Hi,
I'm new here and hoping for help and advice.
I have a 5 year old (year 1) son with complex needs both physical (hearing and visual impairments / epilepsy) and some Sensory processing problems - most likely DCD / Dyspraxia but currently (officially) undiagnosed. The result of which is basically that he is of good intelligence but struggling with both access to learning and output i.e. fine and gross motor skills.
He's in a really good state mainstream primary and currently has an IEP and 1-2-1 help 3 hours a day at school. However things are not going well for him mainly since the transition to year 1. Despite all the interventions he's not making progress and is increasingly switched off.
He's recently had an OT intervention block and during the meeting to discuss their findings they have advised it might be a good time to go for an EHCP. School are open to it. Its been discussed many times before but with an overriding opinion that we'd be unlikely to get one.
We're trying to decide what to do generally, change of school for example and now that this has come up I'm trying to decide whether its worth it (to go through the EHCP process). I've tried speaking to many people from various places to understand exactly what the benefits are in our situation but I'm still unclear.
I realise what it is (legal right to the support etc) and that it means all the input has to go into one document and be reviewed but we already have that. It's not recommended that he goes to a specialist school so we don't need it for that. I think if we were in a rubbish school then we'd need it to force them to do what they should be doing but they are already bending over backwards. Whats missing is the overall plan, there are so many interventions (OT, SLT, HI, VI, fine and gross motor skills) that there is too much and school don't really know what to prioritise but again I'm not sure an EHCP helps?
Anyone got a different point of view / experience. Feel free to ask away if I have missed vital info out....those are all the things I thought relevant in the messy tangle in my head :s
Thanks in advance
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EHCP or not?!
LAsboys · 19/02/2016 14:21
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