does anyone know what its called

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my sons teacher came to me last week and said that the school wanted to have him assessed because his literacey work was behind. two years ago i had a private tutor see him for half an hour and she told me that the left side of his brain was working but he is right handed so could cause him some educational problems.does anyone know what this is called so i can look it up before he is assessed at school.

Never heard of it - but if you find out can you post back here. Maybe it's what my DD has.

What are the symptoms he has? What made the tutor say that?

What qualifications does the tutor have?

What you have described makes her sound like a charlatan, but that may be because the description is faulty.

I wonder if she meant slow processing which is what my dd has.

Definately ask the ep to test for slow processing and also her working memory.

Im not sure what the tutor is saying, right handed people, the left side of the brain is dominate, this isnt unusual or a sign of anything.

Possibly dyspraxia? Our private Ot said that our son is left eye dominate and does some things with his left hand but uses his right for writing?

My ds for example is left handed, left footed, but is undecided about his eyes, when asked to look through a tube, he placed it in the middle.

Its called Laterality if thats any help to the OP.

From ds's report "the results show that ds has not established a true dominance to one side of the body. The majority of children have achieved a clear dominance by the age of 7. Movement on the right side of the body is organised by the left side and vice versa. For automatic, co-ordinated movement to take place it is therefore easier when one side of the body is dominant and one side of the brain generates the activity. This is particularly important for activities that require of more than one area of the body, for example hand/eye co-ordination and foot/eye co-ordinated. When both sides of the brain are required to make a co-ordinated movement it is important that the 2 hemispheres are well integrated. Activities that require a well integrated and well organised brain are reading, spelling, writing and arithmetic"

Hope that might be of some help.