How are other parents of children with SEN/EHCP coping without school?

[acidburning]

We're not really.

DS is autistic and not done any work since schools closed. Won't really engage. No siblings and no friends to make contact with. All support and therapy withdrawn except medication increased. Increasing mental health problems etc. The longer it goes on, the less likely we will be able to get him to leave the house / engage in education in the future.

I really hope we get some guidance on schools tomorrow. If it's September for opening or just further open ended waiting, I think I'm going to have to take up an 'EHCP' place that the government said we were entitled to as this isn't sustainable much longer.

How is everyone else doing?

We’re just surviving, no better than that tbh. Absolutely no chance of any school work being done here, anxiety and eating issues have gotten worse 😩

There is no differentiation of work at our sons mainstream 2ndry with a one size fits all approach. When he reads the home learning list he just shuts down because it is too demanding. We have managed to do bits and bobs but nothing much. His LA calls once a week to check up and I explain all this . It is a school focused on academic achievement and aren’t that bothered with supporting sen kids.

@vickibee ours are exactly like that. We pushed the senco and our LSA is supplying us with stuff but they’ve basically left us to drown without any thought at all. Fucks given have been zero but they’ve always been bad.

@sauron
Because dd is high functioningthey think he should be able to do it all. They don't take into account his emotional needs or heightened anxiety
It is all so bloody hard

My ds (10) (asd, hyper mobility....) is in a mainstream which we gave to fight for as was automatically given Sen school. He has an ehcp with 1:1 and 2:1 care from entering to leaving school. We were given the option of sending him but decided the risk was too high. School have sent some work but not much, they contact us weekly. We have slt and ot in section f provided by independent therapists rather than NHS so they are doing weekly sessions with him and helping. We've been contacted by cwd and have been allowed to bank his direct payments for when we can go out and have been to,d that we can change the agreed plan on how they are spent so we can use them on a hotel stay for my son and a carer/ other family member so we can rest or the reverse.

I think this has highlighted for us why it is so important to have section f specified. Ipsea, sossen and special needs jungle are really good places to start if you need to look at this.

Ds hadn't made much educational progress but has made progress with motor skills and self care.