He's six in October, is v bright indeed, with great emotional intelligence and abstract thinking (he asked recently why it is that we can't feel the earth spinning, and if birds think, for example). He's approaching the end of reception (or early years unit as we call it).
However, there is a huge, ever-widening deficit between all his other skills and abilities and his reading and writing.
He. Is. Just. Not. Having. It.
His teacher has been talking to us for a while about the possibility, as there's such a marked discrepancy between his reading and everything else, and the group assessment a couple of weeks ago has shown that he's made "minimal" progress in phonics while steaming ahead in everything else.
We do phonics at home, and DP (almost) always reads a bedtime story for DS and DD. DD was three in April and TBH, is picking up letters more than DS is.
We're looking at initial action now, apparently. I had a brief chat this morning with teech and while she couldn't say for certain that it's dyslexia (obviously it's too soon), it seems they all strongly suspect it.
DP has severe dyslexia (although thankfully he's done v well for himself and has never let it hold him back. I have ADD (was on Ritalin for years before children) and I guess we're not too surprised that one of the kids has taken the bullet!
The thing is, I can see that DS is aware there's something going on and he's becoming very despondent about it all and it's knocking his confidence.
Despite the way in which I may come across here, I'm v sensitive to learning differences, and am gearing up to prepare DS for what may be in store for him....accepting that his brain is wired a bit differently etc etc.
Err....just realised I'm rambling! The reason I'm posting all this is because I'd like to find out just how soon we can get him tested, what initial action is (we're in Oxfordshire) and....well....anything else you can throw at me!
Many thanks in advance, guys.