advice plez!

[vicletia]

wot is this staemented im hearing about and how do u do it en y does it need 2 b done?plezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[nellie]

vicletia,

 

Have a look at the following link to the National Autistic Society information on SEN procedure. It explains statements and other relevant procedures.

 

http://www.asd-forum.org.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=690

 

If there's anything you don't understand please ask.

 

Nellie xx

[mossgrove]

A statement is a statement of Special education needs, wihich is issued by a Local Authority for a child with special needs.

 

You can find links to much more information by clicking on 'Jargon Buster' on the top right of this page and srolling down to 'Statement'.

 

Simon

[Hectorshouse]

Hi Vicletia, and welcome to the Krism board, I think the first thing you need to do is go to the education section of the board, and read through some of the pinned topics and other threads there. That will give you a clearer idea of what a statement is, but in basic terms a statement of special educational needs (statement of SEN) is drawn up after an assessment that is carried out by the LEA if they determine that the child needs extra support within school. And if only it was that simple to actually get and get right, we wouldn't have so many topics on here about problems with LEA's and Statements.

 

Special Educational Needs can mean a whole host of things, and if you have a child that has SEN a statement is meant to be their security to accessing education according to their needs, it is also the delegation of specific funds from the LEA to that child for the purpose of supporting that childs SEN.

 

Hope I haven't confused you too much, HHxx

[Zemanski]

there are 3 tiers used to provide support to SEN children

 

the first 2 are school action and school action plus

 

at school action (SA) the school provides support from it's general provision such as extra phonics groups or different spellings or perhaps a bit of shared LSA support, even limited 1-1 support. No extra funding is made available to the school to provide this, it all comes from their SEN budget

the majority of children who just need that little bit extra will be at this level.

 

school action plus (SA+) is where the child needs more than school can provide from its own resources - if a child needs speech and language therapy or more 1-1 support or a special progamme of study then the school can apply for extra funding towards this. Evidence is put to an LEA panel and they see if the child meets the LEA criteria for support. This extra funding is quite hard to get and the criteria are quite difficult to meet. A good school/LEA should, theoretically, be able to meet most special needs at this level - unfortunately many don't, especially for AS and autistic children who don't meet the criteria because they are academically able or because they are well behaved in school and only show that they aren't coping at home (masking their difficullties).

 

at both these levels the school has control over what is provided although they are supposed to consult parents and take professional advice - they are not actually bound to do anything.

 

the third tier is the statement which is a legal document stating the needs of the child and how those needs should be met and although most LEAs delegate funding to schools the LEA, rather than the school is legally responsible for meeting the statement.

 

the reason so many of us here feel that statements are necessary for our children is that it is very difficult to get our children's difficulties and needs recognised without one - as I said before ASD kids often don't fit the general criteria for support.

 

unfortunately it is also difficult to get a statement and many of us have had to go through bitter fights, including tribunals, to first get a statment and then get one that really addresses our children's needs

 

Zemanski