autism in mainstream school

hi everyone, first time post as ive never found i needed advice but this has me confused. my daughter is 4 and a half in a mainstream school. she has a statement of educational needs which includes the need for her to have supervised help at all times. when talking to her teacher the other day she mentioned one of her tantrums came from the fact her one to one teacher was helping another student as her class is busy. is this not correct as theoretically this support teacher is my daughters? another question is about attendance, some days it is physically impossible for my daughter to learn, her teacher tells us when she has a 'rage' her words not mine, that she affects the learning of all sfudents and is unteachable herself. this is fair enough but days when my daughter is like this the headteacher advised us to maybe keep her off school. its maybe once a week, if that. now he has told us her attendance is unacceptable and is taking no responsibilty. is a child with a statement 100% obliged in attendance than other children. sorry for the rambles but its reallg affecting us as her teacher seems to be bringing up the name of the local disability school more and more when anyone that meets my girl says they never suspect her to have autism. thank you

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  • While it may not be the same as I experienced as a child, I had to attend tutor group a session that school hoped would socialise me- then I went to Special Educational Needs centre and had my own separate/but near by area to complete work. Home by one pm to do 20 mins homework and afternoon to myself.

    I used to help on the farm and it was escapism driving from 9 years old and feeding cows with silage using tractor loader at 12.

    The education authority have responsibilities to make suitable adjustments.

    School was hell on earth for me prior to changes above.

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  • While it may not be the same as I experienced as a child, I had to attend tutor group a session that school hoped would socialise me- then I went to Special Educational Needs centre and had my own separate/but near by area to complete work. Home by one pm to do 20 mins homework and afternoon to myself.

    I used to help on the farm and it was escapism driving from 9 years old and feeding cows with silage using tractor loader at 12.

    The education authority have responsibilities to make suitable adjustments.

    School was hell on earth for me prior to changes above.

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