dyslexia

[museumgal]

I think my son may have dyslexia - he's 8. What's the best way to find out for sure?

[Jules001]

I think you will need to voice your concerns to his school to see if they have the same worries, they can arrange for tests to be done if they think the same. A lot of experts say that it is not possible to test for dyslexia until the child is about 8 or 9, this is to give some extra time for late developers to catch up before saying there is a problem. For more info check out this website http://www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk/main/home/index.asp

hope this helps

[EssJay1]

There are a whole range of symptoms, so don't just go for poor spelling.  Why do you think he may have dyslexia?  If he's 8, his school will  have noticed specific difficulties - what does his teacher say?  Is there any dyslexia in the family?

[EssJay1]

P.S. not all schools can arange tests - it can depend on the LEA in the UK.

[Corkyb]

Unfortuntely dyslexia is often played down or passed over in many primary schools in the UK; I know from bitter experience, and struggled for a very long time to get help for my son. Are there other males in the family with dyslexia (father, uncle, grandfather) as it is more come in males and tends to be hereditary.

The best thing to do is get as much information on the subject; Jules001 has given the details of the BDA which is an excellent place to start.

http://www.dyslexia-inst.org.uk/  is another site to look at as is-

http://www.dyslexic.com/home.php?PHPSESSID=23a879170a1d332e6dcfebdfad4af497  this one has a forum too.

 

You may also find there is a local or regional help group in your area.

Good luck.

[undercovers]

I�m dyslexic - and primary school was not much fun, I would be very surprised if his teachers had noticed or cared that he was struggling. You really need to cut them out the loop as much as possible in my opinion � from the ages of about 9 � 12 I went to a Saturday school (only for about 3 hours) where one-to-one tuition was used and a much more effective (at least for dyslexics) style of teaching was implemented. Though I objected at first I was pleased with the results and it was these few hours a week that actually taught be how to read and write rather than the years previously sitting in a class room being confused, also it was a great confidence boost to be able to learn in an environment where it ok to be wrong and there is no embarrassment in making mistakes.

[xxlizziexx]

i guess do it thought the school, talk to the school about it and keep anoying them until they give you a good answer!