Ds had his IEP reviewed before xmas, but since he went back his teacher seems to be ignoring it

[MrsMorgan]

He first had one in hs last term of yr 1 and the teacher he had then, stuck to it but his yr 2 teacher didn''t, infact tbh I am not sure she ever read it.

Ds has issues with concentration and this is effecting his ability to learn as he cannot stay focused for long enough to finnish a task.

Anyway, his iep was reviewed just before they broke up for xmas. The senco has changed and is now ds's old reception teacher, which I was thrilled about as she is lovely.
During the meeting she came up with two targets for ds and detailed strategies on how to reward him etc.

Ds wasn't at the meeting as he was ill, so the senco said after xmas she would st down with him and explain it all.

Basically his iep now states that he should have a visual reminder on his desk and be reminded by class teacher or TA about what he should be doing, settling down etc.

They also agreed to change his homework, so that for two weks he only has 5 min, then the next two weeks it is 10 min and so on, until it builds up to 15min by the end of the term.

His teacher or ta is also now supposed to explain homework to him individually rather than in a class situation.

School also said they would give him a home/school book so that they could let me know how he'd been and visa versa.

They also are supposed to have implemented a reward system for him, using stickers, time in library etc. They were going to ask him what he'd prefer.

Non of this has been done. Ds came out with homework yesterday and it was the same as the rest of the class. I went and told his teacher and she said she had forgotten all about it, and to let him do this homework this week and she'd start the reduced homework next week.
I also asked about the home/school book and she said she'd sort that too.

Basically I don't think she has given it one moment of thought since she left the meeting.

Given the odd start to the term with snow days etc, I am prepared to give her this week to sort this all out, and hope that by Friday she has cracked it, but I am nt hopeful.

If she hasn't then I am thinking I need to get back in touch with the senco and let her sort it out ??

Give her a little more time and then certainly see the SENCO-don't just let it drift.

Thank's.

I do like his teacher but she is one of these that seems to agree to everything in the meetings or at parents evening and then forget about it the minute the meeting is over.

Will see what happens this week.

Annoying but having given her a reminder I'd wait and see what happens when things are in a more normal routine next week.

Good luck to you!

Am dealing with similar situation as none of ds's SN provision seems to be happening; apparently the teacher's reasoning at the parent meeting (attended by dh) was that he isn't doing any worse than some of the other children (!). It didn't seem to occur to her that a) whether he does as well as Joe Bloggs is immaterial: he has a right to do as well as he is capable of b) if he does as well but at the cost of pain, that is hardly treating him fairly c) if he achieves his results at the risk of permanent damage to his body, that again is not an acceptable outcome

As his is a physical disability, there is no hope for a statement to back him up (our LEA only does them for learning disabilities), so our only recourse is threatening with the Discrimination Act.

Ime you do have to keep badgering (makes mental note to start doing so).

Snow days have been very disruptive for everybody (teachers and children alike). Give her a chance - particularly as she promised to give reduced h/w next week. There's no reason to doubt her really. I know we've all been running around like blue-*d flies trying to catch up on things we should have done / parents we should have seen / targets we should have set the previous week.