RE: Advice re SEN Statement

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Hi

I was intially angry at our statement becasue I thought it insulting to our daughter, saying so many bad things about her. But I went to a local autism meeting and was strongly advised to make the statement read as extreme as possible, because once it is in there it stays - so you are right - get as much in there as possible

We have got Sophie on a split placement - 3 days special school, 2 days mainstream - we found that you have to specify which special school you want, ie find the list in your area, visit them, choose one, then get that school into the statement

We found that it was almost impossible to find speech and language people in our area, and then we discovered it is becasue they are all at the special schools - so get into a special school and u have speech therapists "on tap"

Thats all I know I think

Good luck tomorrow

To: autismaspergerscheshire ; autism-biomedical-europe From: canadacath@...Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:24:19 +0000Subject: Advice re SEN Statement

Hi everyone Sorry to go off topic but was hoping there are some experienced parents out there who could offer me some advice! I'm meeting with the local authority tomorrow to discuss my son's Proposed Statement, which doesn't include anything I asked for and really not much over what every NT child would get as standard - it's pretty shocking but I'm guessing they try to get away with as little as possible. They didn't even include the professionals' recommendations. I've been fighting with the local authority over speech therapy for a long time and they are really difficult so I'm not really expecting much and our SEN advisor already told me I'd have to go to tribunal. Still, I'd like to feel more prepared than I do at the moment and I was wondering if anyone who's been through this already had any advice or tips for me to try to get as much included in the statement as possible? Any help is appreciated!Thanks

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my experience and that of many others is that speech therapy would

have been better if it had NOT been included. They were arrogant,

patronising and insisting on Pecs cards and schedules for my boy,

which most definitely, in his case, would have delayed or even

disturbed his progress in language. Beware of what you ask for, cause

you might get it, is something to think about.

every child is different and has different needs but we dont have and

have not had speech therapy for almost two years now, and our boy is

talking clearly and understanding, requesting, etc. We taught him in

a way the speech therapists never could have because they didnt have

the time, faith, or belief that he would talk.

i think we would have lost our boy altogether had we kept him in

school with those people who were so down on him.

assuming that a speech therapist is going to " help " your child can be

dangerous.

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> Hi

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> I was intially angry at our statement becasue I thought it

insulting to our daughter, saying so many bad things about her. But

I went to a local autism meeting and was strongly advised to make the

statement read as extreme as possible, because once it is in there it

stays - so you are right - get as much in there as possible

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> We have got Sophie on a split placement - 3 days special school, 2

days mainstream - we found that you have to specify which special

school you want, ie find the list in your area, visit them, choose

one, then get that school into the statement

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> We found that it was almost impossible to find speech and language

people in our area, and then we discovered it is becasue they are all

at the special schools - so get into a special school and u have

speech therapists " on tap "

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> Thats all I know I think

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> Good luck tomorrow

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> To: autismaspergerscheshire ; autism-biomedical-

europe@...: canadacath@...: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:24:19 +0000Subject:

Advice re SEN Statement

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> Hi everyone Sorry to go off topic but was hoping there are some

experienced parents out there who could offer me some advice! I'm

meeting with the local authority tomorrow to discuss my son's

Proposed Statement, which doesn't include anything I asked for and

really not much over what every NT child would get as standard - it's

pretty shocking but I'm guessing they try to get away with as little

as possible. They didn't even include the professionals'

recommendations. I've been fighting with the local authority over

speech therapy for a long time and they are really difficult so I'm

not really expecting much and our SEN advisor already told me I'd

have to go to tribunal. Still, I'd like to feel more prepared than I

do at the moment and I was wondering if anyone who's been through

this already had any advice or tips for me to try to get as much

included in the statement as possible? Any help is appreciated!

Thanks

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