Hello everyone.
My DS (4.8) is in mainstream reception. He has been managing with minimal support at school but his teacher has raised concerns about engaging him in certain activities - apparently if he's not interested he'll just walk off and does what he wants.
He got a dx of ASD on Monday and I had quite a good meeting with his teacher and the SENCO this week; they are going to apply for an EHCP in the hope that it'll be in place by the start of Year 1. In the meantime they were going to go to the head and ask for some extra support for him while that goes through. They said she had been waiting for a dx before agreeing to fund extra help. I caught up with his teacher at pick up yesterday and apparently the head has said no to extra support for him.
I'll be asking for a meeting with the head to ask her to explain why but do I have any grounds to demand further support? In our area the school are expected to fund up to 12 hours of support even without EHCP (not sure if this is how it works everywhere) but without an EHCP is there any way to ensure they do this? Am I just in for a fruitless battle with the school that does nothing but piss them off?
What doesn't go in our favour (though I realise that it's good in the grander scheme) is that DS has already made great strides in reception, and his behaviour isn't generally a problem in class, so the head probably feels he can manage without one to one. Even so, his teacher feels he'd benefit from it.
Is it worth fighting or should I wait for the EHCP?
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FrancesPow · 19/12/2015 22:39
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