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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 554111" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Lol, whatamess, I don't feel that's all that accurate a picture <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> And I'm not really a charts person, to be honest.... I think what you are referring to is my habitual disturbance/reaction to his emotional upsets and defiant behaviour which I think I'm slowly getting a handle on and learning how to manage. I'm not usually worried about his skills and abilities. He is indeed a resourceful child - taught himself to ride a bike without wheels aged three, taught himself to tie his shoelaces without anyone showing him (unless they did it at school??), has suddenly stopped wetting the bed and waking up to go to the loo and sleeps all night in his own bedroom, etc). </p><p>But this reading thing is different. I've been concerned he would have a learning difficulty for years. Why? Because he just could NOT learn colours, a possible early sign of dyslexia, had great difficulty with learning letters and numbers, has shown absolutely no interest in reading or learning to read. It's a remarkable thing when a child with an otherwise excellent memory just cannot remember the sounds or name of letters however many times he sees them and however you present them... And because it's such a fundamental year and learning to read such a fundamental skill, I am concerned, yes. His level of bafflement with the homework up to now has been total - so, yes, obviously I was concerned about that too. And then, last night, suddenly a light bulb switched on!</p><p>Incidentally, the child psychiatric I saw yesterday was also very concerned, says he needs to see a speech therapist urgently, says she will speak to his teacher... So it's not just me being neurotic <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>I'm actually really laid back about academic stuff... think J should still be playing and exploring the world still not doing all this dry book stuff. Hence all my hesitations about whether to pull him out or not. But in the end, stability for him is probably key. I think he's not ready to read or write and that's absolutely fine. The concern is that there is fundamental learning difficulty that will no go away however long we wait.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 554111, member: 11227"] Lol, whatamess, I don't feel that's all that accurate a picture :) And I'm not really a charts person, to be honest.... I think what you are referring to is my habitual disturbance/reaction to his emotional upsets and defiant behaviour which I think I'm slowly getting a handle on and learning how to manage. I'm not usually worried about his skills and abilities. He is indeed a resourceful child - taught himself to ride a bike without wheels aged three, taught himself to tie his shoelaces without anyone showing him (unless they did it at school??), has suddenly stopped wetting the bed and waking up to go to the loo and sleeps all night in his own bedroom, etc). But this reading thing is different. I've been concerned he would have a learning difficulty for years. Why? Because he just could NOT learn colours, a possible early sign of dyslexia, had great difficulty with learning letters and numbers, has shown absolutely no interest in reading or learning to read. It's a remarkable thing when a child with an otherwise excellent memory just cannot remember the sounds or name of letters however many times he sees them and however you present them... And because it's such a fundamental year and learning to read such a fundamental skill, I am concerned, yes. His level of bafflement with the homework up to now has been total - so, yes, obviously I was concerned about that too. And then, last night, suddenly a light bulb switched on! Incidentally, the child psychiatric I saw yesterday was also very concerned, says he needs to see a speech therapist urgently, says she will speak to his teacher... So it's not just me being neurotic :) I'm actually really laid back about academic stuff... think J should still be playing and exploring the world still not doing all this dry book stuff. Hence all my hesitations about whether to pull him out or not. But in the end, stability for him is probably key. I think he's not ready to read or write and that's absolutely fine. The concern is that there is fundamental learning difficulty that will no go away however long we wait. [/QUOTE]
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