Should my child be on an Iep?

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?

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    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.

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    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.

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