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autism in mainstream school

chris and carly

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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  • im new here so probably not much help ,

    but if the school is mentioing a special school and willing to help with this then i would snap up any help they are willing to offer from my experience gettig your child ito a special school is not an easy thing and can take many may years of battling in totally unsuitable schools to gain a place and is often left way too late and due to ths can cause alot of delayed learning as a consequence i know if my child had been offered a special school at such a young age he would not be in the situation he is now with his well below average learning ability mainstream school is just not suitable for most children on the spectrum way too many things going on for there little heads to cope with

    many parents have the impression that there child deserves a mainstream education for some strange reason ,if you were blind would you see t as your right to drive a car down the main street no matter what despite who you may hit just because you feel you have the right to do so ,some things are just not suited to some people the best place for a child on the spectrum is a school which is designed to help and support a child on the spectrum a main stream school is not designed for that and no matter how much support and 1:1 help they are promised the chances are the environment no matter how ice the school and staff are is just way too much to deal with and as a result will cause unnecessary issues which simply dont need to be there if alterative specialist schooling is being suggested ,

    dont wait snap it up it is designed for your child and can offer what they need ,why fight for mainstream when it just isnt suitable in the majority of cases

    hope you dont find this offensive its just my view but something i feel strongly about every child deserves the right care and support thats tailor made for them main stream school just cannot provide this .

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  • im new here so probably not much help ,

    but if the school is mentioing a special school and willing to help with this then i would snap up any help they are willing to offer from my experience gettig your child ito a special school is not an easy thing and can take many may years of battling in totally unsuitable schools to gain a place and is often left way too late and due to ths can cause alot of delayed learning as a consequence i know if my child had been offered a special school at such a young age he would not be in the situation he is now with his well below average learning ability mainstream school is just not suitable for most children on the spectrum way too many things going on for there little heads to cope with

    many parents have the impression that there child deserves a mainstream education for some strange reason ,if you were blind would you see t as your right to drive a car down the main street no matter what despite who you may hit just because you feel you have the right to do so ,some things are just not suited to some people the best place for a child on the spectrum is a school which is designed to help and support a child on the spectrum a main stream school is not designed for that and no matter how much support and 1:1 help they are promised the chances are the environment no matter how ice the school and staff are is just way too much to deal with and as a result will cause unnecessary issues which simply dont need to be there if alterative specialist schooling is being suggested ,

    dont wait snap it up it is designed for your child and can offer what they need ,why fight for mainstream when it just isnt suitable in the majority of cases

    hope you dont find this offensive its just my view but something i feel strongly about every child deserves the right care and support thats tailor made for them main stream school just cannot provide this .

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