MumOfPlenty
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Hi all,
Just wondered if anyone has any experience of a child with dyslexia and the way it presented itself?
My husband is dyslexic and it runs in his side of the family, just as an aside, I know it's hereditary.
My daughter is 7, she has recently got to school (it took 3 years of waiting to get her in, we had her try 2 different schools and got no support so I home-schooled in the meantime) and is in year 2.
Today we got a call from the school saying that one of us (hubby or I) need to go in on Monday to have a meeting with the SENCO - we've decided it's best if my hubby goes as he understands the condition firsthand. We figure she's going to need an assessment - I'm sure my hubby mentioned it when he called me to tell me about it - But just what does an assessment involve?
The thing is, thinking about it, and reading up on the signs etc on the british dyslexia association info page - it seems she has it - I'm jumping no guns here but she does fit the criteria. I thought when I was homeschooling that she had attention issues and it was caused by me - being mum - and that she just didn't want to learn with me. My hubby and I had numerous conversations about whether she could be dyslexic and as far as I was concerned, it was always a no - Children learn at their own speed, and sometimes it takes a while to 'get it' - She's not been so very different from her two older brothers in that respect and they've not got any difficulties at all.
Maybe not - we asked in one school she attended (after being there for a year) if there was any chance she could be dyslexic and they said no. However, they had issues with her not making friends etc - maybe this was a potentially lost opportunity for it to be picked up on?
I guess I'm asking for advice and some support here. Floundering, somewhat - and feeling immensely guilty that maybe I should have picked up on it sooner - I'm kinda worrying if I've let her down in some way here.
Help? Advice? Please?
Just wondered if anyone has any experience of a child with dyslexia and the way it presented itself?
My husband is dyslexic and it runs in his side of the family, just as an aside, I know it's hereditary.
My daughter is 7, she has recently got to school (it took 3 years of waiting to get her in, we had her try 2 different schools and got no support so I home-schooled in the meantime) and is in year 2.
Today we got a call from the school saying that one of us (hubby or I) need to go in on Monday to have a meeting with the SENCO - we've decided it's best if my hubby goes as he understands the condition firsthand. We figure she's going to need an assessment - I'm sure my hubby mentioned it when he called me to tell me about it - But just what does an assessment involve?
The thing is, thinking about it, and reading up on the signs etc on the british dyslexia association info page - it seems she has it - I'm jumping no guns here but she does fit the criteria. I thought when I was homeschooling that she had attention issues and it was caused by me - being mum - and that she just didn't want to learn with me. My hubby and I had numerous conversations about whether she could be dyslexic and as far as I was concerned, it was always a no - Children learn at their own speed, and sometimes it takes a while to 'get it' - She's not been so very different from her two older brothers in that respect and they've not got any difficulties at all.
Maybe not - we asked in one school she attended (after being there for a year) if there was any chance she could be dyslexic and they said no. However, they had issues with her not making friends etc - maybe this was a potentially lost opportunity for it to be picked up on?
I guess I'm asking for advice and some support here. Floundering, somewhat - and feeling immensely guilty that maybe I should have picked up on it sooner - I'm kinda worrying if I've let her down in some way here.
Help? Advice? Please?
