LittleMissAlien Report post Posted August 15, 2013 Hi My son Jay was diagnosed eiyh Asperger's 2 weeks ago. He's returning to school in a little over 2 weeks. He already attends the school's "Nurture Group" where they encourage the development of social skills, and I believe he has an IEP as he is often set targets and I have to sign to allow the school to do this. However, I don't know what to do about getting him a statement, or a 1:1 TA etc. The paed who diagnosed him has made a referal to the Social and Communications team at the LEA and said they'll take it from here. Does he need to see anyone else? An EP? Will the school SENCO be able to help? Is it worth writing a letter to request a meeting with his teacher, TA and the SENCO? Sorry for all the questions - I'm a complete newbie! Shell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LittleMissAlien Report post Posted August 15, 2013 Sorry for typos - I'm posting from my phone! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sally44 Report post Posted August 15, 2013 (edited) This is a link to an archived government document. It might give you a bit of an overview of the SEN system, which is complicated and takes some time to get your head around. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130107105354/http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/documents/digitalasset/dh_4090571.pdf If your child has IEPs, he is on School Action Plus. Get yourself a copy of the SEN Code of Practice and read the relevent chapters. Here is a link on how to get a copy http://www.asd-forum.org.uk/forum/index.php?/topic/20382-special-educational-needs-publications/ You should be invited to attend IEPs. As the parent you are part of the SEN process. You can suggest targets even. IEPs should be SMART [google IEPs and SMART to see what that means]. I've googled it and came up with this link, which looks quite good http://www.specialeducationalneeds.co.uk/UsefulInformation/SEN-EducationInfo/IEP.html If your son is not making progress and achieving his IEP targets, after two of them you can ask the LA to assess your child for a Statement of Special Educational Needs. Once you have asked the LA that, the LA must ask various professionals for their opinion and advice. They should see and assess your child. The LA will then inform you if they intend to issue a Statement or not. Often LAs refuse to issue a Statement automatically, as a way of weeding our parents who are not prepared or confident enough to appeal that decision. Once you have asked the LA to assess, you can write to each professional [usually SALT, EP, OT, and maybe Clinical Psychology or CAHMS] to carry out standardised assessments and to identify each and every need [as per the SEN Code of Practice], and to quantify and specify for each of those needs in terms of hours of support, hours of therapy, staffing provision etc - again as per the SEN Code of Practice. Edited August 15, 2013 by Sally44 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites