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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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  • My son has ASD and has an IEP on Action +.  We have just suggested to the school that we get an SEN but they have told us it will be impossible.  At the end of year 2 his SATS results were around 2As which was pretty good only trouble is now we are nearly at the end of year 4 and he is still on 2As.  2 years and no progress.  We have been warned that this is the age that he would plateau.  The school seem satisfied that as he is not the worst in the class he is ok.  My argument is that he could do so much better with the right help.  They seem happy to let him plod along at the bottom.  He also finds school very stressful and begs me most morning not to send him in.  This week is not so bad as he has just had a week off for half term so managed to relax but give it another week or so and the cracks will begin to appear.

    I am terrified about him going to high school and how he will cope (or not) with that but at least if I can get an SEN I could possibly get a school who would cater for him.

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  • My son has ASD and has an IEP on Action +.  We have just suggested to the school that we get an SEN but they have told us it will be impossible.  At the end of year 2 his SATS results were around 2As which was pretty good only trouble is now we are nearly at the end of year 4 and he is still on 2As.  2 years and no progress.  We have been warned that this is the age that he would plateau.  The school seem satisfied that as he is not the worst in the class he is ok.  My argument is that he could do so much better with the right help.  They seem happy to let him plod along at the bottom.  He also finds school very stressful and begs me most morning not to send him in.  This week is not so bad as he has just had a week off for half term so managed to relax but give it another week or so and the cracks will begin to appear.

    I am terrified about him going to high school and how he will cope (or not) with that but at least if I can get an SEN I could possibly get a school who would cater for him.

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