hi, my dd aged 5.4 has moderate/severe LD and was assessed by ed physc in feb who recomended that she should be placed in a learning support unit or a special school- my husband and i both agree with this as she would just not survive in mainstream school- her developmental age is that of a 18-24 month old. in march we went and looked at 2 learning support units in our area, one we disregarded straight away as not being right for dd (gut feeling) the second one was ok but we were advised off the record by the teacher that we should go and visit the local special school and that she thought that dd would not be ready for LSU yet (we also agreed). so we went to the special school and it was great! we actually left with such an upbeat feeling that things were gonna be ok.
months past by and we recieved dd proposed statement in august (deadline was june but medical reports went missing ) we were happy with the statement "it is considered that katie's special education needs could be met by being taught as a member of a small class group in a special school by staff who are experienced in teaching pupils with severe developmental delay and/or severe learning difficulties and with access to the classroom assistance provided by the board to such settings in order to provide a very favourable staff/pupil ratio and the support and supervision required." we thought this is great- she will get all the help she needs in the school we want her to go to... but no there was a problem with wording on her ed physc report and the head refused to accept her- the ed physc change his report and the proposed statement was amended ans sent back to the school. this was only last tuesday on wednesday dd was dx with asd, the school still wont say if they are accepting her, the head said he would give an answer on tuesday- we heard nothing, the board called him on wednesday and were told that he was out and would not be back until monday!
can i just say that i live in northern ireland but im thinking these things work just the same as in the rest of the uk. my dd birthday is 2 july - cut off for a school yr is birthdays before 1 july, so basically if she had been born 5 hrs earlier she would be in year 2 now.
i contacted my local mp yesterday to see if he can get any answers- dunno wat to do next im so so angry and frustrated!
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MumOfThreeMonkeys · 24/09/2009 09:53
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