AIBU that I am not happy that a group of people who have never met my ds in addition I have never met the person representing my son but they will make a life changing decision about his education?

[PeppasNanna]

As tge title says.
Ds is Autistic.
Hes 11.

His school have requested extra funding as they are struggling to met his needs.

Without the funfing his placement will cease in July.

I'm desperately looking for another school but no luck so far.

Can you imagine 'normal' dc being treated like this?

Thanks Dawn. Are you going to remove all her posts? Please do. This isn't the only thread she's crapped over

Thankyou Dawn.

Sorry can't remember who asked but my ds case went before the panel yesterday.

@LyndaNotLinda

Thanks Dawn. Are you going to remove all her posts? Please do. This isn't the only thread she's crapped over

Good question. We're looking into them all now. Unfortunately she's quite a prolific poster so it may take us a while to sift through everything, but we'll definitely remove anything that we think is inflammatory.

You are lovely :) Thank you

I entered the world of SEND as a parent 2 years ago after battling with the crap system for 15 years as a teacher. All I can say is that you have to be completely bullish and never take no for an answer. I am the most hated person of our local SEN team but it has got my DD the support she needed. I have written 10s of complaint letters, I have phoned people who aren't getting back to me 2 or 3 times a day for weeks on end and generally made a huge pain of myself. I have demanded to go to every single meeting. Sometimes it is easier to give you what you want just to get rid of you.

The school want him to have a 1-1 to support him as his behaviour is very challenging.

Its a fairly unusual position as few Independent AS schools would dtruggle to cope but ds is very complex & very challenging.

I am surprised to hear that any child who has a statement naming an ASD specialist independent school DOESN'T have 1-1 support. At the school my son was at some children required 2-1 support. I assumed that support would be covered by the high fees the LA pays for the school.

My son is at a ASD school and doesn't have 1:1 it's not the norm in my county.

The child to adult ratio is very high, more than 2:1 but no dedicated TA even in a very high needs setting.

Sorry - should read your post more carefully pizzas - it's not a indi ASD school. Hence no 1:1 I guess

No Pizza. His fees don't include a 1-1.
5 boys in the class with a minimum of 3 staff.

I ds school there are no 2-1, if the child required that level of intervention, it would be considered the wrong setting.

A lady after my own heart Pirate. I am the only parent in my LEA with 2 dc in 2 independent schools.
I'm just infuriated & exhausted as we've been in the 'systtem' near on 8 years now.

I was always told by HCPs that it would get easier as they got older but sadly its far from easy.

Let me spell this out in case I didnt understand your post.
Your DS is autistic, he goes to a school for autistic kids, and they dont get enough funding to educate him?
YANBU.
Why isnt their request for funding enough? Arent they the experts?
I despair, I really do.

EveryoneElsie now you get why im despairing.
The school is considered one of the absolute best in the SE of England, definitely in London. I found out yesterday only about 3 other children have not managed there, they all went onto residential schools.
I haven't been informed of the Panels decision yet, but as the parent, i am usually the last to find out.

Do you know when the panel is going to meet?

They met last Thursday AugustaFinkNottle.

In that case you need to be on the phone first thing tomorrow morning to find out the result. If they haven't made a decision, or if they refuse funding, I'd strongly recommend contacting SOS SEN because clearly you can't be left in this sort of limbo.

Fingers crossed for a positive outcome for you Peppas.

It feels so wrong that a panel who have never met DCs can make such life-changing decisions about our children. I often wonder if it is easier for these professionals to make snap judgements (which are too often more about money than the "best interests of the child" because they have never met the child associated with the case number...

I discovered recently that in our LA, the "panel" frequently consists of one person who in our case made an erronous judgement by looking at DC age and deciding on principle that he was too young to qualify for help as opposed to a small group of people willing to look properly at evidence before making an informed decision

I found out yesterday only about 3 other children have not managed there, they all went onto residential schools.

For your sake, I would like to hope that this helps the panel focus and make an informed, appropriate decision. Surely £15k a year would be much more "cost effective" than residential provision and far more in line with DS's best interests.

Hi peppa, have you heard anything yet? Hoping for good news for you