Dd is 11, she has a statement and is really happy in a very inclusive primary. In her school she doesn't need a statement but she's had it since she was three and I've kept it with full support from her school (it's fully funded) for "a time when she might need it"
I'm unbelievably depressed at the prospect of her needing the full support the statement offers in secondary because fundamentally the environment isn't one in which she will thrive and all the effort we have put in to enable her to be independent and high achieving will count for nothing.
The statement gave me the pick of the schools of course but really they are all much the same and so I opted for the one that her friends will attend.
Yesterday she brought home a flyer about learning support in secondary and I don't want that for her. I don't want her met by and sat with a TA, I don't want her having lunch separately,I don't want her segregated and doing arts and crafts because it's easier for them. I don't want any of what they offer for her because in the right environment she doesn't need any of that and she is happiest being fully included with just minor adjustments made to the environment to accommodate her.
So what should I do? Could I home ed her? Would she be happier? Could I meet all her needs?
I never wanted to home ed, I went to tribunal to get ds into independent specialist school but I have no case with which to fight for dd until she falls apart in secondary and I won't let that happen to her.
Have others fallen into home ed this way? Does it work?
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Feel really depressed at the prospect of secondary school.
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insanityscatching · 20/03/2014 18:35
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