My ds 10 was diagnosed with a disorder in October, which caused him to be in hospital and subsequently miss a fair chunk of school time. Ds has had another flare which started 4 weeks ago, he attended 2 days in the first week, 2 in the second and has been unable to attend since and doubtful he will return for a while, DS has also had 2 hospital admissions in the past few weeks and is having care from physio, hydrotherapy, occupational therapy and doctors. Ds' attendance now stands at 61%.
I am doing work with him at home, but I am struggling as I am exhausted from caring from him, he is no longer mobile and generally up till 11/12pm in pain so I can't wrap my head around it all! I am a single parent, ex is no contact, and only have my dad for support but he works full time.
The school as yet are yet to even send a piece of work home or point me in the direction of help, I have asked repeatedly but it seems they do not want to help unless he is going back. I know DS can always catch up, but he is yr6 and was already struggling academically so don't want him to fall to far behind. An appointment with a neurological phycologist on Monday identified some clear attention/concentration issues, I will get a full report in a month. Ds is also highly sensitive and has anxiety issues around school and pressure.
Does anyone know what school should be doing/ if they should be doing anything? Also where would be good places to access information?
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What should a school do when a student has low attendance due to ongoing medical issues?
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Jivetoes · 31/01/2016 17:22
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