What sort of tutor...

[notanothercheesesandwich]

My DD is in year 11 and has been struggling for some time. She has just failed most of her mocks despite being quite bright (projected grades from starting senior school were 7's across the board). She says she knows about the subjects and the questions they are asking but doesn't know how to gather her thoughts and write an answer down. I would like to try and find someone who could help her with that process, but I don't know what a tutor like that would describe themselves as. I have been advised by a college SENCO to get her to try speech to text software which she could then edit which we will do but it isn't just writing it, it is phrasing what she wants to say.
Any thoughts?

It sounds like she could do with being assessed by a Educational Psychologist to identify what the issues are and what needs to be put in place to address it.

Have you spoken to the school SENCO?

Thank you Ellie. She has been seen by an Ed psych last May and they were quite wooly with recommendations. SENCO not really coming up with solutions either. She is not a clear cut case of anything so is falling through the gaps. I have a meeting with the SENCO tomorrow but I didn't really want to say that I would pay for a tutor as really the school should be providing the correct support!

So what did the EP recommend that the school puts in place to support her?

Did they do any formal tests to assess her cognitive abilities?

The EP report action points are:
Ongoing dialogue between Dd and school to help her access lessons (she has anxiety and has refused/avoided many lessons).
Dd struggles with communication so school should look into non verbal methods/follow a script/give her quiet time to calm down.
Staff to be aware of time limits/pressures and make adjustments accordingly.
Staff to be aware that she has difficulty starting a task support should be offered: individual instruction, sentence starters visual examples, demonstration, writing frames.
Ensure that tasks are differentiated in terms of content and quantity.
School staff to consider if she qualified for exam concessions
Regular reminders that her best is good enough
A celebration book where staff can keep a record of her achievements, successes and positive feedback.

No tests I am aware of other than dyslexia which said ARQ 0 she scored average or above across all subjects.