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SEN advice

AryaWolf

Hi,

I have an amazing 5 yr old son who has autism (clinically diagnosed).

Does anybody know whether the school needs parental consent to put a child on the SEN register?

I’ve googled and can’t find a clear answer! Id be grateful to hear your experience (s).

xx

Parents

  • Hi, I'm not sure if this will answer your question but I will tell you what happened in my case. When my two year old daughter (now diagnosed autistic) had a review with her paediatrician a week after her 2nd birthday back in February, she was diagnosed with global development delay (the list is growing and still awaiting genetic testing!) and the paediatrician filled in and sent a section 23 form to the local education authority which he had a statutory duty to do. This has enabled us to get 2 year old Nursery funding for her and funding for a 1:1 at her nursery school. She will also be getting a ONE plan. If he was diagnosed before school age then your local authority should have been informed and thus he should be entitled to SENCO input:

    http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/6/section/23/enacted

  • in reply to Kitsune

    Hi,

    Good to know about section 23. My daughter is at preschool but she didn’t has one to one support. Will ask the paediatrician when we see him on 17th.

    She has extra 15 hours funding but preschool refused to provide her one to one.

  • in reply to NAS50657

    Does she have a ONE plan and EHCP? The agreement for a 1:1 case from the LEA SENCO coming to the Nursery to assess her (she’s had so many assessments done now that I’ve lost count!) after the assessments they agreed that she met the criteria for funding for 1:1. Might be worth phoning your LEA and asking them about it.

  • in reply to NAS50657

    At this young age it's definitely best to go through the LEA. Their SENCO and Specialist Pre-school teacher should be on the case with ensuring that your daughter is assessed to find out what support she needs and then ensuring that the Nursery know how to go about obtaining funding for that support.

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  • in reply to NAS50657

    At this young age it's definitely best to go through the LEA. Their SENCO and Specialist Pre-school teacher should be on the case with ensuring that your daughter is assessed to find out what support she needs and then ensuring that the Nursery know how to go about obtaining funding for that support.

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