite slow in terms of his development and I put it down to all children developing at different rates. He is very intelligent (IMO!) and able to analyse information, fantastic long term memory and could reason with a barrister, but really stuggles with letter formation & reading (as well as buttons, riding a bike, food, touch, staying still...).
I don't want to come across to SENCO as a precious parent who can't accept little Johnny isnt top of the class because I'm really not, but I do want my concerns taken seriously. Reading the dyspraxia information felt like a lightbulb going on in my head with regards to DS and I feel crap about not noticing this before.
Do I go into the meeting and say 'I think DS has dyspraxia' and present a list of syptoms that he has displayed or do I ask them if they have noticed anything (apart from his literacy, I know his teacher has concerns about the way he becomes frustrated and has 'melt downs' in class when he can't get something right. She also said that he is sometimes a nightmare to understand because he has so much he wants to say but cant seem to get it out).
Never had a meeting with SENCO before and always feel like a nervous schoolgirl when I go into school for parents evening! To be honest, I'm scared...