If my child is identified as having dyslexia, what happens next?
Most children with special educational needs can have their needs met in a mainstream school, and the school should try to include you in any discussions and consider your views in making decisions about your child. They should also try to get the views of your child wherever possible. The school may decide that your child needs extra or different help, which may be a different way of teaching certain things, some help from an adult or use of particular equipment like a computer. In early education settings this help is called Early Years Action and in schools it is known as School Action.
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What if my child doesn't make any progress under School Action?
If your child doesn't seem to be making enough progress, the class teacher or the school's SEN Co-ordinator (known as the SENCO) should talk to you about getting advice from other people outside the school. This might be from a specialist teacher, for example, or an educational psychologist or a speech and language therapist or another health professional. This kind of help is called Early Years Action Plus in early education settings, or School Action Plus in schools.
What if my child still doesn't seem to improve and needs more help?
In some cases, help provided by the school at School Action or School Action Plus may not be enough to ensure that your child makes progress. In this situation, either the school, having discussed the matter with you, or you, can ask the Local Education Authority (LEA) which is responsible for the school to carry out a Statutory Assessment of his or her special educational needs, taking account of specialist advice and your views as well. If the LEA decides after the assessment that your child needs more special help (and only around 3% of children nationally require this), it must write a Statement of Special Educational Needs, which is usually called a 'statement'. It describes the child's needs and all the special help he or she requires. The school can usually provide this help with the LEA's support. The statement is reviewed annually, and you will be invited to take part in review meetings.
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