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Subject: Re: Fighting from the beginning

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Karen

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Date Posted: 03:36:47 05/06/11 Fri
In reply to: Claire 's message, "Fighting from the beginning" on 12:05:03 05/03/11 Tue

My son is now 13 and his dyslexia was picked up by his primary school when he was 7 years old, although it was not diagnosed by the school as dyslexia. Like your son he was highly intelligent and extremely capable orally however he had extreme difficulties with writing, spelling and reading. This was what highlighted the problem. He and the school struggled however the teachers did ensure he was focused and assisted as best they could. A little frustrating as he should have been properly assessed and specialist help applied.

Due to the problems he was having we chose to send him to a private selective school. We had him professionally assessed at the end of his first year at senior school (paying ourselves for the test). I would recommend any parent to have the test done as this then gives you the evidence the is critical for you to start the process to get the help and assistance your child definately needs.

I am extremely lucky as the school have been fantastic and are totally supporting him in every way possible. He has a special session twice a week which helps him with essential english skills such as spelling and writing. He then has a session which helps him with note taking and skills to help him cope in the classroom. His learning assistant communicates on a regular basis with his subject teachers and they constantly make changes to accommodate his difficulties. These include sitting at the front of the class to limit distractions, placing him with teachers that do less white board based teaching (extremely difficult for a dyslexic), copy of notes or the ability to photocopy other students notes (dyslexics will get behind in class if they need to reply on their own note taking however it is important that they try to do this skill).

During the first two years of senior school they will build up a portfolio of evidence that will then be used to officially obtain him extra time and a reader in the next years of his education and his GCSE exams and beyond.

It is a long process however is extremely important you fight for this help and take it from me it make all the difference. Now my son knows what his difficulty is his confidence has increased dramatically, he now knows that he is intelligent but has problems that he has to overcome. Dyslexia will never go away they just need to be given the tools to cope and the confidence to move forward and achieve what they can. Dyslexics can achieve and tell your son he will be ok and will succeed.

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Re: Fighting from the beginning	Claire	12:28:31 05/06/11 Fri