raelien Report post Posted August 21, 2005 Havent been online for a few weeks - and soooooooo much has happened. To start with my mother passed away and i thought Colin (6) wouldnt understand or cope - but she had emigrated to another country and I think that made a difference to how he perseived it. On the same week - I discovered that three years of fighting the system has paid off - I think the penny finally dropped. Colin has been excluded 37 days out of the last two terms and the school he was at were notable to help - After calling the biggest core group meeting - 17 people including - Health psych, Educational psych, behavioural support team, etc... I announced to them all that all there fancy ideas of ploughin more money and time into getting him settled at a school thats clearly too big and too noisy for him- wouldnt it be better to send him to a placement that was ready made - and that i happened to know that within a five mile radius of my home was a center of excellence for ASD. - We finally got his statement back agreeing that he needed 26 hours additional funding and one on one teaching, - so I bounced that back to the educational board with the same response - wouldnt it be better economics to send him to a placement that could better deal with his needs - rather than waste his precious time and their money setting up to deal with his needs. We discovered that there was only none space left in this center and I wasnt sure how it would turn out. We got the news that although 20 other families had vied for this spot - Colin had got in - he goes from a class of 30 kids and one teacher to a class of 7 with two trained teachers - and they do riding, swimming, music therapy, trampolining- I still cant believe it - and all on a provisional diagnosis of Aspergers - and that too will soon be rectified - we finally got our appointment to see the speacialist in three weeks - after being on the waiting list two years, - Its all happened so fast - i still cant beleive it - I feel awful for those other families that missed out but I cant help but feel elated that he will be in the best place possible to help his particuar needs. Next step - DLA - but im soo gald not to have to fight the educational system anymore - It pays off - eventually - if you fight hard enough and shout the loudest. the Wiltshire educational system - actually worked! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flora Report post Posted August 21, 2005 Hi raelin. What a fantastic outcome. News like that provides motivation to fight on. Congratulations Lauren Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CarerQuie Report post Posted August 21, 2005 WooHoo!!!It IS worth the fight;well done!!!xx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karin Report post Posted August 21, 2005 hi raelien you have given me enough encouragement to carry on roll on september and god help my twins's school because this time im not going away with any excuses ONCE AGAIN WELL DONE YOU (Sorry to here your mum passed away hope your okay) keep smilin luv karin xx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carol Report post Posted August 21, 2005 excellent news - so pleased for you - & well done on making your voice heard. Carol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elaine1 Report post Posted August 24, 2005 fabulous! you have been lucky I must say. hope yr son love s his school Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suze Report post Posted August 24, 2005 Gosh...what a roller coaster you,ve been on.So sorry to hear the news of your mums passing............and a big welldone for the new school,many congrats to you all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
