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Statements !!

valley girl

I am sure that many of you out there have been through the nightmare of refusals to assess,refusals to issue statements and trying to deal with Sendist. We took 3 years to get my nine year old sons statement and we were over the moon when it arrived in July. Great we thought - things will be much easier now. Not so !! Even though he has a statement for 23 hours a week I am still having to chase up everything, go and see the teacher everyweek and generally check everything is being provided. My relationship with the school is getting worse rather than better.

My son is in Year 5 now and we need to start considering secondary schools. We try to be positive but I cant see him surviving there let alone making progress.

Is anyone else feeling this way or had the same problems  or have any advice !!

Are Statements worth the paper they are printed on !!

xxx

 

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  • Hi Valley Girl

    My guess is that this is really common.  Our son eventually had to come out of his local primary school as things completely broke down.  At the time he had a very inadequate statement, and although the school seemed willing, didn't really understand the extent of his needs so couldn't meet them.  We visited every school in the area, and eventually opted for a specialist boarding school which was a dramatic and scary choice for us.  To get his statement changed and the funding for school we worked with IPSA (a volunteer body we got in touch with through NAS) and prepared to go to tribunal.  Our authority eventually changed his statement and gave us the funding.  It was a hard fought battle, taking a lot of time and energy and worry about what we were doing.  It shouldn't be like that but that is how it was.

    My advice is - get information on what is available, get the support of professionals in your judgement about what your son needs, and just go with what you think is best.

    Good luck

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  • Hi Valley Girl

    My guess is that this is really common.  Our son eventually had to come out of his local primary school as things completely broke down.  At the time he had a very inadequate statement, and although the school seemed willing, didn't really understand the extent of his needs so couldn't meet them.  We visited every school in the area, and eventually opted for a specialist boarding school which was a dramatic and scary choice for us.  To get his statement changed and the funding for school we worked with IPSA (a volunteer body we got in touch with through NAS) and prepared to go to tribunal.  Our authority eventually changed his statement and gave us the funding.  It was a hard fought battle, taking a lot of time and energy and worry about what we were doing.  It shouldn't be like that but that is how it was.

    My advice is - get information on what is available, get the support of professionals in your judgement about what your son needs, and just go with what you think is best.

    Good luck

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