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6 year old yr1 concerns

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Stennercrossing · 03/12/2016 12:28

He's just turned 6, and is a happy, confident and articulate little bless. He's got a great imagination and loves making up stories and plays. However, he's only just about right handed and regularly swaps hands. His grip is quite weak and when he tries to write it's very light and spidery. He can just about write his own name, can recognise maybe half the phonemes and can't decode. With numbers he can just about do very simple sums on his fingers, and can only recognise about half the numbers.
His hearing and eyesight are ok. He seems MILES behind at school despite being clearly bright in other ways. School are Keelung an eye on him, the SENCO isn't focussing on dyslexia etc until he's older.
I've got an older child with much more complex needs and everything has been about them, so I feel guilty that I've taken my eye off the ball here.
What do I do? Relax and hope he'll catch up in his own time?

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FrayedHem · 05/12/2016 14:57

Great stuff! And also lovely to hear you got a helpful response from the Paediatric secretary.

I'd also ask school if they could put together some information for the paediatrician to review, to see if there are any other services/assessments that may be appropriate to be referred on to.

Stennercrossing · 05/12/2016 15:10

That's a good idea, I'll email school now. Thanks tons!

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