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First school meeting after diagnosis...

NAS63209

Hi,  we have just received the asd diagnosis for our 10 year old son in the last week, after 4+ years of trying and without the support of school who stated there were no signs of autism yet writing traits on his report to psychologist at assessment.

And have requested a meeting or should I say school ‘wondered if we required a meeting since receiving the official diagnosis?’  Our answer being ‘yes!’ that we thought a meeting would be very beneficial and would it be possible to invite educational psychologist?  To be told ‘no’ that ‘ learning support didn’t feel educational psychologist had a role right now’ so it would be herself and his class teacher we will have meeting with.

My question to the more experienced is, what should I expect from this meeting?... we are based in Scotland.  I was expecting the headteacher or assistant to attend and educational psychologist and something like an ISP being put in place re support.  I’m not sure our primary follows this programme.  A few years ago I requested a meeting and they pulled together an action plan that has never been followed or reviewed since so my hopes aren’t high.  And on the recent email only support strategies were discussed.

Due to working in child social care in my last job I’m very aware of girfec etc and also aware that even without a diagnosis my son is entitled to his needs being met.  These  have not been met in my view over the years and now with a concrete diagnosis behind us I want to ensure he receives what he needs now, especially as he is in P 7 and transitioning to high school next year.

any information or input would be great right now as I’m feeling a little lost x

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  • Thank you for your replies.

    I decided to try another strategically worded email to learning support and it seemed to work.

    I got a positive response which surprised me stating that the educational psychologist was new to the school, so learning support and headteacher would be getting together for a meeting to discuss all children with additional needs and my son would be added to the list for discussion and the outcome discussed at our next meeting . They are also going to discuss  his transition to high school at this meeting as well.

    I was dubious as learning support and class teacher do not know him  or manage his asd responses well in my opinion as school causes quite high anxiety for Logan that has not been supported well over the years.  But I’ll be prepared for this next meeting.

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  • Thank you for your replies.

    I decided to try another strategically worded email to learning support and it seemed to work.

    I got a positive response which surprised me stating that the educational psychologist was new to the school, so learning support and headteacher would be getting together for a meeting to discuss all children with additional needs and my son would be added to the list for discussion and the outcome discussed at our next meeting . They are also going to discuss  his transition to high school at this meeting as well.

    I was dubious as learning support and class teacher do not know him  or manage his asd responses well in my opinion as school causes quite high anxiety for Logan that has not been supported well over the years.  But I’ll be prepared for this next meeting.

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  • in reply to NAS63209

    It's probably still wise to get a EHCP as back up and for when he goes to secondary school. Phone your LEA they should be able to advise you how to go about getting one. We're in the process of getting one for our two year old who was diagnosed with autism last Wednesday but the process may be different for older children.