This is so incredibly profound, my heart goes out to all those children who are dyslexic or who are having major difficulties within the state school system. This programme highlighted, there are 6 million brits who are dyslexic. Today there are over 3 quarters of a million school children dyslexic, 4% are classed as severely. My daughter is one of those 4% classed as severely dyslexic. I really still do not know what the best decision for my beautiful daughter is. Either stay in the school which she is in now a local education run school which is the second smallest school in Devon. Or give my daughter the best education anyone could buy, a privately run dyslexic accredited school, which has 300 pupils from the ages of 11 to 18. Class sizes average around 16/17. I made an appointment to visit this school, I visited it this week. I have heard on the grapevine of two children attending this school because of their dyslexia, they both came out of it excelling at their education. This independent private school, which has its whole ethos centred around the dyslexic, multi-sensory teaching, every teacher is trained in dyslexia awareness courses regurlarly and they are given a handbook on the best ways children with dyslexia can learn and to help them and provide them with other skills to independently learn. However it will roughly cost about £1,000 per month. Which in real terms and logically we can not afford, however weighing up all the pros and cons is so difficult. Keeping her in the state system and watching her crumble each day, most days she doesn't even want to go to school and I see her stressing to the point where she is becoming so incredibly angry and will often get panic attacks and become so fretful about homework and certain lessons. Chancing that the state system may fail her like it did when she left primary school, is one of those decisions I may have on my conscience for the rest of my life. I also started the process of statementing this week, so if we decide that she stays in the state system finger crossed she may get all the help that the government think she is eligible for. Rather than the hap hazard way of providing help when there is a spare teaching assistant... I just wish we had that kind of money to instantly make a decision, it would be so much easier. I would have to find a full time job put my 18mth old into nursery which I have major difficulties with. Get loans out, cut out holidays for the next 5 years, consider watching my older son feel unfairly treated, he says he understands however I think deep down he would feel a little negative about it. Oh and as my mum so politely put it, it could destroy my relationship with my partner adding an incredible weight of financial pressure, which may result in my daughter in feeling guilty about that for the rest of her life... Aaaahhhh there is so much to consider.
This is so incredibly profound, my heart goes out to all those children who are dyslexic or who are having major difficulties within the state school system.
ReplyDeleteThis programme highlighted, there are 6 million brits who are dyslexic.
Today there are over 3 quarters of a million school children dyslexic, 4% are classed as severely. My daughter is one of those 4% classed as severely dyslexic.
I really still do not know what the best decision for my beautiful daughter is. Either stay in the school which she is in now a local education run school which is the second smallest school in Devon. Or give my daughter the best education anyone could buy, a privately run dyslexic accredited school, which has 300 pupils from the ages of 11 to 18. Class sizes average around 16/17. I made an appointment to visit this school, I visited it this week. I have heard on the grapevine of two children attending this school because of their dyslexia, they both came out of it excelling at their education. This independent private school, which has its whole ethos centred around the dyslexic, multi-sensory teaching, every teacher is trained in dyslexia awareness courses regurlarly and they are given a handbook on the best ways children with dyslexia can learn and to help them and provide them with other skills to independently learn.
However it will roughly cost about £1,000 per month. Which in real terms and logically we can not afford, however weighing up all the pros and cons is so difficult. Keeping her in the state system and watching her crumble each day, most days she doesn't even want to go to school and I see her stressing to the point where she is becoming so incredibly angry and will often get panic attacks and become so fretful about homework and certain lessons.
Chancing that the state system may fail her like it did when she left primary school, is one of those decisions I may have on my conscience for the rest of my life.
I also started the process of statementing this week, so if we decide that she stays in the state system finger crossed she may get all the help that the government think she is eligible for. Rather than the hap hazard way of providing help when there is a spare teaching assistant... I just wish we had that kind of money to instantly make a decision, it would be so much easier. I would have to find a full time job put my 18mth old into nursery which I have major difficulties with. Get loans out, cut out holidays for the next 5 years, consider watching my older son feel unfairly treated, he says he understands however I think deep down he would feel a little negative about it. Oh and as my mum so politely put it, it could destroy my relationship with my partner adding an incredible weight of financial pressure, which may result in my daughter in feeling guilty about that for the rest of her life... Aaaahhhh there is so much to consider.