Should I worry about reading and writing NC levels being the same (dyslexia?)

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My daughter has finished on 2B for reading and writing. Is it unusual lower down the school (KS1) to not have a difference between reading and writing?

I continue to be concerned that she may be dyslexic and we read everyday but do no work on her writing at home. Her spelling is phonetic and very variable and the teacher has noted this. She is a freereader at school after having read through to book band 13.

My own dyslexia presents primarily through spelling difficulties.

Should I be concerned or am I being neurotic?

www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmsctech/memo/evchlint/me1302.htm

Mrz - that Article is half good and half bad.

Because most children who are labelled dyslexic also have a whole range of other problems (eg memory, organisation, processing speed) that don't go away when they've learnt to read / spell.

So while I agree those problems should be labelled seperately at the moment they're not and are lumped under the dyslexia / SpLD umbrella.

If your child can read (probably slowly like the article mentioned defines dyslexia on other countries) but has working memory problems or slow processing etc, they will struggle at school. And they will require extra to help them succeed.

If dyslexia was just about reading and writing you could just use a reader / scribe / software and the problem would be gone. But it isn't. Give a child who can't read a reader and by snd large they still struggle.

''a whole range of other problems (eg memory, organisation, processing speed''

Those are what are termed 'soft' signs: All descriptions of dyslexia include many 'soft' signs i.e. they are not based on data that is readily quantifiable or amenable to experimental verification.

www.dyslexics.org.uk/is_my_child.htm

It's precisely because most kids labelled "dyslexic" can have a huge range of problems causing their difficulties with reading and writing that the label is unhelpful in doing anything beyond saying this child has a problem ... it solves nothing

They may be soft signs - but they are the real disability.

They're what's hard to compensate for. Being unable to read is comparatively easy to compensate for.

So if you only focus on the reading problems you miss the important bit. The term dyslexia is misleading. But specific learning difficulties is no more helpful.

Being unable to read is a huge handicap that can't be compensated for ...

I'm not suggesting that "dyslexia" be called "SpLD" ...rather that is a child has poor short term memory - that is what should be used and if they have auditory processing problems that is what should be used and if it is due to poor teaching that is what should be used...

I certainly agree with that.

Being unable to read is comparatively easy to compensate for. - disagree strongly with this.

It's highly likely that my 6year old ds is dyslexic. He can be tested privately at the end of this month by a local dyslexia organisation. We choose instead to pay for a private auditory processing assessment as there are many indicators that this is the cause of his dyslexic symptoms. We were right and although still waiting on the final report it identified many difficulties including his ability to process speech sounds being 2 years delayed.

My 14 year old dd has a dx of mild auditory dyslexia give by the school ed psych. She has a reading and spelling age of 2 years in front but has major probs with sequencing etc! I think people do think that dyslexia does just mean difficulty with reading and don't realise that it is much more!

I think people do think that dyslexia does just mean difficulty with reading and don't realise that it is much more!

I think that it should be regarded as just the opposite of this!

Auditory problems, sequencing problems, short term memory problems and all the other problems that have accrued to 'dyslexia' are discrete problems in themselves and should be identified and treated as such. 'Dyslexia' is, at best, a symptom of an underlying difficulty. If a child has learned to read and write competently they don't 'have' dyslexia, whatever else they may have. It's very hard to convey this idea without making enemies.

dys-lexia : problem with the written word.

Auditory problems, sequencing problems, short term memory problems and all the other problems that have accrued to 'dyslexia' are discrete problems in themselves and should be identified and treated as such

I agree.

I agree too

Sorry that should be I agree that they should be