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Autism and dyslexia

NAS65534
over 4 years ago

Hello,

I'm new to this forum. My son is in year 4 in mainstream education.  He was diagnosed with sever dyslexia in year 3, and has now received an ASD diagnosis.  Please, if any one can relate to this as a parent, or person similar to my son, I would appreciate you're insight.  

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  • over 4 years ago

    My son was originally diagnosed with ASC and we struggled to get the right support in school. It was only after that was in place, including 1:1), that it was clear that he wasn't making progress with reading (reception reading level at the end of year 2) and Dyslexia was identified by the educational psychologist.

    The EHCP has been amended and he will now get weekly support from a specialist dyslexia teacher. We're waiting for this to start to know what difference it will make.

  • over 4 years ago in reply to NAS23348

    It is brilliant that your son will be supported by a specialist dyslexia teacher.  I hope he starts making progress.  Was the specialist teacher suggested by the educational psychologist?  

  • over 4 years ago in reply to NAS65534

    The psychologist specifically recommended the weekly sessions which made it easy to get the provision into his EHCP at annual review.

    The key is to get the professionals to be specific in terms how to address weaknesses identified. Also, if the outcomes aren't being met, ask what needs to change so that they can be achieved.

  • over 4 years ago in reply to NAS23348

    Thank you for this.  I'm awaiting a meeting with the ed psych soon.  This is due to his EHCP not being specific, and my concerns around this.  The school has started some one to one support  (he's always had this, but it's now a designated TA for 2 hours in the morning), but there has been no mention about  specialist dyslexia type input.  The school did once pay for a specialist SEN teacher to advise them on dyslexia strategies, and they said this was expensive.

    I'll keep a close eye on the outcomes, and ask about specialist dyslexia provision.  I'm glad you've mentioned all of this.  The school used voice to text software last week, and for the first time he talked about what he'd 'written' in literacy, and could recite back all of  his paragraph. I was so proud of him, and happy the technology supported him.  

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  • over 4 years ago in reply to NAS23348

    Thank you for this.  I'm awaiting a meeting with the ed psych soon.  This is due to his EHCP not being specific, and my concerns around this.  The school has started some one to one support  (he's always had this, but it's now a designated TA for 2 hours in the morning), but there has been no mention about  specialist dyslexia type input.  The school did once pay for a specialist SEN teacher to advise them on dyslexia strategies, and they said this was expensive.

    I'll keep a close eye on the outcomes, and ask about specialist dyslexia provision.  I'm glad you've mentioned all of this.  The school used voice to text software last week, and for the first time he talked about what he'd 'written' in literacy, and could recite back all of  his paragraph. I was so proud of him, and happy the technology supported him.  

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