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Hello everyone, We have a meeting to discuss the statement and its on the 27th. I have been told by IPSEA that i should ask for a complete statement and not have amendments attached. Please correct me if i am wrong in anything i have been told or if there is anything i have left out. I would be extremely grateful if anyone could give any advice on how to handle this, my emotions are almost at boiling point after one conversation i have had today which i will come to later. Tried ringing IPSEA no joy i will try later. I understand that anything in part 3 of the statement is what the LEA have to put in place. If its in part 6 they are not obliged to. Some provision is in place. I want this put in part 3 that this is what is being met (how do i word things correctly aswell)as i and other people need to know where k has started from and that what may need to be changed. Can i ask for this to be done ?. I can't see them objecting as it shows willingness on their part to help our k. It does need to be in the statement otherwise how can we move on if we don't know what was in place first. How can it be changed to improve for k. Toileting is a problem and k is so reluctant to wipe himself and i have asked for one to one support for this and one to one support for him going on trips so going to the toilet should not be a problem. The SENCO (who says k does not need extra help in this area and one to one is a waste of valuble resources on him. He actually said 'does not see why k should have more help than other children'. How is it a waste trying to teach him to wipe himself, what he does sometimes at home, he needs help with at school. They (school) fail to understand that what a ASD child learns in one place does not transite to another without help. The school are going through a period of change. The advisory teacher for autism has explained that she has been told (verbally) that every class will get a permanent TA, so at the moment k and other children do not have a someone permanently in class for them. It changes on a daily/weekly basis. No wonder k is getting confused. The school failed there ofsted last year and its taking to long to enforce this change and in the meantime k is getting lost in all of it. The school should have things up and running by Sept. Seeing is beleiving. I have been told to hold on and stay with this process for change. I am reluctant to move k again. Should i let him stay, things have not improved with communication with the school. The teachers don't tell me when events are coming up and k gets all anxious and tells me when its too late. The school give me the impression that he is pulling the wool over my eyes, and that he is some naughty school boy trying it on. He had a flair up again of not wanting to go to school again today because of big writing and literacy and that no one is helping (this relates to not having a TA in class i suppose). Do we stick with this school as its been since last july that the school failed there ofsted and really things have little improved. What do we do ?. The teacher k had, has just left due to family concerns and that was about two weeks ago. During this time ks behaviour has not been great and he has been made to WRITE OUT LINES for bad behaviour (he was made to write i must learn how to behave and managed nine lines). Do they STILL DO THIS ? i really thought this was done in my day. I am taking this piece of paperwork to the meeting to show the SENCO and shove this paper in his face and the school teacher when they say he behaves well and not bad at all. All i seem to be getting from the autism officer is 'well the school are improving and they really should do this and that. She is going to give me (autism officer) a plan of action to take with me to the meeting (her plan) she is not able to attend and no one else is going with me (apart from OH other half) and because i am having trouble in printing things out on this computer she is going to give a copy to the SENCO to give to me. REALLY, this man and the school teacher have my phone number my email (k and one other child are the only two children in the school with statements, is it too much to ask to call and leave a message) and still fail to inform when of events changing. (ie sports day). She wants me to trust them with giving me communication.? What to do now ?. Sorry for long winded post. JUST SO FED UP WITH NAGGING. You can see why i am almost at boling point. I need to be structed about this. Being dyspraxic is so xxxxxx annoying. Frigtened of getting muddled and looking an idiot. best wishes sarni