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Please help me, i'm not sure what to do!!!!!!!

Coogybear

Please see my earlier post re 'I'm so angry' on the general chat thread.

Longman I'm in need of some urgent support and advice.

Following yesterdays poor meeting at the College to try and resolve the issues raised, my son went into College today to hand in the completed elements of his work and was asked by a member of staff to sign 7 or so pages stating he'd recieved SEN support. This included 40 or so signatures next to dates he's meant to have recieved the support, but hadn't. Only 4 genuine signatures were present on the page he signed, which were all he had recieved for one years alledged support.

He was also asked to plagiarize another students work today, in order to complete his final module for distinction submission.

I suspect that this is because he admitted in the meeting he had had no onging SEN support and had notified staff, but was essentially ignored and was relying on a fellow student to help him complete assignments because he couldn't manage as the college had denied him the softeware necessary to demonstarte his ability.

This issue is obviously very serious as it indicates a deliberate act on the part of the College to cover up their failings with my sons provision.

I'm agast and very angry, but my son is completely crushed that he agreed to sign something he could neither read nor understand fully. He asked staff what it meant, but was told it didn't matter and just to sign it!' naturally he complied, but later realized it was the SEN support register

A serious issue and one that im not sure what to do about, Please help me someone!!!!

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  • Thanks Anil A - Mod for getting this clarification.

    I appreciate the funding constraints but am puzzled that NAS should argue this as lower priority. Things have moved on from the notion everything stops at 18 - and the most likely place to find people on the spectrum continuing education post school is a college.

    As important though, many people on the spectrum are going to college from 16 which in some ways is an easier environment than school, but the learning support needs to follow.

    So for NAS Education Advice to stop at school seems strange. I will look into it, but it is not immediately obvious how far the two links are able to help with autism.

    To what extent, rather than passing people on to these organisations, has NAS ensured that these organisations are fully briefed on autism needs?

    And is it approporiate to have a website section on being a student at FE college, albeit rather standard, if you aren't making it clear your support doesn't extend to colleges, and that people need to approach other organisations.

    Thanks

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  • Thanks Anil A - Mod for getting this clarification.

    I appreciate the funding constraints but am puzzled that NAS should argue this as lower priority. Things have moved on from the notion everything stops at 18 - and the most likely place to find people on the spectrum continuing education post school is a college.

    As important though, many people on the spectrum are going to college from 16 which in some ways is an easier environment than school, but the learning support needs to follow.

    So for NAS Education Advice to stop at school seems strange. I will look into it, but it is not immediately obvious how far the two links are able to help with autism.

    To what extent, rather than passing people on to these organisations, has NAS ensured that these organisations are fully briefed on autism needs?

    And is it approporiate to have a website section on being a student at FE college, albeit rather standard, if you aren't making it clear your support doesn't extend to colleges, and that people need to approach other organisations.

    Thanks

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