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    Hi Ryansmum

     

    If the Note In Lieu was issued within the last 2 months you can appeal to tribunal against the refusal to issue a statement .

     

    If it was over 2 months ago you've lost your chance to appeal unfortunately. Your next step would be to ask for another statutory assessment which would start the process again.

     

    K x

     

     

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    Still very early days, as you say, he's had a lot of change to cope with recently. My daughter developed severe OCD symptoms when she was out of school and we had no idea what was going to happen in the future. She was on several different meds, the last one she was prescribed was risperidone which seemed to be the most helpful, it's difficult to say whether the symptoms would have gone away on their own anyway as tha was around the time her education was sorted out.

     

    I hope you find the right combination of meds and other support for him soon.

     

    K x

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    Hi Julia,

     

    Never heard of it before so I googled it. It seems to be the Scottish equivalent of what we have here in England called the Common Assessment or CAF, a miltiagency assessment of all a child's needs including health, social care and education.

     

    This link might help to explain more, look at the right hand side of the page for the Child's plan word doc to download. It's quite detailed.

     

    http://www.highland.gov.uk/socialwork/servicestochildrenandfamilies/

     

    Hope that helps,

     

    K x.

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    The new draft guidance is now out. You can respond until the 17 Feb. It's likely there will be changes to the law from September 2012.

     

    Worth a read as it includes interesting new proposals concerning excluded pupils with SEN. It also leaves out a lot of information which is in the current guidance. Would be interested to hear your views, especially if your child has been excluded or is at risk of this.

     

    http://www.education.gov.uk/consultations/index.cfm?action=consultationDetails&consultationId=1795&external=no&menu=1

     

    K x

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    Welcome to the forum :)

     

    I felt guilty about my daughter's late diagnosis at 15 so don't feel too bad - your son is young enough to be able to start his education with the support he needs so you are not too late by any means.

     

    Hope the meeting goes ok tomorrow. Plenty of children are unreliably toilet trained at this age so this surely cannot be a first for the nursery.

     

    K x

  15. Posted · Edited by Kathryn · Report reply

    LIke your son, my daughter could not cope with the idea of education for quite a long time while she was at home - even the sight of school books would bring on stress. It took over a year before she was ready to dip a tentative toe back into the water.

     

    We tried to pursue a specialist school place but found this repeatedly blocked and we had to give up eventually because my daughter would have been to old for the school by the time the LA stopped messing us around. However she went to the local further education college and spent a long time being supported in the department for students with learning disabilities. At first she could only cope with basic courses well below her level of ability, but she was well looked after most of the time and it enabled her to gradually get her confidence back in a sheltered environment, and also to get ino the routine of going out the house. It wasn't perfect as the college was not geared specifically to supporting academically able students with AS, but it was all she had, and she has just gone from there to university, so it wasn't all bad.

     

    So if an alternative school doesn't work out, or it's unlikely he would be able to cope with a school while he's still of school age, don't worry too much as the further education sector may have something suitable when he's ready to return.

     

    K x

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    Plain black is boring but makes life easier- although have you noticed how many shades of black there are?!

     

    I have a solution - those very useful little plastic gadgets you poke the socks through: keeps the blighters together right through the washing/ drying/ sorting process.

     

    Couldn't live without them now!

     

    K x

  20. Posted · Edited by Kathryn · Report reply

    Oh loubeeloulou, sounds like life is really tough at the moment, especially getting the texts must be worrying. Yes I can definitely identify with some of what you say, especially about the mess and the constant switching to find the right one. For my daughter, who was 15/16 when similar things happened, it did get better but it took a long time and unfortunately there was no magic solution, she was severely depressed

    and anxious and we had to ride it out. If you have a good professional, hang on to them and try to hang on to a normal life yourself so you have the energy to deal with your son's problems.

     

    We're here if you need a listening ear,

     

    K x

  21. Posted · Edited by Kathryn · Report reply

    Nice one, Quixotic! :)

     

    The panto was good- especially as I went with low expectations. There were lots of good laughs and it was a slick show all round.

     

    I'd now like another week off please to recover

    from Christmas but it's back to work tomorrow!

     

     

    K x

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    Fiddle toys sound like a good idea! My daughter used to like to chew things- we were lucky it was only her hair and the front of her clothes: at least we could be sure where they had been!

     

    Hope you find a solution,

     

    K x

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