DS is 7, and has really struggled with schooling since the start, he is a long way behind his peers in terms of academics (SENCO thinks at least 18 months) and has been very slow with learning to read/ spell/ basic maths. He does get there, but in his own time. He hasn't been diagnosed with anything specific per se, but has had a lot of investigations and borderline slow processing and poor working memory have been mentioned by an ed psych.
Since he has been back at school after the summer holidays, he seems to be really keen to learn to read and is working hard at it, he also wants me to buy him some books so he can do maths homework (which I have done with the schools guidance) and he is really making good progress.
So my question is- Has anybody had a child in a similar situation who has managed to catch up? Or is he always likely to be behind and facing a struggle?