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School has water only policy, son only drinks squash. What are my rights?

kaza

Hi,

My son is in mainstream primary school and he has ASD. He is non verbal apart from a few words and has sensory processing disorder. The School he attends has a water only policy for drinks. The trouble is my son only drinks squash. He has a very limited diet.

At first i sent him to school with the fruit squash shots for the ta to put into his water for him to drink. As the weeks have passed they have been giving him less and less squash and now he has water. Well they say he drinks it but i don't believe them as he comes home from school and all he wants is drink drink drink. He also is now constipated all the time which he has never suffered with before and i am sure its connected. He is not toilet trained yet and sees the incontinence team who have agreed without doubt he should have squash. The school still say he can have water as he drinks it but i know this is not the case.

My question is what are my rights with regards to School rules? Can i insist he has squash or do they get overall say? Also how can i know for sure he is getting enough to drink.

If anyone could help i would be must grateful as i seem to be going round in circles with the school and would like to know my rights as a parent.

many thanks, Karen

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  • Hi,

    Thankyou for your reply. Yes you are right that obviously it is best to have water, my other children do but this isn't as simply as it sounds with my Son.

    As far as the incontinence team are concerned i have it in writing from them that my Son should be able to drink squash. They were shocked to think he was not allowed considering all his History and background with regards to eating.

    Each case is individual and i don't see why the School in my case don't feel i as a parent know my Son best. I am left to feel like a bad parent for wanting my Son to have a drink.

    I don't really want a debate on the rights and wrongs of squash as i know it's not the best thing to give a child, i would just like to know what rights i have as a parent when it comes to School rules. Again as i asked before, do they have overall say on the matter?

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  • Hi,

    Thankyou for your reply. Yes you are right that obviously it is best to have water, my other children do but this isn't as simply as it sounds with my Son.

    As far as the incontinence team are concerned i have it in writing from them that my Son should be able to drink squash. They were shocked to think he was not allowed considering all his History and background with regards to eating.

    Each case is individual and i don't see why the School in my case don't feel i as a parent know my Son best. I am left to feel like a bad parent for wanting my Son to have a drink.

    I don't really want a debate on the rights and wrongs of squash as i know it's not the best thing to give a child, i would just like to know what rights i have as a parent when it comes to School rules. Again as i asked before, do they have overall say on the matter?

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