Georges Mum

the review was may this year, when i expressed some concerns, the SENCO basicly belittled anything i said some temperary inprovements were made since the may half term the school 'lost' several ASD children from its care i e found wandering the street without school even aware they were missing, and a mother was called because her child had had a 'serious' accident only to be told 'sorry, wrong child, now wait 40 mins for your son. i am going to be outside the appeal time because of the summer holidays George went from coping to melt downs 10 times a day, i decided he would not be going up to juniors in sept hence re registering him, none of the other primarys within walking distance has spaces even if they were suitable. i have no issue with him attending school just refuse to return him to a school that has such regard for safety, and it will take a lot of convincing for me to agree to any mainstream placement.

hi cathcart3303 thanks for your reply He was statemented at 4 years old, with a sibling history of the same Autism, in Warwickshire, much to Nottinghamshires angst lol the LEA is suggesting a school he has attended for 2 years is the best place for him despite their recent (new head teacher) shocking disregard for safety, 14 escapes (some getting as far as home i e more than a mile or 30 plus minutes unmissed) from the premises by statemented children since september. an average week brough him any one of 3 class teachers and 5 TAs with no idea or warning on who he might have on Monday ;s i spoke to the SEN team at the council after i posted this, they stated they have just one main stream primary in the city with an ASD unit the other side of the city, and suggest he 'Will' go there, then add they are fully intergrated into the main school and its more a unit by name than actual provision. i agree i am lucky, i have home schooled for 4 years with another of my children, funding is not a big issue, and i refuse to put him back into a mainstream class...en garde lol

Hi Folks i'm mum to 2 boys aged 19 and 7 both with Autism and 2 girls 20 and 13 Lil Man was in a Mainstream primary i de registered him under section 7 a few weeks ago briefly this primary school has recently 'lost' several ASD children from its care i e found wandering the street without school even aware they were missing, and a mother called because her child had had a 'serious' accident only to be told 'sorry, wrong child, now wait 40 mins for your son' this complain is being pursued via ofsted etc food is a huge issue for George, hes only been off Fortini for a year, only has 20 foods he will eat at all, his class TA had sat with him every lunch time then was suddenly allocated to another child, i have a constantly constipated lil boy again within his main stream class each week there were a mix of 3 teachers and 5 TAs i found him the perfect school, run by an autistic charity with autism trained teachers and they have a place...guess what...the LEA have stated in their opinion mainstream is best for him the implication was that because i have de registered George and so am home schooling, the LEA feels no need to really assist i am not at all new to Autism but i am new to this battle so any advice will be appriciated