DS1 was initially diagnosed with a speech delay (although I was convinced there was more to it) when he was 2 1/2yrs. At 4 1/2yrs he was diagnosed with a speech disorder - expressive/phonological. I still think there is more to it but the SALT just wants to focus on improving his speech before thinking about grammar/word finding difficulties etc.
Anyway he has been at school for a year now with a strong emphasis on learning to read through synthetic phonics. He has found this exceptionally difficult as he does not say many words accurately and struggles to hear the sounds in words. Whe he reads it is usually through memory/pictures/story structure although he randomly can read things phonetically or by sight.
School are now commenting on how he really struggles with writing. I always hoped that his ability to write letters would be fine as he always seemed to have good hand/eye co-ordination and is great with recreating patterns etc. However he finds this really hard. Today we were doing writing and the s looked like a 3, the w looked like a m, the e was upside down, the d was unrecognisable and the p was more like an e.
I have always put the problems with reading and writing down to his language. His maths is good however he struggles with the written form - either reading or writing numbers especially getting the tens and units the right way round.
I am so worried about him and have just had the review meeting. It was there that the concerns about writing were really flagged up. The SENCO also said that the teacher had said that he was lazy with his talking. Not sure in what context she said this but that has concerned me even further.
When I asked today whether we should be investigating further the reply was that he is only 5yrs and just settling into year 1 and we should wait until Christmas.
So any thoughts. Should we push for an educational psychologist to come in and see him? DH and I are really concerned about this and his future so any help really appreciated.