DD (ASD) is in year 10 in mainstream secondary. She has an EHCP and started at this school in September. She has been suffering from extreme anxiety (yet again), was signed off for a couple of weeks before half term and has been in perhaps 50% of the time since then.
After a bad start to the week yesterday where she didn't make it to school, she put on a very brave face and went in this morning. We just got a phone call from the school to say that they had a fire drill and it has affected her so badly that she needs picking up. They reckon that they aren't allowed to give her advance notice. This is a child with well documented sensory difficulties, especially with noise. She doesn't speak to other pupils in class so was hardly going to tell everyone!
Having a meeting with SENCO in the morning and just wondered if anyone knew whether there are any laws why she couldn't be given notice. Seems like a reasonable adjustment to me. Our chances of getting her back to school tomorrow are next to nonexistent and it could so easily have been avoided.
Any thoughts appreciated.
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sugaraddict · 07/03/2017 14:00
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