Published on 12, July, 2020
my son is newly diagnosed but since September his violence has come into school. I can't fault the school they have thrown everything and the kitchen sink at him (in a help kind of way not a violent kind of way lol) well it came to a head this week after being given another chance he lasted in school 1 day and has been temporarily excluded until the 3rd of July because the primary placements team meet on the 2nd. Now they have sent me a manged move form and said it needs to be completed by Tuesday next week. now from what i can tell is this form is basically saying yes i want a new school. now although this school is not ideal as such it's what he knows. he is in year 5 at the moment and with not long till the summer holidays that is no settling time for a new school and year 6 is not gonna be enough to get him to settle. He doesn't have an EHCP although at our emergency EHAT meeting on monday they agreed he needs to be put forward for one. i want a specialist school if i can't be in this school as i don't think a new mainstream school will help him. Has anyone else been through this. should i fill out the managed move form or are they just trying to look good target wise by not expelling him? HELPPPPPP!!!
Hi NAS37758,
In addition to the community advice given, it may help you to have the links to our Education Rights Service?
You may want to contact our Education Rights Service who provide information, support and advice on educational provision and entitlements. Please see the following link for further information - http://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/education-rights.aspx
The following article contains a lot of helpful information about education for a child with autism - http://www.autism.org.uk/about/in-education.aspx - This includes information regarding getting extra support for your child in their education setting.
You can search for schools that cater for children with an autism spectrum disorder on our Autism Services Directory - www.autism.org.uk/directory.aspx
It can help to pass on information specifically for education professionals about autism spectrum disorders. The following link contains information written for education professionals - http://www.autism.org.uk/professionals/teachers.aspx
You may also like to contact our Autism Helpline team who can provide you with information and advice. You can contact the team via telephone on 0808 800 4104 (Monday to Thursday 10am to 4pm, Friday 9am to 3pm). Please note that the Helpline is experiencing a high volume of calls and it may take a couple of attempts before you get through to speak to an advisor. Alternatively, should you prefer to send a message, you can do so via their webform - https://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/main/questions.aspx
Hope this helps.
Nicky-Mod