The HV told me today that we won't get the 2 year old funding for preschool for DS4 unless I agree to having a team around the child meeting.
DS4 is 2. He has complex needs, mostly medical. He has 5 different consultants who all communicate really well with each other and us. He also has physio and OT who are really good too. I know we are very lucky with that.
He goes to a baby group at a SN preschool and in September he is moving up to the preschool with all his friends who are over 2 and going there without me for 1 morning (3 hours) a week. I was told that because he gets middle rate care dla he is entitled to the 2 year old funding which will save us £12 a week. Great I thought but now the HV has said that to get the 2 year old funding we have to have a team around the child meeting.
This is rubbish, right? I don't see any point in having this kind of meeting with DS4. We have them for DS2 as his needs are different, communication between his professionals isn't great and the meetings are useful. I've said to the HV that I'm happy for her to ask the paediatrician anything she wants to know about DS4's medical needs or she can talk to me (I'm the expert in DS4 after all). But she seems determined to have this meeting. I wouldn't mind if it was necessary but I don't see how this will benefit DS4 or us. If DH and I both go, we will have to take DS3, DS4 and DS5 with us. I don't really want to go on my own and neither does DH.
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elliejjtiny · 10/06/2015 20:54
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