[SENco-forum] What is dyspraxia

I wish the school had IEP's that go with

>>I wish the school had IEP's that go with
the child.
I know of a very successful school where ALL the children had personal
negotiated targets and a copy of these was pasted inside the front cover
of each subject exercise book
Cheers
Judith
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Sent: 22 November 2006 08:44
To: lk s; Becta Senco
Subject: RE: [SENco-forum] What is dyspraxia

Sadly you are not alone.
All 3 of mine currently in school get comments like that even though the
teachers should know they have HMS & dyslexia that cause poor
presentation/spelling.

This years parent meeting (Y11) had 2 particular teachers going on about
math layout/carelessness and physics likewise with the child present.
My 20
year old was incredulous when the teachers admitted they did not know
their
student has dyslexia/HMS/STAM.

They see the bright child and just decide she is not making enough
effort or
is wilfully careless.  Her notes are available to all staff and the
SENco is
fed up of sending round emails.  

Sharon

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Sent: 22 November 2006 06:27
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Subject: Re: [senco-forum] What is dyspraxia

Yes couldn't agree more jean, depends on your area. My son is actually
statemented for Aspergers and dyspraxia. He is yr 8. All staff have an
I.E.P. and a pupil profile alerting them to his most significant
difficulties. For example because of ***'s dyspraxia please be aware
that
his handwritng is likely to be the best he can produce. He is likely to
need
additional time to complete written tasks.Please look try to look past
the
presentation of his written work to the content. There is more but I
think
you will get the idea.So you can imagine how concerned we were when he
received his latest progress report and there were 3 areas of concern
all to
do with presentation and all to do with presenting clear and
understandable
work. You can not imagine how bad this has made him feel. Occasionally
he
has the use of an alpha smart but in English the teacher does not like
him
to use it because and I quote ' I am wary that this would mean he takes
even
longer to get started on tasks and it would also make it difficult for
me to
keep track of his performance'. Therefore he has to continue to put up
with
comments on his work such as 'Very detailed responses to the questions
and
excellent use of vocabulary. This would be even better if you took more
care
with your handwriting!' I could weep.