Mixed emotions day today 
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I haven't posted here for a while because since going back to school and settling back into a normalish routine Jack has been ok - I mean he still does his little things and we still just get on with it but aside from one incident since christmas - he bit another child because he was frustrated that no-one was listening to him and calling him a girl etc (Now I know there is no excuse for biting but when he's is being tormented and no one is listening to what he is saying thenn at some point he is going to lash out!).
He is now receiving 15 mins each day one to one with either the headmistress or the business manager of the school to do some extra reading/phonics/numeracy to give him a full on short burst of help which is all his concentration can take and retain at the moment and that is really working later at home as well.
Parents evening was last week and whilst his actual working levels are still very low - well under what year 1s are doing he has improved from the last parents evening in October. We also got lots of compliments on how endearing he can be (when he wants to be) and also how kind, polite and friendly he can be (again - when HE wants to be).
I had a meeting with the SENco today and finally voiced the concerns I had about him over christmas - the dislike of being touched and washing it away, that loud noised actually hurt his ears, the lack of eye contact, the clumsiness etc and apart from saying an actual DX she said that all these things all link in together and she says that this extra information is really interesting to know and feels that now is a good time to get the Educational psychologist involved.
So I came away feeling positive that at last things are being done but also a bit deflated that I've had to admit to someone else outside of the family that there are problems aside from what they just see at school.
Please could somebody explain to me what the ED-psych will be looking for/asking/testing etc?
At the moment I'm going through the stage where I'm thinking maybe I have over-exaggerated what he does and it's all normal for a 5.5year old (even though I know it's not and my older two were never like this!)