Hi, my son is 11 years old, and was seen by an educational psychologist Dec 2009 because of his behaviour at school. In September 2009 my son started a new school, because his last school were going to exclude him.
My son has a moderate hearing loss in both ears, and is supposed to wear his hearing aids on a daily basis. However, when wearing the hearing aids hes gets overloaded with noise and destroys his aids.
When seen by the psychologist there was a concern that my son could have aspergers syndrome. Nearly 2 years on, we still have no official diagnosis. CAMHS have been involved and did the ADI-R with me, and came to the conclusion that because my son developed within normal limits, but shows autistic traits in the communication and social sections, he doesnt have any form of autism.
I know theres something wrong with him, at the present time he is not attending school as he cannot cope with it. When i try to get him to go, i get punched and kicked, but educational welfare aren't listening and are going to fine me.
He was seen by an autism specialist who went into school to observe him for 2x30 mins sessions, and she said he has no signs, because he was using eye contact. I think what they havent thought about is that with my son having a hearing problem, that he lip reads!!
My son got a statement for 20 hours a week 1-1 or small group sessions, but has not accessed this because of the none attendence at school. His statement review has gone through and is now not being reviewed till May 2012, which means he will have been in a mainstream high school for nearly a year before they review it. Another educational psychologist and the high school have raised concerns about the transition to high school and think that my son will not be able to cope with the constant moving from classroom to classroom, and having 13 different teachers a week, so they have wrote letters to the LEA to see about provision for him at a special school.
So at the moment i don't know who or what to believe. The DISCO assessment was mentioned by the original psychologist, but the psychologist i saw last week said it wont be done because the ADI-R has been completed.....feel like screaming!
Thanks for replying, there is now an update on the statement situation. The LEA rang me today with regards to concerns from the high school, current primary school, Ed Psych and myself. these concerns were put to the panel today, and they have decided to increase his statemented hours from 20 to 25 hours a week, and the next review will be in December.
I saw this as a way forward, they could of rejected it completely, but the high school still isn't happy. The high school are saying that it doesn't matter how many hours they offer in a mainstream school, unless my son has a complete turn around and attend everyday, and can manage academically with the workload it won't work. There has also been an emergency meeting between the SENCO and deputy head at the high school to discuss where the school stands. I've got a feeling that they don't want him at the school, and they have also questioned my daughter who attends the high school about his violent outbursts towards her, which i am not happy about, as they already knew what they asked her because i told them.
So do i appeal about the revised statement? Do all parties involved appeal toghter or seperately?
Thanks for replying, there is now an update on the statement situation. The LEA rang me today with regards to concerns from the high school, current primary school, Ed Psych and myself. these concerns were put to the panel today, and they have decided to increase his statemented hours from 20 to 25 hours a week, and the next review will be in December.
I saw this as a way forward, they could of rejected it completely, but the high school still isn't happy. The high school are saying that it doesn't matter how many hours they offer in a mainstream school, unless my son has a complete turn around and attend everyday, and can manage academically with the workload it won't work. There has also been an emergency meeting between the SENCO and deputy head at the high school to discuss where the school stands. I've got a feeling that they don't want him at the school, and they have also questioned my daughter who attends the high school about his violent outbursts towards her, which i am not happy about, as they already knew what they asked her because i told them.
So do i appeal about the revised statement? Do all parties involved appeal toghter or seperately?
