dysTalk How Do We Get A Diagnosis For Our 9 Year Old - General Advice Other - Forum - dysTalk

A long story - we think our 9 year old might have ... something. The quick question is: how do we go about getting our daughter assessed/diagnosed? Where do we go first?

The long story is pretty common, I'd guess; at every parents' evening, we've said we think she's behind with her writing; her 2s and 5s are often back-to-front, her writing is at times, still, illegible, etc. We've asked every time if it could be dyslexia (we were always told ''definitely not''). We've mentioned that she still doesn't use cutlery comfortably or confidently, and were told ''she's fine when she eats at school'', etc. She can't follow more than one instruction at a time. Anyway; we're bored of being fobbed off, but the more we look in to dyslexia/dyspraxia, the more panicky we're getting: not because we think there might be something wrong, but because we *know* that there's something, and we want it clarified/confirmed/diagnosed so that we can help her. We feel horrible that we didn't push it earlier; but of course, teachers are ''experts'' and we trusted them; and if her writing had been completely back to front, letters were often transposed, etc, we'd have pushed for a diagnosis. As it was, when the teachers told us it was just a matter of concentration, that she's a bit of a dreamer, we agreed, because - well, she is! But now we're thinking that maybe she daydreams because she can't get a grasp on the work, rather than the other way round. Anyway. Long story...thank you if you've read this far!

14/09/2011 21:09:46
Maria