Right, where to start? I have id twin daughters, and they have shown typical dyslexic reading and spelling problems since they started school. DH is definitely dyslexic, and so are several members of his family.
Although i have pointed out the problems to the school several times over the years (they are now in Year 6), they didn't do anything about it, and now i have been told that they 'don't do testing in schools anymore'.
I have contacted the Dyslexia Institute, but their tests cost £350 and although they have hinted that i might be able to get funding, i will still have to get the dtds to Lincoln (we have no car) to do the test - which i don't even know if they need because they've never even been assessed!
The Dyslexia Institute asked for the dtds SATs results, their IEPs and a sample of free hand-writing. I asked dtd1s teacher if i could have these, and she said she'd get dtd2's off her teacher too (big apologies if you are reading this, teachers), and i got a folder home the other day containing reading and writing SATs results for dtd1, her IEP, and only the spelling/writing SATs results for dtd2. No IEP for dtd2, and none of the other SATs results. There was a heck of alot of writing samples though, for which i am quite grateful as they won't write much at home.
So now i have a choice...do i carry on the DI route, for which i have to send off these papers and hope it's adequate, and worry about getting there, let alone how to get £700 for the tests. Or can somebody suggest something else? Because time is running out and they will be in Secondary this September.
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GodzillasBumcheek · 16/11/2007 20:55
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