My dd is 10 and in year 6. Since she was in year 2 I have reported concerns about her to school I thought she had dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dyspraxia because my sisters have these and she shows all the same issues.
Each meeting I am fobbed off with there are no signs of any of these she's fine etc. I have been made to feel like I am being silly.
However she is not meeting expected standard and over the last 2 years has not met her school targets(lower than expected standard) either. Verbally she is incredibly bright, she is a great problem solver and excellent communicator. She also is talented in creative arts.
Through out lockdown my concerns have become ever bigger. Her writing is terrible, if you ask her a question she answers it wonderfully but what she writes down is actual gibberish. Due to the frustration this caused we ended up doing a lot her work through voice recognition software which massively helped. My husband is a primary school teacher and I work in education in a high school (Head of Year 11) so she has lots of support at home but my husband has only been teaching for 5 years so we were made to feel by school like he's not as experienced and they know best. Anyway I asked our specialist SEND teacher for advice and she did a basic screening test- which the results suggested very high probability of dyslexia, high probability of dyscalculia and some indication of dyspraxia plus some concerns over processing.To get a full diagnosis would require private sessions which even at 'mates rates' would cost £500-£600 I am so cross but also so sad that she has struggled so much and always tries so hard and just keeps going no matter what. How do I proceed from here ? school are still not interested as she is 'fine' doesn't cause any problems in school. I understand that not every child is academic and she's so good at other things but I want to scream she's not stupid at them. I am so frustrated and just seem to be banging my head against the wall.