home eding a child with autism and a sister in school.

[BlackeyedShepherdswatchsheep]

does nyone do this. is it feasible to not have a break from him? he is happier out of school.

Hiya,
We are! My DS came out of school in October.He was in Y2 and my daughter is currently in the nursery and will be starting school in September.

I was just thinking today how glad I am we took him out.He was 'coping' but was anxious and not reaching his potential.
The progress he has made in the last couple of months has been amazing and he is less anxious.
Everything is geared towards his interests, we make sure we go out somewhere everyday, have more 'play dates' than we ever did in nearly 3 years of school and can really focus in what is relevant to him.

Everyone's situation is different but personally I don't mind not having a break-I know he is happy,safe and learning.

Btw, my DS has autism too.

I'm about to do this. Would love to pull DD out too but she'd be heartbroken.

So one in school, one out and a toddler. Go me...........

I can't WAIT to get my hands on ASD DS. He's SO easy to teach (which is why I despair that he;s learnt so very little so far).

Good luck Star!- I've been following your thread on the other board.
Feel the same in some ways about DD-delayed her school application until the last moment and rather than feeling excited felt ever so slightly depressed.
But I have to let her choose for herself and anytime she's had enough, she'll be right outta there! (Not too sure how I'd cope with her demands and need for control (must be AS/borderline AS) but I'd find a way!

Hi we are looking into HE for our DS, year 4. He is autistic. DD1 is in year 1 and doing well and enjoys school so we are happy leaving her there. We also have a toddler in the form of DD2 who we can afford (just about) to send to pre school 3 times a week to give DS chance to really get on with his education.

Will be interesting to hear experiences.

Sorry just want to ask, is there any problem pulling him out even though he has a statement? He goes to a mainstream school. We have seen a really good secondary school for him, but they only take those out of the catchment area if they are statemented. It has really good support for children with autism. Will it make it harder to get him in there if we pull him out of school now?

It depends whether the LA want to cease to maintain the statement, which they might if you take him out. Probably the won't, but they might.

There's no problem with the initial deregistration for a statemented child at a mainstream school. You can deregister upon demand in the usual way. If the child is at a special school, the LA's consent is required to remove him.

After he is out of school, the LA has a duty to maintain the statement and cannot cease it without an assessment indicating that the grounds for the statement are no longer present. I don't think this is very commonly done against the parents' wishes, but you might want to take advice from people who know better than I. Here is a good mailing list for that: he-special.org.uk

In your case I should think you would want to keep the statement in place in order to make it easier to get the secondary placement you want.

As you probably know, the statement specifies the provision which the LA must provide if the parents choose to use the school system. ile home educating, parents do not have to make the provision listed in the statement.

Thanks for the feedback.