Where do i start supporting my child with dyslexia?

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Hi all,
My child has been diagnosed with dyslexia, age 7 and I have a complicated report to get my head round at the same time as wanting to support him with his homework etc. The senco at school is great but has very little time or specialist training and I'm just not sure what to do. Any advice would be gratefully received.
Thanks

We do 'toe by toe' with my son. It is a bit 'marmite' but I like it. Little and often is the key with my ds and 'over learning ' . We looked at the 'nessy' stuff online which he enjoys and we were recommended 'word shark'. My ds1 is now in year 6 and suddenly he has a reader and a scribe and extra time. I wish I had pushed for more support when he was younger but our area does not believe in dyslexia. We subscribed to 'reading chest' when we were having problems with the school giving unsuitable books.

Thanks for the advice I'll google toe by toe. i would really like to get to grips understanding the report. We had some feedback but i can't make sense of all the scores and how i can help

Who did the report for you? We had an educational psychologist report which we went through with the school SENCo. This was useful as we went through each point and discussed what school was putting in place and what we could do at home. Recently we have had a private dyslexia assessment and have gone through it with the lady who completed the assessment. We plan to get a private tutor to support ds1 as he makes the transition from primary to secondary.

We are just getting used to the new My Plans but I have tried to make sure that the recommendations are on it.

At school they did 'dancing bears' it is a bit more child friendly than toe by toe and the school preferred it but I find 10 minutes of toe by toe a night suits us better.

Most areas have some charity support for dyslexia if you look up the British dyslexia association. They sometimes run Saturday workshops.