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New to site and very frustrated with school...

LongTallJo

Hi. This is my first exploration of this site/discussion forums in general. HELP,

i have a 6 year old starting year 2.

We had to leave the first school within a term (also disrupting his older brother) due to the totally unacceptable response of the leadership team (aggressive physical force and stubbornness -"I will do it my way and will not allow any alteration or difference'. School 2, a private school, managed well for foundation but struggled to contain him once he started year 1 with the increased expectations to work according to demand. In spite of this he has a reading age of about 9, is already doing year 3 maths and has lovely handwriting (but usually refuses to write). When backed into a corner (his perception) he fights. We were given a full time TA on Tuesday, start of term. It is now Thursday and he is excluded! There are no SE provisions locally for high achieving aspergers, but mainstream has consistently key him down. He has finally formed some friends and is now separated from them. We are about to finalise his EHC but have no provision. Any tights? (South westLeicestershire)

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  • NAS had a campaign a while back called "Make School Make Sense". There still seems to be some useful accessible material there on what you should be able to get from a school, and what, more often than not, you actually get.

    Look under Get involved, campaigns, UK-wide campaigns and then "past campaigns"

    If you get to open the information part it could be useful.

    Getting the right information for very able Aspergers might be tricky, but pursue rigorously any suggestion you cannot get help for high achieving Asperger's. That sounds to me like you've been given an ill-informed brush off (eg aspergers only matters if there's a learning disability - nonsense!).

    Someone high achieving still may have social communication difficulties, sensory issues, obsessions, rituals and difficulties with change - just because high achieving doesn't mean you shouldn't get help for disability.

    If you can track down a copy, you might find "Martian in the Playground - understanding the schoolchild with Asperger's syndrome" by Clare Sainsbury, helpful (Lucky Duck Publications, 2000;  ISBN 1 873 942 08 7 this code helps a librarian or bookshop find it)

    Good luck

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  • NAS had a campaign a while back called "Make School Make Sense". There still seems to be some useful accessible material there on what you should be able to get from a school, and what, more often than not, you actually get.

    Look under Get involved, campaigns, UK-wide campaigns and then "past campaigns"

    If you get to open the information part it could be useful.

    Getting the right information for very able Aspergers might be tricky, but pursue rigorously any suggestion you cannot get help for high achieving Asperger's. That sounds to me like you've been given an ill-informed brush off (eg aspergers only matters if there's a learning disability - nonsense!).

    Someone high achieving still may have social communication difficulties, sensory issues, obsessions, rituals and difficulties with change - just because high achieving doesn't mean you shouldn't get help for disability.

    If you can track down a copy, you might find "Martian in the Playground - understanding the schoolchild with Asperger's syndrome" by Clare Sainsbury, helpful (Lucky Duck Publications, 2000;  ISBN 1 873 942 08 7 this code helps a librarian or bookshop find it)

    Good luck

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