Statementing... update and question.

[emmalou78]

So, apparently if you report your Ed psych to thw chief inclusion officer wheels suddenly get struck into motion! Today a very very brief form from teh LEA has arrived... and based on this form their decision will be sayed yes or no!

2 questions I have to answer...

'Please tell me why you feel your child needs a statutory assessment, please cmnitnue on a seperate sheet if neccessary.'

and

'Is your child able to exspress a view? if so please can you tell me what your childs views are?'

Now my feeling is, to type the response, I can put key points in bold and break down his problems into concise paragraphs.. [this is where haveing a psych degree comes in handy!]

BUt the second question.. do I use that as an oportunity to labour the point? I mean will
'unfortunatley elijah is unable to express his views in a verbal or non verbal manner as he has a very limited understanding of both language and the world, wihtout supervision, intervention nad guidance, elijah cannot function beyond his own avenues of personal interest, which sadly does not extend as far as his educational needs'
be seen as out and out sarcam or would a breif statemtn to that affect be worthwhilst

I have 2 weeks to do this form... If I can work out what to say and how to say it, I'll post it off tomorrow!

TIA

emma xx

[emmalou78]

Socci, that would be a great help, its:

[email protected]

thankyou.

Hope your battle with your LEA is going OK..

emma x

[lars]

emmalou78, I used to phone for updates all the time to prove how desperate i was for the assessment, etc. In the end I was well known in the department. I even turned up at the special needs office, I mean I was desperate. larsxx

[emmalou78]

So, the three inch space on the form... well I managed to condense all I wanted to say into 3 typed pages so that wasn't too bad going, I made sure all the important bits were highlighed in bold as I am aware they'll skim read it anyway.

Not been fun though, listing al the negatives and explaining why he needs help and what happens if he's left to get on with it like othr children can be..

Socci, this mihgt come across badly, so sorry in adavnce, but your emial never made it, BUT thankyou for your offer!

[Davros]

Its good to have it all on record, whether they really read it or not. Don't forget, when you are ready to send it, use Recorded Delivery! Not only proves it got there but the date too which is very important.

[emmalou78]

I never thought of recorded delivery, it was a prepaid envelope... b*gger.

Socci,
your email arrived yesterday, It looks like it willbe more useful if they agree to assess and I have to provide the detailed history from birth onward, listing all his difficulties nad how they affect him, so THANKYOU!

Now I just have to hope it desn't get lost in the post and that they agree to assess him...

I wrote almost 3 pages [when i typed it, lord knows how long it would have been in my scrawl!] just in response to 'please tell me why you feel your child needs a statutory assessment' I am of course worried I haven't covered everything, but I knw the clinical psych was sending a copy of his diagnosis report, and a 6 month review in as supporting evidence, and the SALT report was really good as well, pointing out his exact difficulties and how he hasn't had formal IQ or Language tests because he's not at a high enough funtioning level for the methods they use yet [ ] so the grounds pretty much covered anyway, I have no idea what the Ed Psych will say, I probably put a spanner in the works going over her head to the Inclusion officer about all of this.