Hi,
My daughter is 4 years old, we're certain that she has asd but is yet to be diagnosed. We're currently awaiting a diagnosis so have had no choice but to put her in a mainstream school. This has caused no end of trouble and stress for me, before the summer holidays we had a meeting with the school so that they could gather all of the information they could about her, yet they chose to tell us they we're concerned about funding for half of the meeting... That was the first warning sign we had about this school but had high hopes that there would be a statement in place for her come September.
Then she started school last week, one day for half a day, upon which we recieved a phonecall the next day saying that they were concerned that a full day would be "too much for her" (yet she had no issues at preschool), that there wasn't enough staff to cover her as there was only one teacher in the afternoon and that it would be best for her to go half day. They made up some rubbish about her getting frustrated with another child (which she only does if they've done something to her first as she pays little attention to others at the moment) and that she was tired?! she was fine when she got home and doesn't get tired during the day unless she isn't mentally challenged! I've now had no choice but to put her in half day as I had visions of her being shoved in the corner while they taught all of the 'normal' kids. I've given up everything for my daughter, I've even had to take a drop in work title and pay as I couldn't bring myself to leave her with anyone else while I did the training and now that she was supposed to be in school full time I had arranged to do a training course while she was a school which I now can't do.
I would do anything for my daughter and I want what is best for her, but I know that this school is not it but I can't do anything about it until we get a statement which we might not even get and if we do it won't be until November. I've now been informed that I have to take her to the church tomorrow morning as they have a service, walking her to school which is just over the road is a living nightmare, I have to carry her as she will not walk anywhere and I'm not supposed to lift heavy things due to health problems, getting her to the church and leaving her there will just not be an option tomorrow so I'm keeping her home because she won't be looked after. I just want her to go back to preschool because they were amazing with her.
Has anyone else had a similar experience?? I hope I'm the only one that has had this problem but I very much doubt I am.
