School work

[amyt250190]

My eldest dd, who is 14 has been struggling with her schoolwork for a while now and when ive mentioned it, other parents have said shes probably dyslexic, however I am slightly baffled about this as I never thought this could be a possibility considering she is quite a bright child but now thinking about it, some problems have always been evident I think they just have been swept under the carpet until now, she is really struggling with her english right now and can only seem to keep up with her Design work, she has said she has tried to speak to her teachers about this and they have just said that she should try and learn the topics earlier, as in before the actual lesson but this does not work out at all and stresses her out more, I am sort of wanting to ring up the school and mention it but if she was dyslexic then why hasn't it been pickd up before?! need help!!!

Does your school have any sort of SEN department? If so, speak to them and ask for an assessment. Dyslexia can come in many forms and levels of severity. Also has nothing to do with being bright or not!
Be prepared to find an outside education psychologist to do the assessments. Some schools seem pathologically unwilling to accept the existence of SEN and even those that are helpful often have overworked departments. Many kids who have a less severe dyslexia and cope ok at school are over looked, some people get to University and then find out they have it! Its not unusual. Good luck.

Yes, the school has a SEND department but its mainly for kids with severe problems not sort of common things like what this might be..

I have known students get to university without having their dyslexia picked up earlier. It may be helpful to look at the British Dyslexia Association's website. There is information there about screening, although like the PP stated, the Senco at school should be able to help.