dysTalk 7 Year Old And Fairley House Vs Another School - Dyslexia - Forum - dysTalk

Hi, My 7 year old son has mild dyslexia and is consequently behind at his state primary school. They are providing a lot of support but that is mostly taking him out of class and getting him to go through Toe by Toe (a reading scheme) and to practise reading. Nothing very specifically aimed at his best way of learning. They say he is making progress but I am exploring other options.

We are about to look at Fairley House in pimlico which would mean a long journey for him everyday but give him lots of support; OR taking him to a private and very good tutoring school for 2 mornings a week while keeping him at his current school meaning less disruption.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

Thanks

J

11/06/2009 11:49:53
J M

If he is mild, then I would encourage you to keep him local with local friends and try LOTS of hobby like activities to help him find something he enjoys doing so that when he is 9 or 10 it leads to wanting to read. Moving him to Fairley a) makes him less local and therefore his social life is more of an effort and b) very hard to move back into the mainstream again. So think twice or thrice!

We moved our son to a specialist weekly boarding school and he has just passed common entrance at the level we would have wished if he weren't desperately dyslexsic!

16/06/2009 15:49:08
Wendy W

My son has been diagnosed as being on the 99.8 percentile for verbal intelligence but also being profoundly dyslexic and dyspraxic. I've thought about Fairley House and Emerson House, but I think he has such a huge mountain to climb that it may be more satisfying for him to be released from his dyslexia and dyspraxia through information technology. Is this realistic?

18/06/2009 12:10:06
EB

Hi again,

Wendy W thanks for your comments. We made the decision to send him to Fairley House in the end - he went for a 2 day trial period and came out each day saying he loved the school and wanted to go. Due to start in Sept. Very hard to leave old school but will keep in touch with local friends and do things on weekend that are in the area. Not sure yet if that was the right decision but as in his recent sats he had a 1c in comprehension just thought it was not good for him to go into year 4 without being to keep up at all with the class.

Thanks for your advice though.

J

22/07/2009 15:04:46
julia marber

i cant advise on failreuy house as i dont know what they do i have a son who is thirteen years old and dyslexic- have been throguh the state system for years with dyselxia my advsie to you is deffinately drive where you can and do waht you can dont leave it up to mainstream school as in the most part they dont cater for indaviduals- dont leave it to mainstream and if you have access to specialist teaching wihtout a shadopw of doubt do that

27/08/2009 10:19:59
kate