DS is 8 and is making slow progress with reading and writing. He mixes up b and d and struggles with words like of and for. But, he passed to yr1 phonics test and can spell tricky words like fruit. His homework this week was to write a letter ro a friend, he could spell dear and knew to end it yours sincerely. So, he can do some things we wouldn't expect him to be able to do and can't do seemingly simple things. He has just started seeing a tutor once a week to help with literacy, too early to tell if this will help. He is learning his times tables ok, struggles with a few. The main thing I am concerned about is that he just can't seem to write very much independently. He can learn spellings and phonics but can't seem to put this knowledge into practice. He can form letters neatly if he is practicing them but when he writes it's really messy.
Not sure what happens during the school day as he is so far behind now. He was on green level reading books for over a year but has been given some dyslexic friendly books, the totem series I think they're called, and has got on well with them. He's in intervention groups for everything but really doesn't seem to be making that much progress, especially with writing.
The school don't really seem to know what to do with him. He is unique and puzzling apparently! I am quite frustrated as he is bright and intelligent but something just isn't clicking. He has seen an ed psych through school who mentioned dyslexic tendencies and that was about it.
How do dyslexic cope at secondary school? How can I help him when we both just end up getting frustrated? I don't know how to help him? He loves school, is very sporty and sociable but I am worried about him losing confidence because he can't keep up.
Sorry for the enormous post!