Well i dont know where to start *sigh*
Suppose it would be best to introduce myself, My name is Nicke...I am a single mum with 2 boys one aged 11 the other aged 4. My 11 year old son has always had trouble in school. He attended 3 mainstream schools and after exclusion was placed in an EBD school. He didnt cope at the EBD school so after 2 years of trying to get some assessments done on him with no success i decided to withdraw him with the hope that they would take me to court which in turn would have gotten me heard. He has been out of school for over 2 years now & the LEA never did a thing.
I had a solicitor previously which didnt have a clue what she was doing but for the past 18 months i have had the greatest one alive.
She got independant Dr's to assess my son (Cameron). He had a diagnosis of Aspergers syndrome & Dyspraxia as a result of the 4 seperate Dr's meeting him.
Regardless of this the LEA insist that he is "mainly an EBD child as 1 Dr that they sent me to decided that i have managed to manipulate the Dr's into beleiving what i want them to beleive, which i have to say would be quite an accomplishment!!
According to their Dr i abuse my son & he ha "attachment issues" on top of "Mild ASD" Despite the 4 Drs reports that i had & the 3 days Cameron spent in a spcialist Aspergers school as a trial & their acceptance of him.
We had our tribunal hearing dated for the 24th May (i think?) then it was adjourned until the 15th July as the LEA had NO evidence (despite claiming they had completed their statutory assessments) The next date was 8th(?) Sept which we didnt complete so adjourned again till 6th October. I received my documents this morning to say that I have not been successful in my tribunal and to be quite honest I dont know what to do next!
They want to send him back to another EBD school, this time residential. Some of the children that bullied my son to the point of him soiling himself actually attend this school also.
erm, I'm sorry for coming onto here venting but im at a bit of a loss with it turning up on a saturday & have no idea where to turn as the majority of people no matter how much they want to help & support you, have no idea what they are talking about or how you feel
anywayyyyyy i know its all jumbled & makes no sense whatsoever but any advice on how to stay on my feet & how to not get put into prison when i refuse to let my son go somewhere he is inevitably going to end up hurt will be greatly appreciated!!
p.s I set up a website for Cameron a couple of years ago, it wasnt much help but it might make more sense than i do right now!! www.cameronscause.co.uk
