Hello,my son is in year 3 . I have felt something hasn't been right since he started year 1 (and possibly before that really). He has always been behind the other children, smiled late, crawled/walked fairly late, as a baby/toddler he barely made a sound would just sit and watch everyone around him and never complain and hardly cried. Altho I was aware of these things no professional ever flagged anything up so I just carried on.
In year 2 he had become very frustrated and would come out of the class door smelling of wee as he had been half wetting himself whilst at school which was happen everyday and he was very sore. Once at home he was very frustrated trying to fight with his siblings,shouting constantly and telling us we all hate him. Sometimes he would break down and sob. When discussing these concerns with his teacher I asked if he felt my son showed any signs of dyslexia or something else that may be causing this frustration because all of his academic levels were p levels,so very behind. I was told these exact words from the teacher 'I assure you there is nothing wrong with your child you need to accept he will always be behind.'
During year 2 (at Easter) I moved him to a small village school where he immediately was getting more attention and given an IEP. Amazingly the wetting himself and all the other things disappeared and we had this lovely, happy little boy again. His academic levels are improving quite well, altho still very behind the others in his class. Suddenly building up to xmas it's all come back again. I have spoken to the school who just say well he is still improving academically. They won't acknowledge that something is wrong, he is clearly not coping. I'm just wondering what other mums would do as I can't leave him like this anymore his self esteem is so low and the fact it all went away and then came back shows there must be something causing this.