katysmum Report post Posted January 27, 2008 Hi all This may become a lengthy post, so I apologise in advance!!! To try and be brief, I had Katys annual review of her statement back in September; she was on band c, approx 17 hrs per week with classroom assistant in mainstream. Katy had not been coping in school for some time and has been medicated since last June, and she was becoming increasingly anxious. Anyway, to try and be brief, the review was in my opinion a disaster. I was asking for increased funding, but he lady from the LEA wanted to withdraw Katy's support so she didn't get learnt helplessness??? Anyway I came away from the meeting very disappointed. After weeks of feeling frustrated, I wrote a very long letter to the headteacher school, outlining Katys difficulties, most of which were in the report from the statement review, things like- which the lea said-" when katy is unsupported she does not learn" etc. I put 3 proposals forward in the letter, 1 being we finance the shortfall of unsupported hours, 2 being we flexi school her ( take her out when she was unsupported and 3 was we remove her from school and educate her solely at home. I did lots of research, so I knew what I was talking about!!! The head sent my letter to LEA for advice, and apparently it ruffled quite a few feathers!!- it was quite long! Within 2 weeks, the lea increased Katys funding to band D and informed me they were sending the case to county moderator panel for possible band E funding. That was held on the last day of term before Christmas, and the panel increased it to band E with immediate effect!! So 1st week back at school, and they had changed her hours to suit new funding and she now gets 26 and a half hours a week classroom support and 3 hours per term 1:1 with a specialist teacher, increased from 17 hours per week classroom support a week and 1 hour per term specialist teacher time. I am thrilled. It just proves that you don't have to accept everything you are told, with a bit of parent power anything is possible!!!! Fighting the system can be very tiring and frustrating but don't give up; In 3 years I have gone from battling for her to be assessed for a statement to now finally getting an adequate amount of support. Thanks for reading Sharon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted January 27, 2008 Thats brilliant news Sharon! Well done you for taking on the system & winning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clare63 Report post Posted January 27, 2008 (edited) Well Done Sharon, a good lesson to us all. not to accept everything we are told, well done for fighting so hard for your daughter. Clare x x x Edited January 27, 2008 by Clare63 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soraya Report post Posted January 28, 2008 Good for you, it is a shame we all have to fight so hard to get the right support for our kids. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
