DD 5 has been really struggling in first year of primary school, particularly with literacy, numeracy. School have said there is a significant block to learning possibly something like dyslexia but too early for formal assessment. Having done some research I think it very likely she has dyslexia but also she shows some features of dyspraxia, eg difficulty pedalling & using scissors.
I have also been reading about sensory processing difficulties and I wonder whether this may also have some relevance, although again she only has certain features and things that have been very difficult for her previously have naturally seemed to lessen as she has got older, eg seams, labels, certain types of fabric, loud noises etc.
Issues I am most concerned about are in respect to the difficulties she is having in accessing the curriculum at school, her short term memory seems non existent at times. She has begun to be aware of the difficulties she is having, talks about how tricky she finds learning and things like 'cutting out' and I am concerned about longer term impact on her self esteem and desire to learn being completely eroded.
I have an appointment to see the Learning support teacher next week, she gets additional support for learning, group and individual support each week. Should I be pushing for some kind of formal assessment and who would do this? Her teacher had previously said that it was too early for any assessment and that this wouldn't happen until P3.