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need advice about education...

Junerae

My son who is 13 and has been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome currently only recieves 2 hours of schooling a day..when I asked the education authority about this they said..."because your son has a diagnoses the local education autority only has to offer him one hour a day at school so be gratefull you got 2 hours" Is this correct? 

Also they were suppose to start a statement process about 5 months ago but they havent, so when I asked them about it they said (teachers) that they have been busy and my son is not the only child they have to look after....i appreciate they are busy but if the doctors have told them to start the processs dont they have a duty of care to my son and do it?

I live with my husband who is great with my son but during the day I feel so alone and isolated...even family members try to avoid coming to see us because of my sons bizzare (they think its bizzare, to me its normal Michael) behaviours...I live in Blackpool and there is nothing for parents with Aspergers children, theres not a great deal for the kids either mind...

I just want to pick him up and shake the Aspergers out of him some days...what I want to ask is..(after being blamed by people for his condition)...could I have done something to prevent it?

  • I am fairly sure that every child is entitled to a full time education. (Getting it is another matter though!)

    Try to make progress with the statement. Send a letter requesting statutory assessment. The LA will then have to respond to you within 6 weeks to say whether they will go ahead and do it or not (if they won't then you appeal)

    As others have mention you can contact IPSEA for help or there is another charity called SOS!SEN and also the NAS education helpline

    Here's a sample letter to send to get you started www.ipsea.org.uk/.../Statutory-assessment.aspx

     If you are not sure who to send the letter to at your LA, give your local Parent Partnership a call and they will be able to tell you (they may also be able to give you other advice, but just bear in mind they are funded by the local authority)


  • hello all, and thanks for the advice...

    My son was in a main streem school, and in fact he still has duel registration, (apprently kids can have duel registration all over the country)...so he attends the "speedwell centre" in Blackpool and is still on roll at his main streem high school, however one day Michael made threats of extreem violence towards one child, (now this child and his friends made my sons life hell at school)...so one day he (mY son) just flipped...now he made threats a fair bit towards other children, but nothing on this scale, but the only person he has ever hit is me, so the education authority of Blackpool say because he has Aspergers and has made threats he can only have one hour a day at school...but like i said he actually has two hours...he was home schooled before and just after Christmas, until a place was found at the "Speedwell Centre"...but I have been told that Michael wont be sitting his exams...they say it will be too much pressure on him...but Michael wants to go to college and then onto uni..he has a brilliant mind and it is a shame that it's being wasted....

  • You can apply for a statement as a parent, then the school will be asked for their contribution and given a deadline to have it completed by. I'd be taking this route if I were you. I'm sure they should've legally done it by now, but don't know the facts. Have a look at the IPSEA website for advice on applying for a statement as a parent. Good luck.

  • no there is no policy in pace...we had a child in need meeting and social services and teachers decided that was what was best for him...

  • Is there a policy that says he only has to be offered one hour a day? Doesn't seem right - if he had no form of disability, he'd be in school time, which is arouns 25-30 hours a week.