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Hi, My Godson is dyspraxic and has the ability of a 9 year old for Maths & English. He will be 15 this year and I wondered if anyone knows of any teaching aids that aren't babyish but aimed at his ability. He will not use the maths books he has been given as they are aimed at young children e.g counting ducks and teddy bears. Also understandably he doesn't want to read storybooks for younger ages either. Any ideas?

22/09/2009 13:50:15
Sarah T

Hi Sarah

For the reading skills, I suggest you try to find some english story books intended for adult foreigners. I had to learn a new language as an adult and I was given litterature books on different levels to read.

I found that the first levels are very simple and with few lines every page. They gradually increase in difficulty and in the number of lines/words/complexity. The good thing is that you can choose books from the different levels (I guess you probably have acess to them trough a library or english school for foreigners)and decide the best level for your kid and increase the difficulty according to his needs. Please notice that the first levels ARE boring, because the sentences are simple and there is no space for complex stories, but are certainly bether than kids stories (and at least it can increase his self-esteem by the fact that those books are intended for adults).

For the math I dont have a clue - maybee try to make a ''personalized'' math book for him by making similar exercises but replacing ''babyish tings'' with examples more adquated for his age. It is a lot of a job to do but maybee you can give it a try.

I hope I could help you and I also hope the suggestions work. If you need more suggestions feel free to ask.

22/03/2010 23:24:34
Joana

My son is 16 with a similar reading age. I found the Barrington Stokes (publisher) books really good. Age appropriate stories at a level he can read, and understand. Also he loves biographies. I have been getting him the ''Who was....'' series and he has asked me to get more!

Maths is still a struggle but football related helps a little bit.

25/02/2011 17:42:29
Mags1

Dyspraxia should not affect the intelligence of a person. I had a psychological test when i was 16 (i am now 20) as i suffer from dyspraxia it said my mental age was really low (can't remember exactly what it is without looking at it). However, i got average grades at gcse levels and a levels. I am now studying at university.

I feel the main reason why many people with dyspraxia may get low marks in these tests is due concentration levels. I can not concentrate on subjects i do not find interesting (hence me getting a wide range of grades at gcse (from D to A) and sometimes it takes me longer to think about things and come up with correct answers.

I think that you should focus on what your godson enjoys, i'm sure there are subjects which he prefers and therfore will be able to concentrate better at.

Also, just to add, your godson is a person not a dyspraxic!

04/03/2011 23:34:56
Lauren

HI

My daughter is 15 years old & is not coping at school, she failed most of her subjects & did very bad in the others ( in fact she failed this term). How do i go about getting help. Kindly note that both my husband & I is unemployed. Is there anywhere in Gauteng South Africa where we can obtain free assessment & help?

01/10/2011 11:23:53
Shaffia Khan

I think you're wrong. I'm sure. I can prove it.

01/02/2012 00:10:10
optiortearl