What questions should i ask when going to visit a primary school

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone and i hope your day is going fine, my son will be going

into reception year in 2009 and there are a few schools in my ares,

from small to big to one school having an autism base/

the thing is i dont know what sort of questions to ask!

the nursery that my son attends was actually given to him by my LEA,

luckily it was one of the better nurseries but now i need to go onto

the nest stage i am at a bit of a loss...

Help please

[Guest guest]

Ask if you can sit in on a morning/afternoon session where he would

be placed - that way you can get a good feel for the school.

> Hi Ola,

> Personally I always go with gut instinct and ask general questions

> that

> give me a big picture. Try not to be confrontational, rather ask

> for the

> person's advice and then decide whether you would take their

> advice. Ask

> about activities and what a typical session looks like and then ask

> about the activities within that session, e.g. circle time - what does

> that look like? How do they see your child fitting in? In addition to

> the general stuff, ask how they deal with difficult behaviours and any

> specific problems your child may have whether that be toileting,

> inability to play with toys/ other children, unclear speech, inability

> to understand rules, etc etc. Ask if you would be welcome for a while

> to help settle him (if you think this is a good idea). Tell them about

> special diets or home programmes to see their attitude and, a slightly

> more tricky question, ask them what their definition of autism is and

> what they perceive the child's additional needs to be.

> don't know if that helps,

> Sara

>

>

> Ola Oyenuga wrote:

>>

>> Hi everyone and i hope your day is going fine, my son will be going

>> into reception year in 2009 and there are a few schools in my ares,

>> from small to big to one school having an autism base/

>>

>> the thing is i dont know what sort of questions to ask!

>>

>> the nursery that my son attends was actually given to him by my LEA,

>> luckily it was one of the better nurseries but now i need to go onto

>> the nest stage i am at a bit of a loss...

>>

>> Help please

>>

>>

>

>

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> DISCLAIMER

> No information contained in this post is to be construed as medical

> advice. If you need medical advice, please seek it from a suitably

> qualified practitioner.

>

[Guest guest]

For the school with the unit ask if they have a success rate for full

integration in mainstream - how much time is spent in the unit and

how much in mainstream. Objective is to see if the unit is really

targetting inclusion/integration or is it an excuse to put

challenging kids in different class.

HTH

> >>

> >> Hi everyone and i hope your day is going fine, my son will be

going

> >> into reception year in 2009 and there are a few schools in my

ares,

> >> from small to big to one school having an autism base/

> >>

> >> the thing is i dont know what sort of questions to ask!

> >>

> >> the nursery that my son attends was actually given to him by my

LEA,

> >> luckily it was one of the better nurseries but now i need to go

onto

> >> the nest stage i am at a bit of a loss...

> >>

> >> Help please

> >>

> >>

> >

> >

> > ------------------------------------

> >

> > DISCLAIMER

> > No information contained in this post is to be construed as

medical

> > advice. If you need medical advice, please seek it from a

suitably

> > qualified practitioner.

> >

[Guest guest]

Hi Ola

I think this is a really difficult question to answer because the

answer depends on the needs of your child and all our kids are

different........so there is not one set of standard questions.

I would start with making a list of what you feel his needs are and

then ask the school how they could meet each one.

Good idea to ask to sit in on a class - you will get an instinct for

whether or not the teaching style/s would meet his needs.

Zoe

> >>

> >> Hi everyone and i hope your day is going fine, my son will be

going

> >> into reception year in 2009 and there are a few schools in my

ares,

> >> from small to big to one school having an autism base/

> >>

> >> the thing is i dont know what sort of questions to ask!

> >>

> >> the nursery that my son attends was actually given to him by my

LEA,

> >> luckily it was one of the better nurseries but now i need to go

onto

> >> the nest stage i am at a bit of a loss...

> >>

> >> Help please

> >>

> >>

> >

> >

> > ------------------------------------

> >

> > DISCLAIMER

> > No information contained in this post is to be construed as

medical

> > advice. If you need medical advice, please seek it from a

suitably

> > qualified practitioner.

> >