Hi all, hope your all well. I just would like a bit of advice. I have a daughter who is currently 2 years and 3 months, she has been diagnosed by her paediatrician with developmental delay and is awaiting a diagnosis of ASD, (waiting on SALT report). My daughter has severe sensory issues. She struggles profoundly with noise, bright lights and large groups. I recently applied for an EHCP for her but was declined due to “her meeting the criteria but as the paediatrician report wasn’t finalised we haven’t got enough evidence of her needs” the EHCP panel also advised me to put her into nursery to “see the impact of the support that’s ordinarily available”. I have now put her into a nursery which she is not coping in. She’s currently done 4 sessions and each time she has cried uncontrollably and when I get her home she has had severe meltdowns. I have explained to the nursery numerous times about her sensory difficulties and why she struggles and even though we have reduced her sessions to just half an hour she still can’t cope there. I really don’t want to send her back as I can see she’s struggling to cope but if I take her out now and reapply for her EHCP they are going to say I’ve not left her long enough in nursery to get used to it.
I would like your advice on what you think I should do, also if I was to take her out of nursery how long would I have to leave her in there so that they can’t just blame it on her not having time to adjust.
thanks