Bit of background first.
DS2 is six, an early September birthday - so the oldest in his class - although he was born 12 weeks prematurely. He went to a SN nursery as he had mild to moderate developmental delay, and by the time he left there to go to nursery in the school he's now in we were told he'd caught up to where he should be and was on a level with his peers. After a shaky start, he settled in well to nursery and is now happy and settled in year 1.
I've noticed a few things lately, and on their own it's nothing, but added together, i think perhaps they are indicators that DS may be dyspraxic. We recently had parents evening in school and i planned to bring it up with his teacher, but in fact she got there before me - she mentioned dyspraxia and said also he may well be dyslexic. She said he's a very bright and articulate boy, and is fairly confident in class, but when it comes to written work you can literally see him shrivelling up in front of you. His handwriting is appalling, and he's having lots of trouble with his reading - he's only just moved onto level 2 on the ORT.
He has been having extra reading support anyway, but since our conversation at parents evening, the teacher has spoken to the school SENCO and they agree that he may have issues and have agreed to an Ed Psych consultation for him. In the meantime they aill also work with him an extra 15 mins a day concentrating on his fine motor skills.
His teacher has advised me to see his doctor and see if they can push it from there end.
Is there anything else i can be doing with him? I'm really concerned about him being 'left behind' although i can't fault his teacher/school - they have been absolutely excellent.
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deemented · 02/04/2011 07:38
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