I suppose my advice is to anyone,who is probably like me,has a child who has special educational needs. My dd, who is now 6, is in the process of being diagnosed,with the possible outcome being mild ASD. For me,this whole, which can be initally described as a nightmare, started when my DD turned two - her health visitor noticed that she wasn't babbling or that she had been very slow in reaching her milestones etc. Since then, everything changed. We were referred to speach therapists and educational pyschologists, who,to be honest, lacked the necessary 'people skills' required to deal with worried parents -maybe I just expected too much,I don't know. My DD now has a statement of Educational needs,but the process of getting it has all but basically ruined my marriage. I have just started my DD at a new school,which I can't believe is actually brilliant. The last school was a bit of a let down. Everything started off ok,then it just all went so wrong. Basically, the class teacher didn't want the extra respsonsibility of having an SEN pupil in her class. I'm just hoping that everything goes ok in her new school. But, for the first time in ages I feel that just maybe it will. My advice to anyome having a nightmare with all of the so called people involved in your childs SEN is just to hang there, and not let it get to you. There is light at the end of the tunnel, it just may take a bit of time to find it.
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