[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...it always makes me very sad to hear of your school experiences, TS...and I would like to say it’s not typical for a school to not be ‘on it’ and that you should persist in them getting on it and staying on it...but since my return to work, sadly the education system doesn’t seem ‘on it’ at all and is lacking in many areas which is very sad and deflating to see...not necessarily because of questionable teaching staff though...just government guidelines and targets and Ofsted targets to be reached to prevent a failing school...(..even though if it’s predetermined to be failed then it will be, no matter what great areas of the school..)..is something many schools are experiencing...so how could that not have an affect on teaching also and the quality of...?..

...I think though...going back to your daughter and the academic ‘brilliance’ she’s displaying...?...the ‘wrong diagnosis’ as it were, could be just as damaging as no diagnosis at all when one is needed and most definitely applies and there are similarities displayed in children with dispraxia and ‘gifted children’....I would certainly continue your ‘battle’ of communication, relentlessly... I’m not really sure what else to suggest as funding is a huge issue here in England even when it’s obvious to all that a child isn’t being sassy or naughty and that there are very definite reasons for their struggles and frustrations in certain areas of co-ordination, as is the thing it would seem with your experiences....

TS comes across as one of those nightmare parents if you ask me