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[Romy7]

details what happens with overseas posting and special needs dependents?
ie i know all the theory, but need a ref as to how the decision is made whether needs can be catered for in o'seas location...

(not ceas/sce)

i'm not at work and it's bugging me. dh has broken his laptop so he is bugger all no help.

and the mod website insists on treating me like an imbecile and refuses to let me read anything that might give the game away...

What service?

Is it a child or an adult?

Whereabouts are they proposing posting you to?

Is this any good

or this

If you've had no joy by Monday, feel free to CAT me and I'll ask my dad. He's currently an RAF Welfare Officer, and did the same role in Cyprus, so has lots of experience in this area. I'd ask him today, but he's picking up my sister in Cardiff, so won't be in work.

that's great - you are a star - don't suppose you can find AGAI 108, can you lol?

child.
army.

registered with all appropriate authorities (dh was a desk officer when born/dx lol), but not a ceas location, and posting order has been issued. i made lots of enquiries at the 'dream sheet' stage, but other than sucking of teeth, didn't ever get a response. well, ceas were helpful to a point, but it seems to be a local decision...

i'm just trying to check they can't get out of it lol, because there will be an enormous dh tantrum with lots of fallout. (he has been actively chasing this one for ooooo, about 6 years and has now spent a week skipping around the house with a huge grin on his face... someone somewhere is going to have to put him out of his misery if this falls through...)

our issue is that dd2 looks really scary on paper but in actuality everyone says 'what's all the fuss about? she's great!'

the major problem seems to be that you don't get your medical forms (for your o'seas and fit to fly med) until after you have booked your flights.
which in terms of 'supportability' and late canx of posting is a total and utter living nightmare. no way on earth can i tell three dcs where we are moving to, tell schools we are leaving, pack up and ship the whole house, and then get told it's all off because dd2 happens to have a disability and the mod do everything at the last minute...

sweepstake on a final decision?

This document links to it, but the link is invalid. Perhaps if you contact the AFF they might be able to find it for you?

This looks like it might be useful too

The whole late cancellation of posting sounds like a potential nightmare. I will definitely have a chat to my dad over the w/e, and see what he says has happened in the past. I think (from old random conversations in my memory) that 'they' do like to just can postings in cases like this if possible because they can't be bothered with the hassle. My Dad's last base was army tri-service, so hopefully he should understand the army perspective.

rofl at 'overseas commands are required to carry out professional assessments to determine whether an independent's additional needs can be met'.
ya. a month before posting after flights have been booked...

well, i will continue to endeavour to get them to carry out their 'professional assessment' post haste then

actually, that's the closest i've got to specific policy guidance, and nowhere does it mention budgetary constraints lol.

and rofl at 'no hard and fast rules' ie we'll make them up as we go along

there definitely won't be a cancellation because they can't be bothered with the hassle lol - i suspect their administrative burden to prove they couldn't meet her needs would be a darn sight heavier than saying, yeah, ok, let's get on with it... (and, actually, i'd make sure it was ha!)

fingers crossed x

Romy - I just spoke to my Dad, and he said that there are lots of different variables depending upon where you are going and your DD's actual needs. He says that he is happy for you to ring him up and have a private 1-2-1 chat if you like?

Send me a CAT or email me at: mumsnet email @ blueyonder. co. uk (no spaces) if you'd like his number. (He's very friendly!)

thanks fourarms, but i'm in contact with ssafa, the school and (almost) the SMO where we are posted to, so it's probably better to deal with it 'from the horse's mouth' from this point... they are being cagey but i am very persuasive . please thank your dad for the offer though!
it might end up with us 'visiting' (what's a few thousand miles between friends?) so that they can give dd2 a good look over (presumably to see if she's in danger of exploding or running amok) before they give us the final 'ok' to proceed and book flights/ removals... meanwhile i've got to send the most recent reports for them to pore over. reports are always a bad start. even the neuro admitted she was surprised when dd2 (a) walked in, and (b) had a totally age appropriate conversation with her. she might fall over a bit, and need rails to allow her to balance on the toilet lol, but she's hardly the devil incarnate.
...well, except when she's fighting with her brother, and then she is a witch.