Published on 12, July, 2020
My 6 year old son is autistic, but we don't have a formal diognosis as of yet. He is really struggling in mainstream school to the point that he is only doing an hour a day, I have to be present with him for that hour and even then he is being excluded as he is a 'safe guarding issue' due to his extremely violent meltdowns. They have been fab and put everything they possibly can in place for him but he's still just not coping with it. They have told me they just can't provide the support he needs and he needs to go to a special school in September. As we don't yet have a diognosis or an ehcp (awaiting OT report) the special schools won't even give me the time of day for a chat let alone consider taking him in. Does anybody know if there is a way I can get him into a special school before he gets his ehcp? I'm so stressed as it's only a few weeks until the end of term and come September he will have no school to go to! xx
I had the same issue with my son, he was diagnosed in January but still has no echp or even the starting of one. The primary school he was at would only have him for an hour a day then i had to pick him up. He was in year 6 at the time, in the end we moved boroughs in August and I got him into a mainstream school that had an autism unit. We visited the school, the staff at the school took one look at him and said he would have to go into the autism unit straight away. He's been in the unit since september and is loving school, he feels understood and safe. The school have told me he may need to move to more specialised provision eventually but for now im happy my son is safe.