dyslexia

[iceangel]

hi every1 my eldest son is 10 and he is going to highschool in september i suspected from when he first started school that he may be dyslexic and he has only resently got the help he needs from school.
does anybody on this site have a child who they think is dyslexic or who is? as i would like to know more about it from people in the same situation??

[Lyn]

Hi

I have worked with a few children who are Dyslexic, some of them were not to bad it might have just been reading that they had a problem with or just their writing.

My best friend is also dyslexic but she is now an assessor for childcare and about to open her own nursery.

Lyn xxx

[Clare]

Hi Nina

Sorry but I haven't come across dyslexia (yet) Hope some of the others on here can be more helpful

Clare xx

[Shell]

Hi Nina,

To be honest Nina I only know one of my friends who as dyslexia its to do with her writing. I hope that you will get some more help from people on the site.

Love
Shell.
xx

[Mamabird]

hi nina

My dp has what i would say is slight dyslexia he has trouble with reading/spelling and isnt able to break words down like most people

he has no trouble in life and is pretty clever and very good with his hands he is also a very quicker learner!

xx

[Mum2ollie]

Hi Nina,

I'm an english teacher at a secondary school so see a lot of dyslexic children through that.

As others have said, most dyslexics find techniques for coping in day to day life, and they do learn so quickly!

Unfortunately, some schools are slow on the uptake where the condition is concerned, especially in boys as some (not so good) teachers assume that because it's a boy, he's just lazy and that's why they don't spell well or handwrite properly, which of course is nonsense! So it's important to say early on at his secondary school that you believe there is an issue that needs looking at further.

There should be a SENCO (Special Educational Needs Coordinator) at your boy's secondary school who you can discuss your feelings and instincts with and they OUGHT to be good about dealing with your concerns and your son's needs. By law schools are required to provide the right support for dyslexic children as soon as it is identified. The SENCO should then produce and IEP (Individual Education Plan) which states the steps the school will take to support your son, this will vary depending on the level of support he needs but can be anything from having individual sessions with a support teacher or having a support teacher to himself during the lessons he needs it most.

As a parent, there are lots of things you can do as additional support at home too. I don't know if you know but there is a parents guide to dyslexia available from teachernet.gov.uk?
This link should take you to it, it's called "special needs a guide for parents and carers":
http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk/d ... e=4&Area=1

Hope that was useful?? Feel free to ask if there is anything else you want to know

Sam
xx

[iceangel]

thank you very much for that link sam i'll go have a look.
luckily i work in childcare myself so i no about the school senco and i had to push 4 an iep to be set up. i have been told that b4 he goes to secondary school there will be a meetin invoving myself, my son, his primary school senco and the senco from his new school so that has eased my mind. i have had 2 push 4 all this if i didnt work with children i wouldnt have stood half a chance with it!!
my sister is severly dyslexic and this wasnt discoverd untill she was leaving high school, she is now a teacher herself (at a seconary school) with the right help i no he will learn how to deal with it better.

[Mamabird]

sam thats excatly what they did with steve thought he was a trouble maker e.t.c as he had trouble with the work he left school at 15 but did do most of his GCSE's and pass most of them aswell.

he still remembers how hard it was in school fo rhim and doenst have fond memories sadly!

[Mum2ollie]

Nina - Glad could be of help - sorry I probably told you tonnes you already know! lol ops:

Daynna - I find it so sad in this day and age that dyslexia and other conditions in children are treated like this. My aunt had to really push for her daughter to be properly assessed, and she wouldn't have known if I hadn't said I think she has concentration issues.

It's so bad of teachers to just assume that as it's a boy, there's no condition, just laziness.....ok there are some lazy boys, but that's no reason to dismiss the real problems and tarnish everyone with the same brush!

Hope it all works out for your son.

Sam
x

[Madmaxgirl]

Hiya, just wanted to let you know about my experiance of dyslexia..
My sister had problems reading and writing from being very young and was diagnosed with severe dyslexia. Fortunately the school she attened had a very good special education department and she recieved the help she needed.
I wasn't diagnosed with dyslexia until I was 13 years old as I could read and write.. my teachers and school were very unsympathetic and just accused me of being lazy. My problems were with maths and unfortunately, I didn't recieve the help I so badly needed.
My experiance is that alot of people think that if you can read and write then you can't be dyslexic.
I really, really hope that your son gets all the help he needs and wish him all the best for his future.
If you ever want to chat about dyslexia then feel free to give me a shout.

Emma xx