My son is 6 and a half years old and recently his teacher expressed her concerns about him in class. He was assessed by her earlier in the year, showing a high level of intelligence. His reading level is 28. His maths testing was very good. He is a very sociable child. However his writing is very poor and is not a good reflection of his intelligence …
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I have been researching into Princess Diana in light of the fact that Prince Harry is now being open about being dyslexic.
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I have a son who is nearly 16 years of age, attending high school ….
The school has now issued a phamphlet about all his Year 11 requirements and made mention of SLD provisions for exams.
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My daughter aged 10 has just be diagnosed with global learning difficulties can you please tell me what is the difference between that and dyslexia?
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This email was recently sent to me and I have posted it, incase anyone can help with the school suggestion.
Recently my 6 year old was diagnosed with dyslexia and adhd. We have enrolled him into a school that teaches the Orton Gillingham method. We will be moving to Melbourne, VIC and needed to find a school similar if there are any. We hear that you may only need a couple of years if caught early and it’s severity.
I have been searching the web for Australia Melbourne schools but they don’t have any listed for dyslexia.
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We’re soon to be setting up a kids blog and I will be the one running it.
Any kids out there with dyslexia or hey just need to talk someone feel free to e-mail.
I will try my best to answer all your questions and give advice to the best of my abbility, and any of the tequnical questions im not able to answer dawn will be sure to assist.
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My daughter aged 10 has just be diagnosed with global learning difficulties can you please tell me what is the difference between that and dyslexia?
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I purchased your book a few weeks ago and was most impressed. I am even more convinced that my 5 year old daughter has dyspraxia (still waiting on a paediatricians appointment for definite diagnosis, but at last check, she fits around 30 or so of your criteria on the checklist – definitely motor, with some verbal). At present she attends Prep, but only from 9am-12pm, because the strain on her brain makes her tired! …
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I am very concerned about my 8 year old son. He is very bright however has very poor handwriting., which is bringing his marks down. Please help
HI,
You have to know why his handwriting is poor, he could have Motor problems, be dyspraxic or dyslexic or Asperges Syndrome, if you want to help it. There are tick tests for some of these on my site and a check list for others. However if this is the only problem then teach him word processing skills and put him on a computer. Handwriting is not actually needed nowadays except at school. hey do very little of it in Bill Gates Schools.
cheers
dawn
2 comments February 11th, 2009
I’m certain I have dyspraxia. A few years ago, my mum was reading an article about a dyspraxic child in the local paper. After reading, she handed me the papaer and said “This is exactly what you were like as a child.” I took your tick test and I ticked at least 30 boxes. I’m sure if I went over it again with someone close to me, I would btick a couple more. A couple of my symptoms wer highlighted by other people. For example, my sister and family kept telling me that I talk to loud and too much and sometimes say the wrong thing; my friend told me that I walk with no natural rhythm. I’m sure there’s more that I don’t know about. I went to the doctor a couple of months ago about a possible diagnosis, I mentioned some of my symptoms and he told me he would try adn find someone to refer me to. I still haven’t heard anything, so either he hasn’t taken me seriously (that’s happened before, with a different doctor) or there’s no-one in this area who can help me. PLease help me. I need an answer to why I’m different. I know I am, I know I’m not an idiot. Sometimes I feel inadequate, incompetent, worthless nd useless. I don’t know what else I can do. If I can get a diagnosis I will be able to get help and some understanding at work. I’m a waitress at a pie shop and sometimes I can’t quite get all the tasks done before closing time. My supervisor keeps asking me why I can’t do things everyone else can do, and I just say “I don’t know”. I don’t want to say “I’m dyspraxic” in case the doctor tells me I don’t have it and I’m just making things up.
Thanks for your email,
If you can tick most of the boxes then it is pretty certain that you’re dyspraxic. You need to see an occupational therapist for a complete diagnosis. So ask your doctor for a referral to one. It is thought that the cause of dyspraxia is something trauma that happens in a very narrow window 6 weeks either side of birth. If your mother can recall that happening then its very lightly that you are.
In my book on dyspraxia, which can only be bought downloadable, sorry but only costs $9 i think, i talk at length about why dyspraxics are how they are and what causes it etc. Also there are lots of suggestions for treating it, and although they usually work with children there is plenty of evidence that simple crawling, balancing and throwing etc activities also work with dyspraxic adults. So you should be doing these things with your mother.
Hope all goes well. cheers
dawn
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