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If you are a teacher could you offer any advice please? I'm lost.

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SquadronBlue · 01/03/2019 19:20

DD has Sen including sensory issues. She's always found school really very hard socially, emotionally and academically but always got on with it. No behaviour problems ever.

Till now! She is now in year 11 and seems to be in some sort of final protest.
She has a couple of teachers who shout a lot and recently she's just had enough. She is massively stressed about her exams which doesn't help. She's flat out refusing to stay in his class if he shouts. She's got an arrangement that she can go to her Senco if she can't cope. He won't let her. She left class herself and went to the room next door. He's furious. He's going to ring me and complain to the head apparently because she's left the room.
He kept giving her her coursework back and telling her she's not getting a good enough result even though she was really actually trying so now she's just given up and doesn't see the point and I don't actually know what to do.

Today she was so wound up she ended up missing part of the next subject lesson as she went to Senco afterwards. So today she's missed two and a half hours of class.

I'm so frustrated. I don't want her missing lessons this close to exams , I don't want her giving attitude to staff she doesn't like which I suspect she has started doing in a 'you can't stop me ' kind of way but I don't want her being in sensory overload either.

Senco has done quite a lot to help in fairness by giving her reduced timetable, letting her leave class if she needs to and letting her report daily what she's struggled with that day but I'm stuck and don't know how much a fed up , stressed, finally had enough child is using this to her benefit now .

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Phineyj · 01/03/2019 20:29

I suggest you repost this in the staffroom section and/or SEN as this section is full of posts about secondary offers so your post might get lost. But as a teacher I would say the Head of Year should be your first port of call.

BarbarianMum · 02/03/2019 10:08

Dsounds like the problem isnt tour dd, it's her idiot teacher. Head of Year backed up by SENCO might be the route to take.

BarbarianMum · 02/03/2019 10:09

Sounds like the problem isnt your dd

Sorry. My phone well and truly mangled that one

Jackshouse · 02/03/2019 10:18

I’ve just left teaching.

It sounds like the relationship between the teacher and your DD had broken down. Even if he does change this behaviour - will she be happy in his class?

What subject is it a foundation subject (English, maths or science?) or another subject? If it is one subject can she drop it?

She only had two months of lessons left minus Easter holidays. If they have finished the course can she revise by herself in another room library or other space. Or is there another class she can move to? It’s might not be possible with timetables. Can she finish the course work after school with another teacher/ head of department?

Is having scheduled mentoring apppointments to help her get organised and manage the last few weeks?

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