[senco-forum] Fw: Sixth form support for dyslexic students

They are not trying it on<<<

>>>They are not trying it on<<<
>>> - they  are
> bright girls who have coped (at a cost) <<<

>>> I'm sending this to the forum to see if anyone<<<
>>> has a comment on this more  <<<
>>>general point, <<<

Thank goodness for the saying, Trish,

As daddy ....
"How come in a Sixth Form of 320 there were 0 dyslexics yet in
my year of 162 in the Oxford Chemistry Dept there are at least 3 of us, 
Dad?"

...What can I say? "Don't moan, you've now got DSA".

Sure didn't have that level of support throughout school
and not for want of trying, believe me. Suddenly disabled?
Can't be that good and dyslexic? Not that clever? Cheat?
....all those are quotes to me over the years. Felt
real reassuring folks.

I find the ignoring of these bright girls ( I'm with Trish on this point
- though there is a tiny smattering of boys, truth be told)  at school level
puzzling, worrying, and indefensible. And beware CAT
scores all ye test officianadoes.... read the WISC scores and
think disabled G&T and "coping". ( No G&T 'cos CAT not high...
they had WISC scores in the filing cabinet! Grrrr.)

And what's to be done?
get EPs back into schools testing;
use WISC scores even if, horror, independent EP produced;
accept SEN students are in the A sets and have defined and
considerable needs;
have differentiation and support systems in place and waiting;
don't play spelling list games but hit study skills systems asap;
shoot all Bergins.

And IQ, oh groan....I know, I know .....the best comment I've read...
"IQ doesn't matter till it matters". And musingly... it's funny, you know, 
but
all the published deniers appear to have very nicely comfortably high ones 
themselves.

John