a year ago tomorrow I was at tribunal and here we go again............
sen officer phoned 5 mins before I had to pick my daughter up. she phoned on my mobile and then call dropped out so ive bought myself time to get my head round this.
they la have no obviously received my appeal against refusual to assess. sen officer says she has been tasked to take DDs views and she wanted to know my opinion then call dropped out.
at the last tribunal they wanted to do the same and I said no way to an LA officer - the tribunal strangely issued an order saying that it had to be someone independent of the LA so the LA instructed people they use when children in care are suspected of being abused. this meant the person taking the views of our son refused point blank to let either of us as his parents be present. we stood our ground they stood theirs and in the end his views were taken with my best friend being there - 2 and half sodding hours it took them!
needless to say I do not want this to happen again, LA dropped it all on me at a 5pm phone call last time for me to make a decision there and then so this time im keen to do the right thing but also not be caught unawares. my daughter is capable of writing (albeit in a dyslexic style) her own views - so whats the protocol here, I got my fingers badly burnt last time so want to be prepared for this but also want to be reasonable about it. the sen officer is expecting my call although I hate talking to her so much I think I will email her so its in black and white as they have history of squealing to the tribunal that im unreasonable so what to keep my nose clean here
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bjkmummy · 11/02/2014 15:58
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