New Flexi-School for Dyslexic Students in Kent

[RinnyA]

Do you ever wonder if there could be another way to educate your child who is struggling with reading & writing at School? I am a mum of a wonderful DD who has dyslexia, scotopic light sensitivity, auditory processing disorder and mild dyspraxia. I am also a teacher. I identified in Year 1 that something was not quite right with my DD's progress in learning; by Yr 3, she was 3 yrs behind her peers; despite my asking the Headteacher over and over again for recognition of her obvious dyslexic tendencies. In the end, after tears, frustrations, blatant lies and the knowledge that the School would never change it's approach, I took things into my own hands. I asked to Flexi-School to tutor my daughter myself, (I was already a professional tutor for children KS1-4 in English/literacy/11+). It was not easy, at first it was an outright 'no', due to the registration code being one that would count against the School for Ofsted. I persevered and took on KCC, showing how they had misinterpreted the legislation (I have also done a Law Degree!), and finally got my way. Last term I tutored my daughter every morning with fantastic results, (see my blog at algars-academy.blogspot.co.uk/) ..So I am thinking of starting up a 'Flexi-School,' purely for those children who are struggling with reading and writing. It could be a 'cheap' alternative to private schooling (an option parents often resort to), where you do as much/little as you can afford/want to do & children can still attend their Schools for creative curriculum and re-enter f/t when they are ready. What do you think?

I think your daughter sounds like a perfect candidate for the Tinsley House approach, or you could try a good behavioral optrometrist & AIT. Well worth you taking a look at the threads on those topics and then doing what you can to resolve the dyslexia for once and for all. Dyslexia is a symptom, not a condition in it's own right imho (runs in my family). It's worth noting that in Australia all kids who hit 7 with issues in reading/writing see a BO as a matter of course, with great results statistically yet somehow our system has missed including their input on a similar basis.

Sounds to me as if you need to look up free schools and what they are doing - you idea sounds like a free specialist unit iykwim. Education otherwise is another organisation that may be able to point you in the right direction.

Bockhead said what I was thinking. :)

I've spent years trying to cure my DDs severe dyslexic, and am very close now.

She no longer has severe dyslexia, and in a few more months I expect her to have no dyslexic symptoms at all.

The things I have done which have had the biggest impact so far are:

• Auditory Integration Training
• Tinsley House (which includes computerised vision therapy)
• Going dairy free.

Tinsely House Clinic treats all of the symptoms your DD has.