ameretto

Forgive me if i am being stupid (i am not a SEN or ASD expert by any stretch) but how can anyone be "highly at risk of specific learnig difficulties"; surely you either have specific learning difficulties or you don't - manifestation and attainment being separate issues? This is not a rhetorical question- if anyone knows what this means, please explain, i seem to be on the verge of entering the statementing process myself. Good Luck with your situation, fiorelli, sounds a complete nightmare.

Just don't choose this moment to take the rubbish out!

Drunk?

I'm in an East Kent village, totally snowbound, abandoned cars everywhere, city two miles away but might as well be Mars- i love it!!!

How about a blood/ urine test that would prove beyond doubt that i am not a neurotic mother? It would save so much time; every new professional, GP etc for the last 6 and a half years, and every ###### year with a new teacher having to grit my teeth and smile for a term until they realise that no i'm not an anxious/deluded/attention seeking woman making it all up, and yes when i say J is sobbing for an hour every morning and most of the weekend because he is terrified of school, he is, and when i say that his extreme quietness in class is because he is existing in a permenant state of buttoned down panic, i'm right, and if they could please see their way to excuse him from the worst excesses of his lunatic class's screaming PE/music/art sessions that would make all the difference, it does. Sorry if this is a rant but J's class teacher left just before Christmas so we have to go through the whole thing twice this year and i'm gearing myself up for 'breaking in' another new teacher in January. If i could just present a conclusive medical certificate stating that i am not neurotic or mentally unstable, it would save my son weeks of distress whilst i convince each new person that my word on my child can be trusted and my suggestions about what works for him are worth listening to. I suppose i should be used to it by now, but i resent it on my son's behalf. The thing is, when you can see in someones eyes that they suspect you of being over-protective and mildly hysterical, you have to stay completely calm to the point of banality for yonks in order to convince them otherwise, trying forcefulness or assertiveness only confirms their suspiscions of you. Moan over; merry christmas everyone.

Yes- it's the confidence issue thats pushing me to a decision. Thanks, bookwyrm.

Thankyou so much, Bookwyrm, that is a very positive picture and exactly the best case scenario i was envisaging for us. I'm not the only one with an obsessive map-drawer on my hands, then! My only real problem now is a completely unconvinced partner. Cheers, Ameretto

Thanks, Canopus

Kent

Thanks Emum i'll have a look

Thanks, it's good to hear such positive experience. The Home Ed page of my LEA's website is quite stern so i think i'd better bone up before putting this into practice.

Hi Carole, Lots of questions- but the main ones are; What the attitude of different LEAs has been? Helpful or resistant? (I'm thinking mainly of elective HE with no statements to complicate matters) How the children reacted/developed? Is it completely exhausting? What resources/groups/activities have been useful? Cheers Ameretto

If there are any Home Educators here who are willing to discuss the pros and cons with me before i make the big decision i would really appreciate it. I have a son of 8 (dxed HF ASD) and a daughter of 6 with no SEN, who are both currently in school. My son is desperately unhappy and i am seriously contemplating deregistering him and possibly also his sister. Ameretto