Statmenting and exclusion

Hi, this is my first post and I'm feeling at the end of my tether.  My 7 year old daughter was diagnosed with aspergers in January after a private assessment and this was later agreed by the NHS paed.  Since changing classes at school in September things have gone completely wrong.  I have been called in to see her teacher every day for the the last 4 weeks and yesterday they excluded her from school for the afternoon.  She is in the last year of the junior school so transition to middle school is approaching and feel she hasn't been able to deal with the move across the corridor let alone how she will manage the move to a new school.  I had previously asked her school to look at submitting a request for stat. assessment but they said they didn't have enough evidence.  They have now agreed to start the process after half term and include her in a play therapy programme but feel frustrated that she had to be excluded and I had to stop being so polite before anything happened.  She is sent out of the class regularly because she shouts, which is quite a new behaviour but this is only happening at school, not at home and not at Brownies - anybody have any advice?

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  • Hi. My advice would be that regardless of the Statementing process you need to try to get to a place where all of the adults involved have a shared understanding of your daughter's needs and agree a shared way to respond, with good communication.  Find out if your authority has a Parent Partnership scheme and if so, make contact with a Parent Partnership Officer. They may be able to visit you at home and help you to put together your contribution to the statementing process and maybe even accompany you to meetings.  It can make all the difference to have somebody there with you in professionals meetings to help to state your case or to keep notes.  The SEN Department of your LA should be able to provide this information.

    Good luck!

    Border Cauli

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  • Hi. My advice would be that regardless of the Statementing process you need to try to get to a place where all of the adults involved have a shared understanding of your daughter's needs and agree a shared way to respond, with good communication.  Find out if your authority has a Parent Partnership scheme and if so, make contact with a Parent Partnership Officer. They may be able to visit you at home and help you to put together your contribution to the statementing process and maybe even accompany you to meetings.  It can make all the difference to have somebody there with you in professionals meetings to help to state your case or to keep notes.  The SEN Department of your LA should be able to provide this information.

    Good luck!

    Border Cauli

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