‘That’s Our Boy Down to a T’

I received a phone call from Felicity Marsh, the parent of a child at Ferndale Primary School. Could I see her 9-year-old son, Ben, as soon as possible? Her doctor, a General Practitioner (GP), had told her he was dyslexic. She wanted to know what I intended to do about, how soon could he get a statement and how much one-to-one specialist help would he receive? I explained about our procedures – how I was happy to accept her referral but my next job was to ask Ben’s school about his progress and take it from there. She agreed to this as long as it would not ‘hold things up’.