Allansmum Report post Posted May 10, 2011 My son has a statement and in part 3 it says that he will need a planned transition to any future placement. Hes currently in a mainstream infant junior school. Hes got a place at an arb (junior arb) and starts in september. What can we expect from this planned transition? So far nothing seems to be happening. What are your experiences? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KezT Report post Posted May 10, 2011 I can let ou know what we are doing at te momnt for DS's planned transition from Primary to Secondary. We had a meeting with the SENCo & his planned LSA at new school today, ready for him to start in Sept. They have already met with all relevant professionals, his current school head & SENCO an had copies of his statement and all reports. They were also involved in writing the SA+ paperwork ready for next year. Next week they will go out to his current school & chat to him in a safe environment for him. They will do this as often as necessary until he feels safe with them. Then he will go with his LSA/SENCO to the new school and meet up with the new SENCo/LSA/Tutor in their environment. He will do this as often as he needs to until he feels safe with them. We will have fully written reports of each part of this process, and have direct email/phone nos for qeries. Once they have observed him a few times, they will work in partnership with us & current school to write his IEP for Sept. He will then join in with the normal year 7 transistion process, which is basically one or two visits to the school, a tour of the classrooms and a open evening with parents. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grace Report post Posted May 11, 2011 Hi, Is an ARB an Autism Resource Base? I think KezT covered the basic principles. Certainly you would expect several visits with your son being accompanied with a familiar member of staff from his current school - depending on how staff think he will cope with the transition, it would not harm to build him up from a very brief stay to half a day and then whole day visits. Also would be good if a learning assistant from the new ARB joined him in his current class to see how he copes and what he has difficulty with. Would be good if he had a photo book of all the ARB staff and photos of the main parts of the school, headteacher etc. Would be good if he could see where he will sit, where his peg will be and have photos of that too. Anything that will give him a visual reminder, especially for the summer hols. Photos of the other children in the ARB too would be good if possible. Forward planning is key and if they can give you a visual timetable for the first week, before you break up for the summer that should alleviate some anxiety on the first day. Need to be clear who will be supporting him at the ARB too. Best Wishes Grace/x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
