EHCP review, Year 7 ASD son

[legofansmum]

Hello,

Hoping to pick peoples’ brains for help with filling in my section for the EHCP review.

It’s the Parents and Carers Hopes and Aspirations for the future page.

DS starters mainstream secondary in September. He’s academically able but struggles socially. At primary school he initially sent to a specialist ASD unit and then transferred to mainstream in Year 4 with a 1:1 for 15 hours. They don’t do 1:1s at secondary school. There are TA’s in most lessons, although DS says they are usually supporting others. He has a Keyworker who he sometimes sees- not often he says.

Anyway back in November he received a one day exclusion from school- his first ever. We were both devastated. A group of children had been bullying him. They made up a really vile thing that they accused him of saying- awful racist slur. DS categorically didn’t say it and isn’t racist in any way. The school knkwnhebdidnt say it too. They went up in his face and laughed that he’d be expelled for it. DS pushed two of them and they said they were hurt.

Another incident that happened was DS was strangled by another pupil in an unprovoked attack. The pupil in question was excluded for three days over this.

DS has made friends with a nice group- which is beyond my expectations given his social difficulties, he enjoys lessons and likes all teachers - bar PE, who doesn’t seem to understand his co morbid dyspraxia. He finds the disruption to lessons from a few pupils really hard to cope with.

Any ideas please with how to fill in the form please?

I’ve never struggled before. I did think about changing his school at one point, but I think every school has bullies etc... and I like the general ethos of the school.


Thanks in advance.