It is, sadly, not working out at the School. His dyslexia is severe and, although, he has made great progress in reading and writing, he is still trailing. He also has these social issues and an inability to fully control his responses which has meant that, although he seems OK with other kids, few of them want to do what Joey wants to do, he is having incidents on a regular basis at breaks and he thinks that he has no friends.
He desperately wants to get things right but knows that he is not and that makes him deeply unhappy at times. Part of the problem is that we are focusing so much on the things that he is not good at - reading, writing and maths - and behaviour and far less on the things that he has a talent for. The result is that we are constantly on top of him.
anne thinks that he may have sensory sensitivities. See earlier blog. This makes everyday 'things' stressful, on top of being nagged by us. Just too much for a 10 year old. So let's focus on the things that Joey is good at, or shows a passion for.
Anne took him to Philadelphia last night, went to a Rodin museum, had dinner, went swimming and are attending an art museum this morning before going to our Brazilian restaurant. Anne reported that he has in great form, enthusiastic, affectionate, not argumentative etc etc. This is what we need to do with Joey.
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