Dd is 7 and she is falling behind at school. At the last parents evening I was given an Initial Concerns report and she has until May to improve. After that, she will get SEN help.
She just doesn't get maths unless I show her with groups of stones for instance. She doesn't get rote learning but she can do her times table. She just doesn't seem to understand why she needs to do it. She struggles with logic and mental arithmetic and she doesn't get sequencing.
Her reading has improved but her comprehension is going down hill. Her spelling is erratic but not too bad.
She struggles socially and gets upset about having no friends. From what I can gather, she often wants to play her games but nobody else does. The teacher thinks she expects absolute loyalty and then gets stroppy and sulks. She has been like this since little.
We obviously help her with homework, tell her that playing in turns is good and we invite friends over for tea. She is in brownies now, which she seems to like.
I suppose the point of my post is to get some ideas or pointers. It's really upsetting to see dd so miserable and calling herself stupid.
Can she have SEN needs without having a recognized disorder? Her db is 6 and is suspected ADHD and the complete opposite to her. He takes up alot of our time and energy which can't help things. I wonder if she does have a learning disability that perhaps we should consider at least to rule some out?
I just feel like there's a chasm between her and the outside world and it's agonizing to watch. At home she's usually loving and gregarious, particularly with adults and younger children. She is brilliantly artistic and very imaginative, writing reams and reams of stories. She just doesn't seem to fit into academic life with children of her age.
Sorry veery long!