sonia
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We have an opportunity to attend Earlybird Plus at the beginning of 2006. As the professional involved would be my sons LSA I have concerns about whether the Head will agree due to funding issues around a supply LSA. The course is morning only although is for ten weeks. Has anyone been through this process?
Sonia x
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My son is in year 2 and I am unsure what if any special arrangements he will be entitled to regards exams. has anyone had a positive outcome of their child with ASD sitting Sats?!
Sonia x
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My husband and I saw Wendy in Harrow a few weeks ago for the second time and she was as fab as ever,
Sonia xx
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My son's school do support his Lsa by sending her on training courses and she has the Jewish holidays off. When this happens he has his Lsa from lunchtime to support him in the classroom who does supply Lsa at school. If his Lsa is on short term sick and absolutely no cover can be found his teacher has reassured me that she will use his class group as her focus group which is what happens from 1500-1525 every day when his Lsa is not there.
Soniax
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My son also had problems with PE mainly changing before it. His Senco and LSA introduced a social story that really helped. Have the school tried this strategy?
Sonia x
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Ny son had quite challenging behaviour when he started reception and no diagnosis at that stage. He was regularly hitting his teacher and even stabbed the head with a pencil in her hand!
They have a behaviour management plan for him and are trained to use emotional freedom technique to relax him. They also ensure time out outside of the mainstream classroom. This is all in his statement.
As I have described above he is now very settled and it is working for him, so mainstream is for him. Although another child in his year has ASD and I am not so sure the school is the right place for him.
You must visit them and hopefully you will get a feeling which is the right place. Our children are so different and certain schools may not be the right one even for a child that does not have ASD.
Soniaxx
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My son is in mainstream and doing very well. It may come a shock to alot of people but the school have a great support network and his statement is being implemented. I would thoroughly advice advocacy for education at the NAS as they have been a rock to myself. My advisor recently told me that she felt she knew my son as his statement was the best she had read in a long time.
It has not been easy at times as I have been going back to the LEA advising them that they are not adhering to the law when writing statements. An off the cuff remark was made inviting me to write statements for the LEA!
Regards to which school is right for your son is very diificult to answer. Mainstream is definately the right place for my son at present because of the school he attends. I don't know how I would feel in a different school that was not so proactive. His Head recently said to me that you would not realise he was there, Inclusion in mainstream is working for him.
His ASD was diagnosed just before five and he is now in year 1.
Although the process of statementing is very lengthy and can emotionally drain you I feel it has been worth it, although I times I was not sure.
Ensuring our children get the support that they deserve and are entitled to will always be a battle in my eyes.
Arm yourself with as much knowledge as possible as parent power goes a long way.
Good luck,
Soniax
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Seperate lunch time support does work, my son is proof.
He has a different LSA who is absolutely wonderful and who supports him for the hour at lunch time, this is written into his statement.
She is also sent on training days and has developed relaxation skills to support my son when he can become anxious in the playground.
Withdrawing your son from his peers is not inclusion!!!!!!
Sonia x
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I totally agree. I logged my tribunal paperwork and withdrew it after my LEA agreed to my demands,
Soniax
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I will speak to my Gp for you as he was happy to prescribe it after the initial prescription from my son's paediatrician. He did take approx one week to do his own research .
Sonia x
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What area is this, Soniaxx
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Hello all
We alongside the school applied for stat assessment for our son jan 04 when our son was just 5 in reception. He was diagnosed with ASD in nov 03.
The statement was issued in June 04 first time of asking and during stat assessemt he had 10 hours emergency funding. Nathan is high functioning.
Originally the lea proposed 25 hrs classroom support and we rejected this as there was no mention of lunchtime support. As I informed the lea were they not aware that this was the most unstructured time of the day and that children with ASD have social and communication difficulties. I applied to tribunal and the lea met our request. So nathan has 30 hours 1;1 lsa a week. His first annual review at six months was a success, no provision withdrawn, they dare not as the school SENCO said!
The ASD specialist advisory teacher sees him termly or more often if requested by the school. SALT and OT provision are also in place.
Both his lsas are great. His lunchtime one is studying asd at present and his classroom lsa has experience with autistic children for 8 years. It is stippulated in his statement that he must be supported by an lsa who is trained and/or experienced in meeting the needs of pupils with autism in mainstream school.
This year(year 1 ) he has progressed so much and his teacher has been absolutely great, they adapt to meet his needs and her main aim was Quote" to ensure he is happy".
Believe me it has been constant chasing the lea and we would not be where we are now if it was not for the support of advocacy for education at the NAS. I myself am now volunteering for this role.
People I speak to say we are really luckly although luck should not play a part. Knowledge and parent power go along way!!
Sonia xxx
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Isaacs mum,
The support I got from an education adviser at the nas was fantastic. Any provision must be quantified. This is how my sons satement reads,
" A language development programme, devised in consultation with a speech and language therapist, to include a block of seven sessions(approximately 30-40 minutes in duration) per term of speech and language therapy. This input may include individual sessions, small group work, observation and liason with staff as appropriate. This should be followed by opportunities to generalise and develop skills in class across the cirriculum. The speech and language therapist is to review and evaluate the programme on a termly basis School staff to be able to ask for advice directly from the speech and language therapist as required".
IF the provision is not quantified they could realistically see a child once a year!!!!
Sonia x
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Hello everyone,
As a family we have visited Legoland this year numerous times. As a child with ASD my son Nathan is entitled to one carer admitted free so my husband does not have to pay. Even better, when you arrive at lego land, go to guest services and get the free carers pass and also the child with the disability gets a red stamp on hand and the other members in the party a black stamp-exit pass, basically you do not have to queue. This is great for our children who have difficulty queuing. A very stressfree day!!!!!
Sonia xx
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My son who is six(year2) went on a school outing to an open air museum yesterday. It went fantastically well!
I received a letter with a permission slip to fill out. He was able to fully access all the activities with his peers.
Last week his LSA sent home an itinerary of the day in language that he would understand, right from the very start about going to the toilet before leaving school and who he would sit next to etc. A coppy was in the classroom and on our fridge at home.
At home the night before we all went on the internet to see where the trip was.
Its not rocket science just a little bit of forward planning!
Sonia x