Hello,
My apologies if this is in fact in the wrong topic. If so I will ask for it moved.
My DS has just turned 6 in Year 2, he's an early August baby.
Since Year 1 he has been on an Individual Learning Plan, mostly for his concentration in class, he's quite quiet and his reading/writing isn't quite the standard expected. He can do it but gets bored, easily distracted and starts to mess about when we sit down to do homework etc with him.
He's an incredibly active child, always has been on the go constantly, chats none stop, can be very easily distracted if I ask him what he's been doing at school he will tell me a tiny snippet and then goes to something else completely that interests him. He's incredibly sociable too.
We've had a recent meeting with school just so see how he's settled in to Year, both me and DP came out the meeting feeling the wind had been knocked out of our sails at the mention of having the senco in school reviewing and possibly getting someone in to assess my DS for something. It's always been at the back of my mind but thought if it's not been picked up on before now then maybe it was not required.
He's had a private speech and language sessions for around 18 months and has made amazing effort doing so, they're ready to discharge him from SLT but has mentioned in the past if he is constantly on the go, finds it difficult to sit still in a one to one session. Within a classroom of 30 children he doesn't interrupt or shout out, doesn't run around the class or get out of his seat at all.
Within all of the above in mind, we are just a bit lost on what to expect, worrying constantly about our DS future and how we can help at home.
The school have been great and we've aired our worries, they've come up with a lot of things to help and suggested just 5 minute snippets doing homework rather than sitting down with a full book. If I was to say it's homework time he wouldn't just have the initiative and drive to do it himself with minimal help from us, it requires thorough reading and small amount of help.
Amazingly he is incredibly good at Maths, has interests in building and doing practical things but the academic part, just finds boring (in his words)..
I'm not sure what I expected from this thread I just feel like the process is so incredibly lonely..
Any advice, others that have been in this position that could offer some advice would be amazing, we are so unsure where to go from here and how we can help at home.