DS (5) is now in his fourth term at a speech resource base based in a fairly local school. He attends the local MS village school on Fridays to hold his place and keep his peer group. He is now in Y1 and has made great progress with his phonological disorder in the past year and is up for review.
The LA normally fund 4 terms with exceptional 5 terms being funded when the SLT says it is vital. I have been asked to come to a joint meeting with the SRB and the village school so it looks like Christmas will be the finish date, not Easter, as the MS school only expect to be involved in meetings about transition.
I am still concerned about his speech though. DS had severe glue ear which affected his language development and even now (with grommets in) when tired or upset he can be hard to fully understand. I am really concerned that once out of the SRB he will get no support with language as a year of weekly SLT before the unit did nothing so I feel his disorder only responds to intensive retraining.
I will be pushing for further outside support and I know there are other children waiting to get into the Speech base .... But, but, but ...
Anyone else been in this situation? He has improved but enough to be back in a class of 30 without any school help or SLT in school time?
I am going to contact the SRB this week as I understood we would have a meeting to discuss his progress and their assessment of his end date; now the village school have been invited along it feels that decision has been made so I want to know where we stand.
DS doesn't have an EHCP as the SRB operates without them here and when I have mentioned it it was said to be unnecessary, not sure we would get one or need one now he has improved a lot.
DS does get upset at transitions in day to day life, anything that involves putting down the Lego and getting dressed, or breakfast, going to school, going to bed. He says he hates the speech unit school and the taxi there and back, and now he hates the village school as Y1 is work not just free play as Fridays were last year in Reception for him.
Last two Friday's have had him sobbing when he saw he was expected to sit down and write on a wee white board and couldn't go to the Lego and build models (sobbing "there's no playtime, there's no playtime"). The SRB days have an angry upset boy often refusing to get in the taxi though apparently mostly ok once there.
Just don't know what he needs right now, how to transition him back as easily emotionally as possible for him, and whether to push for Easter instead (though I appreciate it is the SLT decision so I doubt that'll get anywhere) and what outside help I should try and get in place for when he does leave.
Sorry for the rambling, full of cold and tired. I've name changed since all the hacking but was Lovethesea for those who helped before.
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Probable transition from speech unit to MS later this term - any tips?
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Seawig · 27/09/2015 23:21
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