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Hi

My son is 10 he will be 11 in June and is due to go to secondary school in September this year.

Help. LEA Ed Psyc did tests aug 2009 diagnosed with Dyslexia, number blindness and possible memory retention problems. On school action plus, have been told by school he has been making slow progress. But Ed Psyc did tests again last week and the results are nearly the same as they were in 2009 so no progress. Help, I don't know what to do. School saying one thing, tests another, scared about him going to secondary school and that appropriate help in place. Should I request a statement? Do I write and ask or the school. What are the chances of getting it, ed phyc says in bottom 1% for reading and writing age 6. I would be so grateful for any advice, feel devestated. Thank you

12/02/2011 14:37:10
lisa cant

Hi Lisa Just came across your post while searching for info for my son.

Guy is also in bottom 1% had two ed/psych evaluations when he was 6. He is now 8 and after being in school for 4 years shows NO real signs of progress with reading and writing. He is verbally very bright, fascinated with nature, animals and history. I wondered how your son was getting on, I suppose the big question is whether I am wasting Guy's time (and mine!) trying to persevere with the reading, I would love to hear from an adult who is in bottom 1% wouldn't you? I would like to know if there is eventual actual progress and can eventually read as an adult or am I foolishly trying to get Guy to do something he simply will never be able to do.

Would love to hear your thoughts on this

Anthea

16/04/2012 10:16:24
Anthea

Hi My son was having a lot of problems in primary school. When i questioned the school i was told that the reading programe that was in place covered all reading problems for children. At the age of ten my son told me that the words were moving on the page. I went to my local optician as my son was already wearing glasses for long sightedness. I was told by the optitian that my son had Visual Stress. He also told me that my son would need to wear coloured lenses to help eliviate the problems when he was reading. I had the test done which i had to pay for and i also had to pay for the lenses. Could be worth getting them tested for this. They could also be Dyslexic as my son is aswell. I have a group on FB called Parents of Kids with Visual Stress, please feel free to take a look.

20/04/2012 16:05:01
Michelle

hi my daughter is dyslexic, i have known for a while but the school just wasnt interested, i took my daughter for an eye test and paid for her to have a test done, they confirmed dyslexia so i paid for a pair of coloured lensis for jade, i also told the school then they decided to do a test, most children will come out at around 20% out of 100% jade only got 1/2% which is very low, jade is 9yrs old and comes across as being a clever girl but just cant put it down on paper, the glasses are helping, so they are worth the £200 i paid, its just a relieve for both myself and jade as she now knows that she can do it but her brains sees things differently,she is still behind but i am hoping with the right help she will move up grades, since jade was in reception i had been told one day it will click with jade and she will do well, i waited till she was 8 then i said enough enough if they werent going to find out what was wrong i was, it affected jade confidernt, she was insercure and gets frustrated, but it is all symptons of being dyslexic. xx

02/05/2012 12:57:36
tracy hatch

Hi my daughter as some visual stress but i was lucky they have 2 teachers that can test for this she was found to need a pink overlay to help with her reading, they do these tests wehn children are struggling with reading, also school aren't bothered about getting her tested but they are helping her as if she is dyslexic if you know what i mean they are covering all the criteria, she works in small groups sometimes in a quiet area as she struggles with noise interuption, she also does 1-1 i don't know what level she is at as last time they told me in year 2 sats which she didn't sit as she couldn't read they did a teacher assessment and put her at level 1c then a year later she was at 1c very strange she is definately making progress just slowly. Her attention span isn't the greatest but she is also interested in animals but she still obsessed in dinosaurs she has done froma young age she is now 9yrs old. I have recently been in touch with parent partnership as i am very worried about high school as my others dropped grades but they could afford to if she anxious about it she will also drop grades and she already behind don't know how much by though Sharon x

07/05/2012 08:32:16
shazb1971 (Member)