!Hello, I am soooo stuck at the moment! I have a 14yr old son who has AS/SPD, he is (supposed to be in yr 10. )Long story, usual fobbed off with statementing etc etc, when he went to high school was getting bullied (this is a school with as asd unit btw) no statement because "we are paying for the unit" he was piggybacking another childs support, but that child was excluded. So beg yr 9 he started at a different high school. Forgot to say self harming etc. Started ok last Sept there, but then gradually went downhill, taking ages to get him in school, more self harming next to no help from cahms. Then in June total school refusal. Now he should be starting yr 10, he chose his GCSE subjects (predicted to get A* in maths, but poor at getting work down on paper and very slow- processing difficulties)
Now he started at the pru last week, but highly anxious, wont go in or stay without me. The new high school had agreed he needed a statement in January, but LA turned it down, so i reapplied, statement came through last week but only for 15hrs. I am not convinced I will get him in mainstream again, not convinced he will stay at the pru on his own either. I had my eye on a independant school for HFA, I went to look around it in July, was ideal. But now they have no places. I have to name a school by Weds, has anyone got any idea what I should do? There are other schools but none will match his educational needs. Should I carry on with the statement, will they be able to use it in the pru (assuming he stays there). Or should I just give up and home educate (his preffered option).
I was ready to go to tribunal to get himin this school, which is half an hour away and is ideal, but I really dont know what to do now. Any suggestions gratefully received!
