Help - why huge discrepancy?
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Extra time for external exams -
The report is only valid for 2 years. But once it has been done it can be updated by a 'specialist teacher' - costs less than £100.
Should be 'exams officer' at school who has information on regulations from exam boards.
SLDs/sight problems -
There are exercises you can do with the children to improve lots of these issues (visual memory, tracking, etc). There was a thread about it a while ago I think?
We were blessed to have a centre locally that asessed & provided training but I heard it may be closed due to lack of funding.
There are lots of things you can do independently though.
Two good pieces of kit: Lexia Cross trainer (for PC) & Eye Toy(for PSII) -may be good new stuff on the Wii now.
Still got some notes from the centre on different activities I think if anyone wants to PM me.
sight issues - copying from white/black board-
Children may have problem adjusting focus when looking from board to page.
Get them sat near the front as poosible! Some teachers will give individual copy for them to use so it can be on the desk next to their books.
The report is only valid for 2 years. But once it has been done it can be updated by a 'specialist teacher' - costs less than £100.
Should be 'exams officer' at school who has information on regulations from exam boards.
SLDs/sight problems -
There are exercises you can do with the children to improve lots of these issues (visual memory, tracking, etc). There was a thread about it a while ago I think?
We were blessed to have a centre locally that asessed & provided training but I heard it may be closed due to lack of funding.
There are lots of things you can do independently though.
Two good pieces of kit: Lexia Cross trainer (for PC) & Eye Toy(for PSII) -may be good new stuff on the Wii now.
Still got some notes from the centre on different activities I think if anyone wants to PM me.
sight issues - copying from white/black board-
Children may have problem adjusting focus when looking from board to page.
Get them sat near the front as poosible! Some teachers will give individual copy for them to use so it can be on the desk next to their books.
Thanks again everyone for your comments. It never ceases to amaze me what wealth of experience and knowledge we have here in our little community.
I will talk this over with DH and approach an EP I know quite well through work for an initial chat. If DS needs extra time then he should have it.
I think DS has developed coping strategies, as SSM says, and has appeared bright enough so far that nothing has been picked up. When in year 2 and behind with reading and writing we told him that he really needed to start doing this now and in a matter of weeks his progress was, by the teacher's own admission, 'startling'. In year 3 he was put on a catchup programme for reading (for kids just below average). The catchup person said they didn't know why he was in catchup as his reading was excellent (a 'VR type' test had identified him as below average). He went straight from there to the top table. He achieved a level 5 SAT in English.
How many of us could have done so much better if this kind of testing was available in our day? Tipsy, you must have been very frustrated to learn about your dyslexia at age 28!
Pixiequeen - thanks for sharing your experience and KB - thanks for expanding on implications for the eye problem.
When DS was younger we attended the Children's Opticians in Cardiff where we were taught to do the same kind of eye exercises KB describes. We did these over a couple of years along with patching and this, we believe, is responsible for improving the sight in the bad eye and also straightening it. DS also has the eye trainer for the Nintendo DS but will have a look for one for the Wii.
Pixiequeen - We were told by the more traditional professionals the same as you - no 3D and poor judgement of speed and distance. He certainly has no 3D vision but his outstanding ability in rugby, hockey and cricket would say he has no problem with judgement. I would urge you to look into the eye exercises for your DDs - maybe my DS would have had worse results without them?
Eye tracking could be a problem for DS - mainly from board to paper. I remember having this same problem at school and always copying from my friend's adjacent paper rather than the board, but I had no eye problem. There's no problem with him sitting near the board - most of his classes have only 11 pupils.
All this makes sense for VR related things but what on earth is going on in maths?
Thanks again for all the helpful responses.
I will talk this over with DH and approach an EP I know quite well through work for an initial chat. If DS needs extra time then he should have it.
I think DS has developed coping strategies, as SSM says, and has appeared bright enough so far that nothing has been picked up. When in year 2 and behind with reading and writing we told him that he really needed to start doing this now and in a matter of weeks his progress was, by the teacher's own admission, 'startling'. In year 3 he was put on a catchup programme for reading (for kids just below average). The catchup person said they didn't know why he was in catchup as his reading was excellent (a 'VR type' test had identified him as below average). He went straight from there to the top table. He achieved a level 5 SAT in English.
How many of us could have done so much better if this kind of testing was available in our day? Tipsy, you must have been very frustrated to learn about your dyslexia at age 28!
Pixiequeen - thanks for sharing your experience and KB - thanks for expanding on implications for the eye problem.
When DS was younger we attended the Children's Opticians in Cardiff where we were taught to do the same kind of eye exercises KB describes. We did these over a couple of years along with patching and this, we believe, is responsible for improving the sight in the bad eye and also straightening it. DS also has the eye trainer for the Nintendo DS but will have a look for one for the Wii.
Pixiequeen - We were told by the more traditional professionals the same as you - no 3D and poor judgement of speed and distance. He certainly has no 3D vision but his outstanding ability in rugby, hockey and cricket would say he has no problem with judgement. I would urge you to look into the eye exercises for your DDs - maybe my DS would have had worse results without them?
Eye tracking could be a problem for DS - mainly from board to paper. I remember having this same problem at school and always copying from my friend's adjacent paper rather than the board, but I had no eye problem. There's no problem with him sitting near the board - most of his classes have only 11 pupils.
All this makes sense for VR related things but what on earth is going on in maths?
Thanks again for all the helpful responses.
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