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dyslexia/dyspraxai

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angel2001 · 28/05/2010 13:11

after all this time i have just been told that mu dd has finished her assessment and they have decided she could have part dyslexia but def dypraxia. a report is being written next week so i can find out how i can help my dd. lets see what it says. not sure what to expect if dypraxia never come across this before. oh well only a week to go

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PositiveAttitude · 28/05/2010 17:57

I have a 16 year old DD who has dypraxia and dyslexia.

How old is your DD? Have you ben waiting long for the assessment?

What problems has she had at school? Is she getting the help she needs?

Off to serve up tea for family now, but if I can help in any way, ask away.

angel2001 · 31/05/2010 22:29

she is 8, she has problems with her spellings and writing some of her words back to front. she cannot follow instructions very well or understand them. she has been on a one to one for about 4 mths now and still has not getting any better. so this is why they did the test . i have been fightinng for 3 years now so at last they have done it. i should have a written report next week but she has been tested for about a mth now . so lets see what happens but i really dont know what to exect. its not severe but def there

thx

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PositiveAttitude · 01/06/2010 13:21

I hope the report is useful and it should lay out what the school need to do. Dont be frightened to question the school and keep on top of things to make sure Dd is getting what she needs.

My DD has struggled all through school, but has actually not attended for the last 2 years due to a serious illness, but I ahve to say that she has improved with her reading the most over the past year than she ever has before, because she has wanted to read for herself. I think she found the pressure of school and always feeling like a failure just too much. SHe would ever have read a book at all EVER!! Now she can read books that I read and loves them. Everything has suddenly clicked, but with absolutely no educational input.
I am not saying this to put you off, just wanted you to know that I really believe that DCs do get to where they should be, but in their own time. I have spent years and years worrying about whether I was doing enough with DD and now think that a lot of it was a waste of time because she was not ready for it to all fall into place. I know most DCs will have that lighbulb moment with reading at the age of, perhaps 7, but it took DD another 9 years!!!!! She'd got there. She is hopefully going to college if she is well enough in September and I have no doubt that she is ready now to learn properly for the first time EVER!!

If you get a teacher that your DD likes and who understands her she is far more likely to improve greatly, rahter than a teacher who just makes her feel "different" or not very good. DD has neverforgotten the teacher who told her she was "thick" in front of a classroom full of peers. SHe has also never forgotten the teacher who spent ages with her helping her to break work down to small, manageable chunks, explainging it all, then the next day explaining again because DD had not processed it, then the next day, the same again. Its tough, but DD is happy and has a lovely sense of humour.

Good luck and I hope your report is helpful.

angel2001 · 02/06/2010 08:50

we have been very lucky because her reception teacher that was ace with her has moved jobs and now is a support teacher in dd year. she also has a teacher been there about 4 weeks and is lovely, wish i had a teacher like her when i was younger, mind you each off her b4 was good to. it was her first teacher in this year she didnt like (she has had 4 teachers since xmas as replacement for her old teacher which is on long term illness) but hoping all these nice teacher can bring her up a grade. i do like them all and are very approachable unlike her old one

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