Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi
im wondering if anyone can help me or point me in the right direction please,
our daughter has been diagnosed with autism, OCD and chronic tic disorder
at school she is apparently hitting the national average and therefore school
state there is no evidence to support an application at present for an EHCP.
she suffers severely at school and great that she is making the grade however it's the other areas she is struggling in i.e social communication etc so because she is making the grades does this mean we would t stand a chance if we applied for an EHCP.
kind regards
The thing which helped was someone telling me "evidence evidence evidence". For Agree to Assess you need evidence that your child has SEN (an ASD diagnosis usually covers that) and evidence that they may gut benefit from a Plan. I asked all the professionals we saw to write in support of this - in particular to allow choice of school based on provision not just on distance. I supported the need for an ASD friendly school to avoid future mental health problems likely in this high risk group. I cited lots of distress behaviour currently being shown as signs of un met needs. The threshold in law is quite low so hopefully your appeal will succeed. I wish you success!