Parents of special educational needs children could get care budgets

My son is 11 and attends mainstream school. His support needs are assessed as School Action Plus. He copes well, but I think being on the SEN list gives the school staff greater awareness that he has particular needs. I would be concerned that he would receive less effective support if he wasn't classed as SEN. One of the reasons for going through the painful process of diagnosis and having a 'label' is to hopefully gain better access to support and services. We have asked all of the agencies that we come into contact with, about social skills input for our son. We help him as much as we can, but I think that  structured opportunities for learning about self awareness and awareness of other people is as vital for children wiith ASD as everything else they learn at school. There is an inclusive resource in the area which offers outreach support in schools, but he doesn't apparently meet the criteria - not causing the school enough problems?! He has needs that aren't being supported consistently at the moment, so I fear that removal of some SEN categories would lead to even less support.

My son is 11 and attends mainstream school. His support needs are assessed as School Action Plus. He copes well, but I think being on the SEN list gives the school staff greater awareness that he has particular needs. I would be concerned that he would receive less effective support if he wasn't classed as SEN. One of the reasons for going through the painful process of diagnosis and having a 'label' is to hopefully gain better access to support and services. We have asked all of the agencies that we come into contact with, about social skills input for our son. We help him as much as we can, but I think that  structured opportunities for learning about self awareness and awareness of other people is as vital for children wiith ASD as everything else they learn at school. There is an inclusive resource in the area which offers outreach support in schools, but he doesn't apparently meet the criteria - not causing the school enough problems?! He has needs that aren't being supported consistently at the moment, so I fear that removal of some SEN categories would lead to even less support.