My son is on an IEP at school and I am extremely frustrated in finding ways to ensure he has the right help at school. He is a very confident bright boy, and can be a bit of a clown iyswim. He is able to talk in a very confident way about subjects that interest him. For instance Ancient Egypt is the topic they are covering at school at the moment and he has taken part in role play activities involved with this. Something lights up in him when he does these sorts of activities and he can talk fluently about this topic but he really struggles to get it down on paper. His spelling is atrocious, he can't seem to visualise the word and get it down on paper. His maths skills are good when it comes to things like, shapes, degrees, angles and measuring but he cannot perform mental maths easily. I feel he has been labelled lazy at school because he is easily distracted. He can read quite well but his comprehension of what he reads does not seem to follow through at school and consequently his SATS scores for this are very low. What can I do to help him? I have got quite cross at school and I am at my wits end to be honest. I have asked for him to be seen by a SEN specialist but the funding is not there for that. I would like him to receive a test for dyslexia if only to rule it out but I am stabbing around in the dark here in order to try and find a way to help him.
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Son aged eight, year four, could he be displaying signs of dyslexia?
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Lovelygoldboots · 04/10/2012 14:26
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