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wittsend1975 · 13/07/2010 23:17

I have twin 9 year old boys who have both been diagnoised with dyslexia this past year.o get this done i had to move schools as the school they where in made me feel as if they just needed more time to be read with, however within 2 weeks of being in their new school where tested and proved to have difficulties. The school they are in now is fantastic, they have also tested them with speech and language and the one boy only scored on the first percentile on expressive language.However since christmas their behavior has spirrled out of control(it was bad before but now whooaaa). They are refusung to do school work,sit and do what is asked of them. running out of class,being rude to the teachers and have such explosive outbursts. I could go on and on.One boy was excluded for hitting the headmistress when he stormed out of class and has tried but cant seem to help himself,and the other lad has been on a reduced timetable for the last month and when he is in school he tries but struggles to contain himself. They have such rivalry between them and appear to swap behaviors.This weekend one lad used his brothers mobile phone to make a hoax call to 999 and I just dont know what to do any more. I have accepted advice from agencies such as family thearapy etc and they seem content that its a learning/educational problem but i feel there is somthing eles, socially they can be ok once they get familiar they do make eye contact but at times you have to encourage it.With their peers it is their way or nothing,the boys view them as friends but it appears one sided. they both view things very black and white and are very stubborn, hence the stand offs with the teachers.My husband has dyslexia and a weird gene which is very strong in his family of people with very poor social skills and withdrawn. These people are adults or gone but if in the educational system today would defo be on the aspergers or autism spectrum.Luckily they do have an assessment with the ed phyc next week, however im at my witts end and soo worried they will grow into handbag stealing junkies.

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IndigoBell · 14/07/2010 09:26

Poor you. Sounds like you and them are going through a terrible time.

It may well be ASD or something else. Certainly sounds like more than dyslexia.

Make sure the Ed Psych is looking for something like ASD otherwise you'll just get a generalised report back that says they 'may' have any of a 100 things.

Don't worry about them being handbag stealing junkies yet. Just concentrate on getting through the school holidays.....

I don't know much about twins but can they do separate things in the school holidays? Or will they be together all the time....

sugarcandymonster · 14/07/2010 09:42

Have you spoken to your GP about this? They can refer to a paed (or more probably CAMHS at their age). An Ed Psych may see indicators of ASD but wouldn't be qualified to diagnose.

I do understand the fear of them growing into handbag stealing junkies too . My DS is 11 with AS and has severe behavioural difficulties in school. But he's had a lot of support and it has improved. So do keep pushing for support and assessment - it can make a big difference.

wittsend1975 · 14/07/2010 11:00

Thank you, they had a referal by the gp to a child assessment unit but they see them as social enough and apparently they are very quick to dismiss things to educational. I will push, I've got to for their sakes. I myself am off to gps now as I'm finding it sooo difficult to manage myself:-( and have just been sent home from work

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