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    Where to begin?!

    Thank you Sally44, that is really helpful information. I wrote my original post late at night and didn't have the statement in front of me to quote it accurately. Staffing: xxx will be taught by staff who are trained and experienced in working with children who have asd combined with sensory processing difficulties and emotional difficulties (eg anxiety), communication and interaction difficulties, and ADHD. This will include training in sensory intergration strategies and a structured approach to teaching emotional literacy skills on an individual, group, whole class and whole school basis. xxx will be taught one to one or in small groups of no more than 10 pupils in the unit with high teacher to pupil ratio. The unit provides a physical resource of 2 classrooms, toilets, social area and a small group room. The provision caters for up to 3 children per year group. Pupils are supported by 2 teachers and 2 learning assistants and each student has an individualised programme. Pupils are included in the main school with support. Some children are included 100% in mainstream with support, others require a high level of support, teaching and learning within the unit. Pupils are intergrated into the appropriate mainstream class. Support is enhanced by specialist staff from xxxx ie AST, SALT, therapy team. My son has OT in his statement, and this is currently met by the lea paying for someone to go in and the ta is supposed to carry out the work with him in between visits. The special school who run the unit are in the process of employing an ot. There is no direct speech and language therapy in the statement, I have today asked for the speech and language therapist to do an assesment, and know of a highly recommended private salt and will use her if necessary.He does have things such social stories and take part in social groups. My ex does and will support the school and lea, he has no understanding at all of his son's needs, he was a witness for the lea at the tribunal. The head of the school who run the unit has written a letter stating that with xxx agreement his time will be increased in the mainstream in order to be given more opportunities to socialise and to access more additional subjects. I did reply to this letter and state that I had my reservations as to whether this would work for him. They have also put in that letter hat his mentor will be there consistently to mentor him. xxx has agreed to communicate these concerns at the time rather than returning home with his worries. (This is not happening at all, he is a stressed out young man!) Academically he is average. At a meeting with head and his teacher, and ex it was agreed that he was not coping with the transitions between the unit and mainstream, so the answer was to put him in mainstream all the time. xxx has told me that he now has maths back in the unit as he cannot keep up to speed with the teacher. Thanks again for your help
  2. mum25

    Where to begin?!

    I also meant to say, that the unit have on a couple of occasions suggested that I do not take my son into school after a medical appointment as it may be more convenient, and also have not included him in mainstream activities as they are do stressful, but the alternative is to keep him at home as a full day in the unit is too stressful too? Surely, this just backs up my thoughts that the placement is not suitable?
  3. mum25

    Where to begin?!

    Hello all I really don;t know what to do for the best for my son. We went to tribunal last year appealing against parts 2, 3 and 4, for an independent school and lost. My son is currently in the lea placement which is an asd unit attached to a mainstream, to which he now has most of his education in the mainstream because he simply cannot stand the staff in the unit and there was too much change with accessing the mainstream and sometimes the unit. After a bit of a nightmare complaint, the head, his dad (divorced) and teacher all agreed that mainstream would be better for him with 1:1 but he is still based on roll in the specialist unit. I disagreed at the time and put it in writing that I did not feel it would work out for him. Lo and behold he is struggling and pleading not to go to school. The unit staff say he appears happy, and he must communicate his concerns to them, we have been trying to get him to communicate with us for years - hello - asd = communication and interaction difficulties?? Grrrr. Anyway, where I am at, is I feel he really should be in a different placement, always have known this, there are things in his statement such as staff will have a good working experience of asd, adhd, sensory processing difficulties, and communication and interaction difficulties, this is impossible in mainstream. He should be taught in class sizes of no more than 10. etc There are quite a few things that neither the mainstream or unit are meeting. Annual review is in April/May (I'm awaiting the date) I am simply dreading it. Never had one yet. School know I am not happy, they refuse to put anything in writing despite me asking many times, I have emailed them copies of our conversations and they have got so stroppy and pedantic with me, but I cannot see how I can leave a paper trail otherwise? We have a TAC meeting on Friday, should I ask for the change of school then or wait until annual review? I have also never had a copy of my son's educational file, how do I go about acquiring this please? Thanks for any help you can offer.
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