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Subject: 6 y/old son diagnosed with dyslexia. Not sure it's as severe as the teachers seem to think

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Vicky (confused)

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Date Posted: 15:27:10 01/03/12 Tue

My son is a very bright boy. He loves learning about things and has an extremely good vocabulary for his age. There has always been a big problem with his writing. He was slow to learn how to hold a pencil well after his peers at school. After moving to year 2 at school he made no progress with his writing. He was kept in over break times to do writing and then it was sent home as even missing out on breaks he wasn't getting it done. I was informed a few times that even the head had gone in to tell him off for not doing his work. The poor lad is rarely naughty or disruptive. He fully participates in classroom discussions and enjoys learning about history etc. It was clear his recording isn't on par with his verbal skills and the tests the school did registered that he has a high IQ.

My problem is that i'm not convinced his ready is as big a problem as they say. We've always read his school books with him and it's only ever new words that seem problematic. I was told that he didn't know the alphabet and was recomended getting some magnetic letters for him to practice. Apart from 3 letters (2 backwards and 1 he knew phonetically not verbally) I always remember it myself by saying it and taught him to do it that way too. He hadn't been sent any books home since september and now they've moved him back a class and send him home with a reading book he breezes right through, he didn't struggle on a single word. Going through the records it looks like they've given him an easier book than he's had and read previously. I'm so confused, i don't want to have him struggling but i don't want him to get bored doing work that is too easy for him. It seems to me they are focusing on his reading skills when it's his writing that is the big problem as far as i can see.

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