Referal to SEN

[Picklebob123]

Had a chat with sons teacher today and she said she will take note of all I have said and be in touch with SEN.

What should I expect now at this point and how long should this take.

Anyone?

What's the context here? Does your son have an EHCP, or are you hoping that this will be the first step to getting one?

Do you mean she said she would speak to the school’s SENCO? Or do you mean the LA’s SEN department? What to expect and how long it will take depends on what the issues are and who she means she will speak to.

You might get more replies if you ask MNHQ to move this to the SN children, SN chat or the SEN board.

Speak to school sen. He is anxious to go in in the mornings, pretending to be ill. Over anxious anyway, very angry at home, high need of routines.

I've not got any experience of this. I only spoke to the teacher thinking she may just chat to him I didn't expect the sen to be involved.

As it’s the school SENCO it should be relatively quick. If you haven’t heard anything in a couple of weeks ask to speak to the SENCO themselves.

They should come up with a plan to support DS and they may suggest a referral for assessment for e.g. ASD (even if they don’t if you think one is needed you can ask the GP to refer and in some areas you can self refer).

Is there anything specific DS has said about why he doesn’t want to attend?

The school told me to speak with GP but GP said the school deal with it.

He says he just misses me but he says quite often he dosnt like the noise in the food hall, wants to be on his own. He seems to talk with the other kids in his class but at lunch and breaks just hangs around with the teachers constantly. I'm unsure if this is an issue as he's then not socialising.

Push back on the GP fobbing you off.

Does DS have ear defenders or noise cancelling headphones? Ask the school if there is somewhere quieter DS could eat. Ask the school to provide support for DS’s social skills and at break and lunchtime. If noise is an issue it may be at drop off and pick up time too so you could ask to drop off/collect at a quieter entrance 5/10 mins early/late.

Will do, I was just glad the teacher took my concerns seriously.

He dosnt have any headphones at all. School drop off is fairly quiet and pick up he dosnt seem to mind so much.

Thank you, its hard as I've always had concerns but doubt myself so much on what I'm seeing.

Look up the nice guidelines.

Write yourself a list of his difficulties in three categories. (Social/communication, routine, and sensory) this can be used to ask for a referral.

Ask for a referral to a developmental paediatrician.

Ask for a referral to a developmental paediatrician.

This depends entirely on your area. Some areas assess via a neurodevelopmental community paediatrician and others assess via CAMHS.