Specific language impairment

[Laura0806]

My dd has just been diagnosed with this and with SLD (Dyslexia). Just wondered what others experiences of this are and how they helped or how their children were helped. We are awaiting a full speech and language assessment but it may be some time ( she was diagnosed with this by a specialist psychologist)

My 2 DC both have SLI - it makes things hard, but eminently manageable with the right support.

OK if I re-post tomorrow, when my brain is firing better?

of course, thank you for replying. I suspect my youngest has it too but not been assessed yet.

My ds has dyslexia and dyspraxia. He cannot always spell his name, but he is at uni, has travelled, been in national and school sports teams, and says 'I wouldn't changea thing. It makes you more determined'

Not sure how old your dc is, but typically touch typing helps a lot - the 'b an d' problem is solved because the b is on the bottom line and the d on the middle one!

The main job was to stop him getting told off for things that were not his fault. Then his self esteem picked up. We also ran with his enthusiasms for the things he was good at, and held up skills like looking out for his friends as vastly more important than spelling (which they blatantly are).

Hope this helps

Thanks senvet, thats exactly what we have started trying to do. The teachers now know not to tell her off for not knowing what to do/ not listening and we are encouraging her in her extra curricular activities. Shes very kind (only 7) and we praise her for that. Unfortunately there are some girls in her class who say to her that shes not clever, not in the top spelling group etc but we are trying to counter with the above! Thank you-sounds like your son is a success story!

I wonder if you should get the school on to the kids who are teasing her - it may be teasing to them but it might just run deeper.

Looking at yesterday's guest post, disability awareness has a LONG way to go, so making it general in the class - how would you feel if....
you had glasses and they called you four eyes
you had a scar and they called you scar face
etc etc

You know your dc and the school best, but having seen my lad hide his himself and his school report in bed when her was 8 and seen his lip quiver when he was 11 and was teased when he started secondary school, I am just wary

Thank you. I think I will. really sorry to hear that happened to your son and its great that he overcame it