Not sure if I ought to be concerned or not, dd is doing very well at school and that's the main thing.
She's in Yr7. She was diagnosed as dyslexic when she was 7 as was a year behind. We had her assessed privately. Her secondary school asked for a copy of the report which we've provided. Her primary school weren't interested about her dyslexia at all, I had to push for a meeting with their senco who promised xyz and then did bugger all.
Anyway we moved her to a different primary and she came on leaps and bounds, even passed her 11plus though has actually gone to a comp in the next town.
When I gave the dyslexia report to her secondary school they asked me if I wanted her put in remedial classes. I said no as she is doing well at school and I don't want her missing normal classes.
We had parents evening last week and all her teachers are singing her praises, she's top of most of her classes. However her English teacher says her reading age is 11.06, so a year behind.
Now her dyslexia report mentions about how intelligent she is and that she will compensate for her dyslexia well but that this will het harder as she gets older.
Her French teacher hadn't been told she was dyslexic and had a go at dd for been slow copying stuff off the board. When dd told her she was dyslexic the teacher apologised and now helps dd with copying stuff into her book. Dd says she struggles with copying stuff down in German as well. Saying this, both language teachers say she's doing really well and is one of a small number selected to do two languages.
I saw the senco on parents evening who was about suprised I wanted to see her. I asked if dd could do with any support. She said it was my choice not to put dd in remedial classes. It seems its either all or nothing.
I'm not a teacher, I don't have a clue about dyslexia. A friend at college who was dyslexic found having stuff on different coloured paper helped, so I was wondering if they might suggest stuff like that?? I got the Impression the senco was wondering why I was bothered as dd is doing so well. I'm not a pushy parent but obviously want the best for dd and just don't want her to struggle if she doesn't have to.
Does this lack of interest from the school sound normal? Do I just accept that as dd is doing well then she doesn't need help? Also the school has never said anything about extra time in exams, etc. does this only happen for more severe cases?
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VivaLeBeaver · 24/03/2013 09:57
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