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Missyd33

Hi everyone,

My name is Diane, I am a mother of two sons aged 9 and 12 and am married and work full time at a childrens hospice. My 12yr old joshua was diagnosed with Aspergers in Jan 2013. Me and my family moved from London to Kent in Aug 2013, joshua is also incontinent day and night, is dyslexic, suffers from CVS (cyclical vomitting syndrome) and also has huge anxiety issues. Since moving I am struggling to get the help and support my family needs to cope with day to day life with joshua, especially school! Joshua is not statemented and attends a mainstream school which he is struggling with as there is no support in place to help him cope, I have contacted various people and he is under CAMHS but due to long waiting lists no support is in place for us as a family. I would appreciate if anyone has any advice for me.

Thanks in advance

Diane Smile 

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  • Hi,

    Our boys School, dropped German and French in order to timetable intervention. Pretty reasonable really considering their difficulty with English. 

    I most definately would put in a request for an assessment now, because of where you are in the academic calender. Once the School is shut for the Summer, getting correspondance will be difficult. It would help if the School are on board, but it's not essential.

    Can I also suggest the sendist code of practice. A bible for parents who want to negociate the complexities of the statement system. It's available to download.

    www.gov.uk/.../special_educational_needs_code_of_practice.pdf

    IPSEA do a model letter to enable you to request a statutory Assessment for your son, Link below. Hope thats of some help.

    www.ipsea.org.uk/.../Common-problems.aspx

    Kind Regards

    Coogybear XX

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  • Hi,

    Our boys School, dropped German and French in order to timetable intervention. Pretty reasonable really considering their difficulty with English. 

    I most definately would put in a request for an assessment now, because of where you are in the academic calender. Once the School is shut for the Summer, getting correspondance will be difficult. It would help if the School are on board, but it's not essential.

    Can I also suggest the sendist code of practice. A bible for parents who want to negociate the complexities of the statement system. It's available to download.

    www.gov.uk/.../special_educational_needs_code_of_practice.pdf

    IPSEA do a model letter to enable you to request a statutory Assessment for your son, Link below. Hope thats of some help.

    www.ipsea.org.uk/.../Common-problems.aspx

    Kind Regards

    Coogybear XX

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