Suspected dyslexia

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Hi Everyone

Just received my daughters year 3 report and have found she has only made one sub level of progress from a 2c at the end of year 2 to a 2b at the end of year 3 right across the board in maths, writing and reading. To say I am concerned is putting it lightly!! I know at the end of year 3 she should be a 2a minimum and has been under performing for the last two years as the school was so clear to point out in her annual school report!

I support her at home with these areas but am aware that the way in which she processes information is not what it should be. I recognize some aspects of dyslexia she presents (being a dyslexic myself) but the school seem to be reluctant to investigate if this is so. I feel really angry as she is trying so hard and her report mentions how motivated she is within class yet there seems to be little in the way of helping her to overcome the barrier she presently has.

Even more upsetting is the fact that I know the school receives pupil premium money for both my girls yet neither receives any free extra curricular activities or interventions which I know happens in other primary schools in the area. Isn't this money supposed to be used to aid pupil premium children's education?

A friend who is a TA in a primary school said my daughter should be on a TAC meeting agenda but I have no idea.

I'm going to request a meeting with the teacher and the SENCO. Are there any vital questions I should be asking?

Thanks in advance

You may get the "it isn't all that bad" line.

You need a profile of strengths and weaknesses that explain your daughter's lack of progress, particularly given her positive attitude.

So, you ask: have they screened her English, Maths and general capacity for learning. You are after results on: word recognition, non-word recognition, reading comprehension, word and digit retrieval speed, writing speed, spelling ability, number bonds. From class, you would need to know whether she finishes work, her presentation of it, her ability to organise herself and is there a major difference between what she says and what she can get down on paper.

DS1 couldn't read at the end of year 3, never mind write. I put my concerns in writing - like you, we have learning difficulties in the family - and they brought a special advisor in. She was wonderful but I had already gone back to the people who diagnosed DS2 because you cannot meet needs unless they have been recognised first.

Good luck.

Schoolsoutforsummer

Thanks for the guidance, this definitely helps : )