AIBU to hope this heartbreaking story is a catalyst for change?

And what if the childminder didn't take her out and she escaped from the house?

It doesn't actually say that the childminder took her out. People are just making assumptions.

As others have said, there are a lot of missing details.

How do you know additional information but has no connection to the case?

If it was something like the mum told the childminder she had to stay inside the house and the childminder said, ‘I can’t do that, no’ but the mum left the child there anyway, then that’s a bit different. I haven’t read anything about the case though.

I can’t imagine any changes to childcare for pupils with SEN will be coming though it’s expensive and no government seems to want to spend any money on it.

I presume the additional information mentioned here is the screenshots of messages posted on the parents Facebook page between themselves and the childminder prior to the little girl being placed in her care.

You are posting in bad faith.

So 'I know some additional information' was bollocks then?

Fortunately, there is a multi agency investigation going on, which will hopefully lead to better options for disabled children, rather then burning the childminder at the stake.

Maybe schools for severe SEND should be open throughout the year... not for lessons, but as holiday clubs with properly trained care workers.

I don’t know if there were instructions she didn’t follow.

These are your actual words OP ^^

Have you forgotten them already?

Dont talk stupid. A child was in care of the childminder and died. Its 100% HER FAULT.
Its very clear you have connections to the childminder which is why you keep defending the women who let a child die in her care.

But given that we simply don’t know the details, all we can conclude is that a child died because of some serious failures in communication about the child’s needs and exactly what stringent measures were needed to keep the child safe.

The only change coming about for parents of disabled children are cuts to the EHCP process, cuts to physiotherapy, special school shortage, cuts proposed to council budgets for school transport for children exactly like this child..,, and half the country applauding the changes because “bad parenting” or “anxiety/teach resilience “. I know because I have a severely disabled child.

OP if you are discussing a case with inside knowledge you should be careful- defamation and libel are thoughts that spring to mind.. especially if THIS thread ever got into the press.

From the article it seems that her own house had to be fitted with 6ft fences and electronic locks to stop her escaping so I think it's probable that the childminder setting wasn't suitable and they just weren't equipped to deal with a child with such high needs. A child who is normally at a special school, presumably with a lot of staff suddenly going to a new setting with a childminder who doesn't know her and other children being looked after is unfair all round.

You have a combination of a parent who desparately needs childcare and a childminder who perhaps wasn't aware of how great the child's needs were and it's a recipe for disaster.

It’s really disingenuous to start a thread pretending that it’s about the needs of families with disabled children when actually it’s about saying this specific CM didn’t do anything wrong in the death of this child.

A child has died in an incident that should never have happened. The CM should have been very clear with the parents if she wasn’t capable of offering the level of care the child needed. And the outing should have been risk assessed, and then cancelled if it wasn’t safe for all of the children in attendance that day.

glibly saying “the CM told the mum she went out a lot” is ridiculous, and actually offensive. A child is dead because of poor care.

Well then sadly Nyla shouldn't have been placed there.

A family friend has given an interview and there are some more details in that I think.

If the childminder was asked not to take the child out and she did anyway I would have thought that was negligent but the police have suggested no charges.

The poor mother - having a disabled child but needing to work so making the decision to leave with a childminder and having his happen.

Its disgusting that there are not better options for the parents of disabled children - specialist provisions.

I agree OP. The child minder and other children in her care cannot be held back or made to stay stuck indoors for one other child's needs and that child's parents demands.

The child's mum should have looked for other suitable options if that's the case. You cannot expect the childminder and kids to stay in the house all day everyday the child's in their care.
If the child in question could not handle that, then they shouldn't have been placed there. The mum and dad knows the needs of their child more than the childminder. If the child minder said they cannot stay in doors or day then I don't think the childminders done anything wrong.

The mother used to take Nyla out on reins, such was her flight risk. That alone should have given the childminder a clue as to how vulnerable she was.