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everso

Hello there

I'm mum to four young boys, the eldest (8) has mild aspergers, our next-in-line (6) has traits of aspergers and one of our youngest (4) has a more severe form of aspergers and consequently receives DLA and NHS speech therapy support.  He has just completed his "early bird intervention" course with Autism Outreach.  We won't know about our youngest (2) until he is a little bit older and the symptoms might/might not fully present themselves.

We homeschool all 4 boys, with the support of the local authority homeschooling dept. and Autism Outreach - but in the early days, before the diagnosis and all the ensuing help - I was grateful for forums like this one, and the autism blogs out there, for advice and encouragement.

Looking forward to meeting with other families dealing with autism Smile

-everso

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  • Hello everso.

    When you say "with the support of the LA homeschooling department" what does this entail?

    I ask because as an ex-home-educator I chose not to have their visits (there being no legal requirement) and instead sent them annual reports (also optional).  Some parents choose not to have anything to do with the LA.  I just wondered whether you meant their EOTAS department visits to check your provision, or that you have a dedicated support department that assist you in some way (many families find their visits an interference but don't know their rights!).  If so, your LA is unusual, because as you know, parents that home-educate aren't even given any funding for resources (despite saving the LA the going rate for their child being in school (upwards of £6k p.a.)

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  • Hello everso.

    When you say "with the support of the LA homeschooling department" what does this entail?

    I ask because as an ex-home-educator I chose not to have their visits (there being no legal requirement) and instead sent them annual reports (also optional).  Some parents choose not to have anything to do with the LA.  I just wondered whether you meant their EOTAS department visits to check your provision, or that you have a dedicated support department that assist you in some way (many families find their visits an interference but don't know their rights!).  If so, your LA is unusual, because as you know, parents that home-educate aren't even given any funding for resources (despite saving the LA the going rate for their child being in school (upwards of £6k p.a.)

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