Why screen kids in P1?
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Chenonceau:
hi Chenonceau,
This is a nice post... especially the part in red. This said, I am thinking that there is no need to administer an IQ test to everyone in order to identify this girl early. Teachers know that she \"just pass standard\" in P1-P3. Teachers also know that the jump from P3 to P4 is very steep. \"Just pass standard\" in lower primary should alert teachers that the girl needs help.verykiasumummy:
back to the topic somehow... i find that early detection is very impt... i had a galfren whose dd was slow from p1 to 3... just pass standard... when she was in p4, so suddenly every subject was below 20 for her midyear... finally spoken to teacher and called back her prev yr form teacher and they had a short discussion, they suspect she has some form of learning disability... so my fren brought her dd to some recommended doc n was later diagnosed as reading/comprehension disability...
was so poor thing...
No need IQ test.
Some kids \"just pass standard\" because they are victims of family violence etc... at home. Their parents tell them \"You're a monster\", \"You're a beast.\", \"Get lost and never come back. I won't miss you.\" They also need LSP and other help. The IQ test won't pick up these kids. But the \"just pass standard\" will.
Ideally, you should identify at-risk kids by looking at \"just pass standard\" indicators FIRST. Then you give ONLY these kids the IQ test to determine whether
(1) they score poorly because they're slow
(2) they score poorly because they have emotional issues
agree with what u said... there are of cos many other ways to detect these students through observations, responses and results... however i must say, my fren was in self-denial mode when she was told that her dd was a little slower than others... she finds that her dd is an obedient gal afterall and believes she can make it if she want... so it was very unexpected that her dd was diagnosed with reading/comprehension disability later... got a very big shock and things got out of hand for my fren too...
as parents, i can also relate her kind of reaction because i believe i may have the same reaction as well... -
Verykiasumummy, your story reminds me of a very similar story my friend shared with me. Her daughter, too, was a hard working, obedient girl who brought home slightly above average grades in lower primary. In upper primary, the teacher started complaining that she was losing marks for careless spelling mistakes, careless math mistakes … Finally, one teacher suggested testing for dyslexia, and the girl was found to be dyslexic - in P5!
My friend said she felt so terrible that she had scolded her daughter for being careless all those years, when the girl had been trying so hard. But none of the teachers had suggested, and she didn’t suspect that the girls was dyslexic all that time. -
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Laura02:
sounds so familiar....Verykiasumummy, your story reminds me of a very similar story my friend shared with me. Her daughter, too, was a hard working, obedient girl who brought home slightly above average grades in lower primary. In upper primary, the teacher started complaining that she was losing marks for careless spelling mistakes, careless math mistakes ... Finally, one teacher suggested testing for dyslexia, and the girl was found to be dyslexic - in P5!
My friend said she felt so terrible that she had scolded her daughter for being careless all those years, when the girl had been trying so hard. But none of the teachers had suggested, and she didn't suspect that the girls was dyslexic all that time.
or do we have the same fren...??
but no, my fren's dd was some reading/comprehension disability, not dyslexia... i think the difference is she can read and spell but not understand... dyslexia is cannot read or spell... -
Don’t think it’s the same girl. My friends’s girl can read, but often got the word order wrong for spelling. She’s in Sec school now, and has learnt to cope with dyslexia. But her mummy wished that she had been diagnosed earlier … In lower Pri.
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just because we have had friends who have encountered such issues, so i’m quite supportive towards screening early… but afterall, it depends how they do it as well…
my friend also hope she had taken action back then earlier…! -
My crystal tells me that in the very very near future, schools also cannot do health screening in school. Cannot measure height weight or do eye check up. No dental, no jabs. All cannot !!!! :rotflmao:
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Mawar:
My crystal tells me that in the very very near future, schools also cannot do health screening in school. Cannot measure height weight or do eye check up. No dental, no jabs. All cannot !!!! :rotflmao:
Great insight from your crystal!! :salute: :rotflmao: -
Mawar:
My crystal tells me that in the very very near future, schools also cannot do health screening in school. Cannot measure height weight or do eye check up. No dental, no jabs. All cannot !!!! :rotflmao:
haha... that will be too much if parents were to complain even with health screening... if there's any illness (touch wood), isnt early detection better? -
Mawar:
My crystal tells me that in the very very near future, schools also cannot do health screening in school. Cannot measure height weight or do eye check up. No dental, no jabs. All cannot !!!! :rotflmao:
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