i had my sons annual review as he is statemented, I knew I was going to be annoyed by the end of it as last year when he had just started the senco was on his case but this year tops it.
I was basically told by the independent speech therapist whom my lea pay for to teach at my sons school that is not in my lea that my son spends too much time on the laptop, I do not spend enough time teaching him and encouraging him with reading newspapers, books, and current affairs that would help him with his speech delay and if I did this he would be fine?!?
She did not mention anything about what she was supposed to do or had been doing with him and basically blamed me for the reason my son has a problem with his language skills.
What has hurt the most is that comment is not really one she should be making unless she actually sees what goes on in my house and outside of her remit of what she was actually hired to do. For the last 10months it has been a rollercoaster and just finally coming to terms with having to have to raise the boys alone after partner walked out the door and literally never came back, I had no idea he was leaving and just ran off to another country leaving me to pick up all the peices, naturally this did not go down too well and spent a little time in a mental health unit, social services are doing their bit and I have to see a shrink, so when someone comes along and essentially calls you a crap mother when you have been trying your hardest to keep it together so the kids dont get taken into care it has knocked me for six.
I'm not sure I can deal with this constant battle I have with the senco and speech therapist and seriously considering taking my son out of that school and I certainly do not want the speech therapist near him anymore, but my son takes time to settle and to change schools now may not be the best for him as he starts year 9 in september