All About Dyslexia

[Tnsp]

If you live in the East, you can consider Tao Nan.


They have a Special Needs Officer - Miss Siti who can help children with Dyslexia.

[orchid10]

Thanks for the reply Tnsp.


Do you know any other school than Tao Nan?

[tankee]

Orchid10


are you looking for public schools or private schools?

[orchid10]

I’m looking for public school. Thank You!

[cnimed]

Hi orchid10,


may I ask if your son went for any intervention classes, and if so, how were the results? thanks.

[orchid10]

Hi Deminc,


My son went for english intervention and is improving a bit, although the teacher said he needs to improves his spelling, comprehension and writing too. I think a lot of work to do on that. I dont know how schools with allied educator will help him.

One more thing my son is not only dyslexic maybe he has dyscalculia too. That is what the intervention’s teacher told me. Furhermore, he failed his maths in his mid year exam.

I’m still considering whether to let him stay in his current school and just send him to intervention class or change to new school with allied educator.

Please help n advice. Anyone?

Thanks

[JonC]

Where your kid go for intervention?


If both use different method of intervention, even both methods are equally good on its own, but 2 methods will confuse the child.

Get more advice from the main person giving intervention.

[cnimed]

Same question as JonC's Btw, JonC, you got a private tutor using OG method right? How long did u send your child for it?


Orchid101,
did the tutor say why he/she thinks it's dyscalculia? Does your kid have problem with basic mathematical concepts, or with symbols, or with sequencing/alignment etc? I think it's helpful to distinguish these.

[orchid10]

the same teacher that teach him english said he has dyscalculia because she tried once teaching him maths and she said he had it.


my son went to kids testing dyslexia centre. he only started early this year.

[JonC]

Teacher can only advice that your child maybe suspected of this or that or whatever, but he/she is not qualify to issue paper to prove it. Only qualify medical personnel (in the case of Dyslexia is a Psychologist) can test and issue paper to prove that your child is / is not certain condition. School / MOE normally accept this usually after EP (Educational Psycholists from MOE) endorsed it (normally no second questions asked). Schools’ Special Needs Teacher (if any) also can conduct certain test but also has to endorsed or further test by EP. Private Psychologists are usually much faster, MOE EP will take long time as the queue to take test is quite long.


I got my child tested last year September and immediately started intervention. From totally cannot read and cannot figure out things in the text till now able to read and understand a passage. Due to habit of guessing from previous disability to read, although now able to read, still at time chooses the easy guessing method when not under supervision. Just hope that this lasy /easy way out mode can be forgotten as fast as possible and able to catch up with the rest.