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Should my child be on an Iep?

mumof4boys772

Ok my child is 9 and we finally got a diagnoses of Hfa in July last year, child also has socail comm difficulties and sensory proccessing disorder although this is not formally diagnosed.

My son has history of wanting to kill himself, most of it through meltdowns because he gets so angry and he can be incrdibley violent, none of these he shows at school though.

We have just applied for an Ehcp although my son is not even on an Iep so I am not sure he will get one, I found out recently after being told for years that his levels are ok that they are not, he is a year behind for reading and 2 years behind in other subjects.

Son does show mild problems at school like screaming in peoples faces ect.

Should he be on an Iep?

  • Thanks guys, we have been seeing Cahms for the past 5 months, Cahms have said he has anxiety and he has school anxiety and that anxiety is likley to be with him all the way through school.

    We have a meeting next week and I am going to be totally on the ball.

    Any hints and tips would be useful, thanks guys.

  • Sorry to hear that - but don't give up! You will get there! When were you turned down for the EHC? Are you within dates to appeal? Or do you have to wait for 6 months to apply again? As a bare minimum write to the school and point out his SEN/diagnosis and ask for him to be put back on the sen register. Good luck!

  • Thank you Gregarious, Thanks for your message, we got turned down for an Ehcp, school are not sure whever they have closed his Taf or not, we have had around 3 meetings, he is not on an Iep.

    He is behind on all subjects, although not delayed that much in some of those subjects.

    I have just totally given upto be honest.

  • A diagnosis of ASD basically confirms that your child has some form of SEN. His comments about suicide would also be a reason to put him on this register.

    you should write to the SENCO and ask them to confirm that they have placed him on the SEN Register. From this a provision map or IEP should be produced and you should have twenty review meetings.

    In your letter you should highlight any delay in academic levels and ask what support will be put in place. The ASD diagnosis means he has social & emotional delay so this also requires support e.g. Circle of friends, social skills group/online Bridges SSU etc.

    the school may do very little or may put things n place but it gives you a better chance at EHC Assessment if the school have had a chance to do something. Our school only ever did things when I wrote to politely ask what they were doing?! Meetings were usually pointless! Good luck

  • Yes your son should have an IEP 100%

    A lot of children who are under a lot of distress will often talk of these suicidal thoughts and this is not something to be ignored even if it is said as an outburst. I would definatley speak to your GP and see if you could get some support from CAMHS or the ASD service in your area as he is definately struggling may that be within school he may benifit from some support outside school as well and hopefully when more support is available from other agencies the school seem to do more to help also. best wishes

  • Guys thank you both for your advice, we are currently under Cahms so we will see where we go from there xxx. as for the one to one tutor that is a good idea, so thank you so much xxxx

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    Hi MO4B,

    Firstly, I don't know anything about EHCP or IEP I'm afraid.

    He sounds like a bit of a handful at home though and I wonder if some extra tuition or one to one support at home might help him settle down and get on better with his education. I presume, from your descriptions, that he is probably eligible for disability living allowance (DLA) and that could be used to pay for some extra educational assistance at home from a tutor. My aunt used to do this kind of one to one work with kids who were struggling at school and it seemed to help some of them.