Dyslexia

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Hi

My daughter is in year 1 at an Infant State School. I just had the school report and meeting with the teacher and It was as I expected; she is bottom of the class and behind compared to her peers in the majority of the areas: writing, English and maths. She is having all the support she needs: speech therapy and interventions groups from her current school and support with reading at home and she is making progress, but she is still behind and I doubt it she will catch up.

There is suspicious of dyslexia but the school won't access her until she is in year 2.

She will need to move to a junior school in year 3 which is not as great as the Infant and does not provide much support for children with special needs.

My question is:

If she has dyslexia will she be better moving to a private school for year 3 with smaller classes and dyslexia support. Or will she be better in the state school where the majority of her friends will go, and paying additional tutoring after school privately.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Unless the price includes glasses? Then I think it's about right

Thank you,

The price does not include glasses; It is quite expensive so I will try to get her a referral with the GP first; Also a referral to the Audiology. She had about 3 hearing test about two and a half years ago but they were never conclusive as she sometimes did what she was asked for and some others she would not so they didn't know whether she was listening properly or not; perhaps it will be easier now that she is nearly 6.She started speech therapy from when she was about 3 and a half and she is still having it at school.

This is the reading scheme

herok.com/discussion-pieces/all-you-need-to-know-about-book-bands/

By the way, I asked her tonight when she was doing her reading if the letters moved or stayed still and she said still. Her reading is coming along I think but she is still bottom of the class and behind compared to her peers.

Sorry but that isn't a reading scheme it's just a supplier's website with a book banding chart ...who is the publisher of the books sent home?

Sorry to divert but is that reading level correct? Lime by yr 2 is news to me....(thought dd was doing well on white in yr3!)

The book bands don't match the national curriculum so should be viewed with caution but for current expectations I'd say lime is low

Lime is low for yr3?

It doesn't matter really, I just thought her reading was the one area she was at the expected level at.

No for the end of Y2

Oh :(

Virtual tracking can be tested for free in your local opticians. My dd was seeing double but we didnt know,but our optician picked it up. Simple pencil excercises can sort it out. Also her handwriting was appalling, but she wasnt dyslexic however my ds is dyslexic. He was ahead in maths in comprehension but behind in spelling and grammar.

Why is your DD having speech therapy? Is it for speech articulation or for other language difficulties? Oral language and reading are obviously closely connected. Different speech and language difficulties can cause a variety of problems which may need different types of support.

She didn't bring a book on Friday unfortunately; I will look at the publisher on Monday; however the school seems to go by those colors bands for reading. By the beginning of year 3 my oldest daughter and the majority of her peers were already reading chapter books no more colours bands.

She is having speech therapy because she was a late speaker and had problems finding the right words to say and used to stutter a bit; she has improved a lot but she is still having sessions at school. She is growing bilingual but I do not think this is the problem though.

Those coloured bands are pretty universal but they are a throw back to Multi cueing teaching methods and guessing from clues rather than accurate reading

The publisher of the books is Collins

www.collins.co.uk/category/Primary/Literacy/Collins+Big+Cat+Early+Years+-+Key+Stage+1/

This is the link for the publisher; my daughter is in Red B