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NAS49777
over 5 years ago

My son is 8 years old and was diagnosed with ASD a few years ago. My ex works alongside social workers and thinks he’s God when it comes to social services. He tacks ‘well i do know more than you, i work there’ on to the end of every sentence. It’s just embarrassing Rolling eyes

We are currently going through the process of applying/moving my son to a SEN provision and he’s been telling him that if he gets kicked out of mainstream school(they’re struggling to keep him in all day) he’ll get taken in to care as it’s already on the cards and social services are watching us. I bit back this evening when he said it in front of me, he’s just saying it to scare him and it’s not true. Anyone can homeschool if they chose(he’s just too lazy to ever do it) and children DONT get taken away for being ‘out of education’! He did the usual ‘you know nothing, you are clueless, I work there so I know’ again and I’m just furious about it. We have a meeting with the Ed Psych on Friday and I’m going to ask them about it in front of him to shut him up. 

Does anyone actually know of any child taken into care because their school weren’t able to educate them so homeschooling was the only option? I’m thinking it’s utter rubbish as I know loads of Sen families in this position.

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  • over 5 years ago

    I just want to add a small part to this as I was 14 when I was diagnosed after I had a breakdown in my secondary school. I couldn’t face school ever again and my mother went through the SENs procedure and managed to get a statement of special educational needs for me. She even went to a SENs tribunal about it. She had a lot of support from a group called IPSEA, Independent Parental Special Educational Advice, https://www.ipsea.org.uk/. When my mother spoke to them, they actually helped with advocates in my area, connected to IPSEA, and they paid for an educational psychologist’s report, and occupational therapist’s report. I was home taught by two home and hospital tutors that were paid for by my local authority for five and a half years. IPSEA was then of great help to my mum.

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  • over 5 years ago

    I just want to add a small part to this as I was 14 when I was diagnosed after I had a breakdown in my secondary school. I couldn’t face school ever again and my mother went through the SENs procedure and managed to get a statement of special educational needs for me. She even went to a SENs tribunal about it. She had a lot of support from a group called IPSEA, Independent Parental Special Educational Advice, https://www.ipsea.org.uk/. When my mother spoke to them, they actually helped with advocates in my area, connected to IPSEA, and they paid for an educational psychologist’s report, and occupational therapist’s report. I was home taught by two home and hospital tutors that were paid for by my local authority for five and a half years. IPSEA was then of great help to my mum.

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