[senco-forum] Possible dyslexia

Hi Linda

  I'd be very grateful if you could look them up.  I have almost no experience in this area at all and my LA doesn't either.

  Amanda

Linda Nevin-Drummond <linda at mirin-361.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
  Dear Amanda 
We have this experience a lot -97% of our school students have English as
an additional language. I myself used to work for an EAL service. You didn't
say how long the student had been learning English. Although students can
acquire basic conversational English in a year or so, it can take up to 7
years to fully acquire CALP- cognitive academic language proficiency. 
Do you have anyone who can help with a first language assessment? Do the
family report any history of problems acquiring the first language? 
I have some proformas at school and also a document about the steps to
finding out if a problem comes from acquiring English as an additional
language or a learning difficulty. I could look this up on Monday if you
want. 
Linda 

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Amanda
Secondary SENCO
Cornwall