Relocating to the UK

Hi All - aftersome advice / words of wisdom.

I am an expat in Australia, currently strongly considering relocating back to the UK (Tring, Herts) for family reasons. Our son, 6, has moderate ASD, diagnosed at 2, then re diagnosed at 5 prior to starting school out here this year. Currently he attends a "satellite" class with other 7 other Autistic kids (6-8 yr olds), this class is in a mainstream school, the goal is for the children to eventually migrate in to mainstream schooling. Prior to this he did two years "pre school" in a mainstream envioroment with the help of a "shadow" that we funded. He has also done intensive ABA since 2. He is verbal, but can be quite hard to understand sometimes, has no issues learning, reads like a 12yr old, major issue is social and frustration outbursts.

Im struggling to understand how things would work for him if we do go home. It looks like he would need a EHCP, which given he has two diagnosis I hope would be ok. But what does getting a EHCP actually mean? That he gets funding for a shadow / extra help in the local school?

If anyone can give me some pointers / general advise it would be most appreciatted.

Cheers

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  • Getting the right support can be challenging, there's never enough of it, but if "shadow" means "teaching assistant", you should not be paying for that.

    There are specialist autism educational setting if he can't do mainstream. 

    The support, might look very different. ABA is not common in the UK, thank God! It can be very, very damaging to autistic people. 

    I would have a chat with the local authority you are moving to ahead of time to see what's available.  This NAS website will have pages on education and EHCP.

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  • Getting the right support can be challenging, there's never enough of it, but if "shadow" means "teaching assistant", you should not be paying for that.

    There are specialist autism educational setting if he can't do mainstream. 

    The support, might look very different. ABA is not common in the UK, thank God! It can be very, very damaging to autistic people. 

    I would have a chat with the local authority you are moving to ahead of time to see what's available.  This NAS website will have pages on education and EHCP.

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