I
have just found you on twitter & it's like a breath of fresh air.
My son was diagnosed at the age of 7 with dyslexia by our local dyslexia action group.
The small village primary he attended thought the problems he had were down to laziness & to add insult to injury also because my husband had died & I was a single parent with two small boys.
My son is not statemented as hus reading & spelling levels are 2+ years ahead of his age.
After I took in the diagnosis the school did alter, but after a real struggle.
Now he attends the local academy where again he has been placed into \'foundation\' sets for all of his gcse subjects although he has been attaining B\'s & C\'s in his mocks!
We have a meeting on Monday with the head Senco & the Parent Partnership & we are hoping that they will move him from the BTEC business group that he\'s been placed in back to the gcse option he was supposed to be in & that they will start to recognise that although he\'s dyslexic he\'s a really intelligent boy, who bottom line, wants to do well & just needs some support at school because at the moment he gets absolutely nothing.
It\'s an archaic system, quite disgraceful.
I am so pleased somebody is fighting these kids & adults corner.
I feel like I am constantly fighting with the school just for them to recognise my son\'s needs, it drives me to tears that the system is so unjust.
My son was diagnosed at the age of 7 with dyslexia by our local dyslexia action group.
The small village primary he attended thought the problems he had were down to laziness & to add insult to injury also because my husband had died & I was a single parent with two small boys.
My son is not statemented as hus reading & spelling levels are 2+ years ahead of his age.
After I took in the diagnosis the school did alter, but after a real struggle.
Now he attends the local academy where again he has been placed into \'foundation\' sets for all of his gcse subjects although he has been attaining B\'s & C\'s in his mocks!
We have a meeting on Monday with the head Senco & the Parent Partnership & we are hoping that they will move him from the BTEC business group that he\'s been placed in back to the gcse option he was supposed to be in & that they will start to recognise that although he\'s dyslexic he\'s a really intelligent boy, who bottom line, wants to do well & just needs some support at school because at the moment he gets absolutely nothing.
It\'s an archaic system, quite disgraceful.
I am so pleased somebody is fighting these kids & adults corner.
I feel like I am constantly fighting with the school just for them to recognise my son\'s needs, it drives me to tears that the system is so unjust.
