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Dual Placements?? - Do they exist?

SusieL

Been thinking so much about Jack's education and spoken to many people and am now wondering if dual placements exist ie: Half week in mainstream setting and half week in Specialist School.

The reason I wonder this is that we don't have any mainstream schools with an ASD Unit in our area. Jack's teacher made an arrangement with a nearby special school for Jack to attend a Social Communication Group every Friday morning. This works great but now I wonder if he would benefit from more time there IF we can't take him out of the mainstream school that he's in and change to a Special School.

I know the school is given funding for providing Jack with extra help and they have to decide what areas to use the money in so he can get the most out of his education. Would it be impossible to fund time in a special school? Jack loves the noise social aspect of his primary school but I worry that they cannot provide the right 'learning' environment for him. He would benefit from time in both settings. 

Does this sound crazy or has anyone else ever thought about this? I'm going to suggest it to Jack's teacher and would love to be able to tell her that it works elsewhere.

I think the Council will freak out when I suggest it! But no harm in asking.

Parents

  • Thanks Mumof 3. It's encouraging to know that is does happen somewhere (what part of the country does your friend live in if you don't mind me asking).

    I'm going to speak with Jack's teacher and discuss all this with her. I know they get funding for Jack's Statement and one of my questions will be 'Can some of this funding be used for time in a Special School'? She can't be totally against the idea because of the arrangement she's already made for Jack spending a Friday morning at a nearby Special School's Autisic Unit.

    I know the final decision will have to come from the Council and like you say, some are flexible and some are not - the problem we might have is the Special School Jack already attends on a Friday morning comes under a different LEA to his mainstream school and where we live.

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  • Thanks Mumof 3. It's encouraging to know that is does happen somewhere (what part of the country does your friend live in if you don't mind me asking).

    I'm going to speak with Jack's teacher and discuss all this with her. I know they get funding for Jack's Statement and one of my questions will be 'Can some of this funding be used for time in a Special School'? She can't be totally against the idea because of the arrangement she's already made for Jack spending a Friday morning at a nearby Special School's Autisic Unit.

    I know the final decision will have to come from the Council and like you say, some are flexible and some are not - the problem we might have is the Special School Jack already attends on a Friday morning comes under a different LEA to his mainstream school and where we live.

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