I have posted on primary education and special educational needs topic.
Someone who kindly answered suggested I try posting in this topic. So here goes.
Can anyone please help me.
My daughter has been diagnosed as dyslexic by the school ed psychologist. She is getting an alpha smart to help her written work.
We have been told she will not get any extra help from the school ie. 121 help.
There are 2 other dyslexic children in her class who have 121 support with the support for learning teacher and I would like my daughter to have this to.
When I asked her class teacher about her seeing this teacher for reading I was told that there are other children in her class who are worse at reading so they will get the extra support, not my daughter.
My daughter really struggles with maths but has never received any help with this either. We are having a meeting with the deputy head and class teacher on Thursday so I want to know if schools have a criteria for what children they help.
After speaking to another parent this morning who seems to think her daughter is receiving 121 help from the school because she falls into the bottom 20% of her class (possibly year group).
I feel my daughter must fall into the bottom 20% of her year group, particularily in maths.
We are in Scotland, my daughter is nearly 10 and in Primary 5. Her 6 year old sister can do her maths homework.
Will I get the teachers hackles up if I ask how low down in the class does she have to be to get extra help?
Also I want to ask can they tell me how much progress she has made since the end of primary 3 (now end of primary 5). I feel she has made little progress, most definately none in maths.
If the answer is not alot of progress can I say then that the strategies that have been in place for past 2 years do not seem to be working, can we please go down line of extra teacher support?
An example is her spelling age is of a 6.2 year old, reading rate of 7.3 year old but reading comprehension of an 11 year old. She is actually nearly 10.
Sorry for making this so long. I feel that i have failed her. That we should have been on the schools back so much more. We are hoping to get the money together to get her a private dyslexia tutor, but also want more/ or better support from the school.
The school want to have a meeting about her educational needs once a year, whereas I want termly. I will bring this up at the meeting too.
Thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to answer this. Any advice greatly welcome.