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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 !!

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  • We got a statement for our son 4 years ago but here in Sheffield the funding does not follow the child which is causing huge problems.  We have a statement which contains vague language and we know the school are not adhering to it, it is very frustrating.  I too have a poor relationship now with the school as they feel I am pushy and too well in informed.  We are now going through transition for secondary with no guarantee of an appropriate place being awarded by the local authority, we have also had to employ an Independent Speech and Language Therapist as we have been abandoned by the statutory services as they have little capacity.  The constant stress and worry of raising a child with AS and trying to get the best for them is utterly exhausting.  Everything boils down to money and resources, you have to become your child's advocate and learn how to navigate a complex system that rarely wants to help you as it should.

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  • We got a statement for our son 4 years ago but here in Sheffield the funding does not follow the child which is causing huge problems.  We have a statement which contains vague language and we know the school are not adhering to it, it is very frustrating.  I too have a poor relationship now with the school as they feel I am pushy and too well in informed.  We are now going through transition for secondary with no guarantee of an appropriate place being awarded by the local authority, we have also had to employ an Independent Speech and Language Therapist as we have been abandoned by the statutory services as they have little capacity.  The constant stress and worry of raising a child with AS and trying to get the best for them is utterly exhausting.  Everything boils down to money and resources, you have to become your child's advocate and learn how to navigate a complex system that rarely wants to help you as it should.

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