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At the End of My Tether

Fuchsia

My 15 year old daughter has struggled throughout secondary school but the last year has been a nightmare.  She got to the point where she could not tolerate being in class due to anxiety and sensory overload. She went from going to school fulltime to being on a part time timetable and is now only going into school for 2.5 hours a day which she is spending in learning support.  However, she is not being taught - she sometimes is given some worksheets by a teacher but often she is only doing work we haven given her.  My husband and I are teaching her as best we are able for her June GCSE modules.  The problem is she just can't focus to take much in at the moment.  Had a meeting last week with the SENCO, Autism Advisory Service and CAMHS.  They talked about applying for exceptional needs funding to provide teaching for her in Learning Support for Year 11.  We have just heard this has been refused.  I really don't think the school are going to be able to fund one to one teaching for her, so what is the point of her being there.  The Autism Advisory lady says it is important she keeps going to school as if she doesn't she will just be stuck at home and it will be difficult to get her back out again.  The SENCO is helpful and on our side but I think she is totally out of her depth.  Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. 

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  • Thank you all for your support.  This is my daughter's 2nd secondary school.  We took her out in the Autumn Term of Year 8 as they were so unsupportive.  We then did home school for several months, using one of the online schools which are around.  I found it very difficult to deal with - my daughter is not the easiest person to have around and can be extremely confrontational (athough she is not at the moment).  You may be right in saying that may be we need to step away from academia for a bit - although she is not doing much in any event.   I find the thought of her being at home so daunting and also feel that we would then be out of the loop and no one would even be aware of her.  I also think that it would be nearly impossible to get her back to going to anything and the isolation would have increased.  She is only sitting 2 modules - 1 History and 1 Chemistry in June which is what we are attempting to cover with her.  On paper, she is supposed to still be doing English, Maths, Science and History plus Music BTEQ where the teacher sorted out the course for her which she isn't even teaching to anyone else in the school.

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  • Thank you all for your support.  This is my daughter's 2nd secondary school.  We took her out in the Autumn Term of Year 8 as they were so unsupportive.  We then did home school for several months, using one of the online schools which are around.  I found it very difficult to deal with - my daughter is not the easiest person to have around and can be extremely confrontational (athough she is not at the moment).  You may be right in saying that may be we need to step away from academia for a bit - although she is not doing much in any event.   I find the thought of her being at home so daunting and also feel that we would then be out of the loop and no one would even be aware of her.  I also think that it would be nearly impossible to get her back to going to anything and the isolation would have increased.  She is only sitting 2 modules - 1 History and 1 Chemistry in June which is what we are attempting to cover with her.  On paper, she is supposed to still be doing English, Maths, Science and History plus Music BTEQ where the teacher sorted out the course for her which she isn't even teaching to anyone else in the school.

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