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Home education

NAS72680

Hi Everyone,

Thanks in advance for reading this post.

I wanted to ask for some advice on home education. It is something that myself and my husband are considering for our 6 year old daughter. She has been in mainstream education for nearly 3 years, she is diagnosed asd with behaviours that challenge. 

Our reasoning for wanting to home educate is that we believe that the 'school life' is just to hard for her to deal with. She has dysregulations every day with them ranging from the not so big to full blown Crisis. The school have put some things in place but even requirements of her EHCP have not been met because the school can not accommodate. 

We haven't had a look at specialist schools or any other education yet because we believe that maybe she will be best at home with me and the people who know her best. There have been suggestions by her school that she attends a PRU as she is on route for permanent exclusion..I can't believe I say this as my child is 6! 

I guess I want some advice from people that have done this...are doing this to see how accessible it is and what services if any we can still access for her EHCP.

Both myself and my husband work in education and have been working with autistic children over 10+years so I don't doubt i can give her what she needs its just if it is the right route to down.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

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  • I home educate both my children - neither have been to school so I cannot offer advice on taking her out.  However I would highly recommend it.  I don't feel like my oldest child would have done well in school at all due to her behaviours.

    What area do you live in?  The home education community is thriving at the moment as it has become more popular.  I currently live in Cumbria now and Nottingham before that.  Both areas have had a great variety of things happening every day and also specific groups for SEN children. 

    There are a few families I have met who have taken their children out of school due to the school not being able to meet their needs.  One woman I met said that she had acquired funding for his son's home education due to the school not meeting his needs so they may be something to look into.  I could ask if she would be happy to speak with you if that is something you wanted.

    Also, there are loads of home ed groups on Facebook national and local ones.  I'm sure you would be able to find one so you can see what is happening in your area.

    Also sorry to disagree with Peter who had commented but the idea that children cannot socialise out of school is not true.  My children have loads of friends that they see regularly...as do all of the other home educated children I know.

  • in reply to NAS85448

    Hi, thank you for getting in touch. It's nice to hear from others that home educate. We have tried to stick with school, but it's just not as accessible as we thought it would be and the environment has become more challenging.  

    We currently live in East London and are looking into the home education situation and what will be available to her when home schooled in terms of services, activities, groups etc..Have your children got EHCP's and what services are available to them? We are worried that we will lose people like SALT and CAMHS.

    I will have a look on Facebook to see what is available and if there is anyone we could connect with in our area to see what's available to her and us as a family 

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  • in reply to NAS85448

    Hi, thank you for getting in touch. It's nice to hear from others that home educate. We have tried to stick with school, but it's just not as accessible as we thought it would be and the environment has become more challenging.  

    We currently live in East London and are looking into the home education situation and what will be available to her when home schooled in terms of services, activities, groups etc..Have your children got EHCP's and what services are available to them? We are worried that we will lose people like SALT and CAMHS.

    I will have a look on Facebook to see what is available and if there is anyone we could connect with in our area to see what's available to her and us as a family 

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