hi everyone.
im a single mum, and my son is 7 years old. He attends mainstream school. He was excluded a month ago regarding his so called violent behaviour. the school call it.
My son has never resorted to violence as such, he may hit out when something upsets him as he has sensory processing disorder. he does not do this at home and even if he does want to, we manage to keep him calm so that things do not escalate to that level.
I have seen how other kids play in the playground and behaviours my son will copy as he does mimmick alot too. He has had alot of meltdowns the past few months and basically the staff dont know how to handle ot keep him calm. Also i and my ex partner have already advised them of how to handle him however we do not feel that they listen and they question his home life and looking for things to do with us that maybe causing him to react. he was eventually excluded and this was before the easter hols so he was off for a bit and since starting back , his schooling hours are now reduc ed to 3 hours and his willingness to learn is becoming more difficult. his previous one to one has been replaced by another staff member and so the school have failed. I am in 2 minds as to whether to complain for disability discrimination. i am having to take extra time off after maternity leave unpaid and it is affecting my financial situation also.
we are in the process of waiting for a decision from the council regarding ehc plan. which was never put in place because the senco said he was meeting his targets so therefore she advised that it wouldnt be worth doing because the application may be unsuccessful. i feel that the school are hiding things and they never seem to know what is causing his behaviours . he never has meltdowns like they describe outside of school so surely it must be them.
Do i complain or wait for ehc assessment and just hope that my son will be able to get into a more specialist school as i feel that the school are trying their best to put forward their case of getting my son out as deep down inside i know that the lack of resources is limited and my son does require more specailist help and alot more understanding from the school.
