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Mainstream vs Special schools for children with ASD's.

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essbeehindyou · 23/05/2007 00:46

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mummytosteven · 14/06/2007 23:49

bearing in mind I don't have any current school experience, I would go for gess opinion over mine, so maybe just e-mail her.

mummytosteven · 14/06/2007 23:49

pmsl at that cross post

essbeehindyou · 14/06/2007 23:49

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essbeehindyou · 14/06/2007 23:51

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essbeehindyou · 14/06/2007 23:53

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gess · 14/06/2007 23:57

I'd be asking lots of questions about Ratcliffe a) because its residential and you don't want that, and b) it;s EBD. Chelfham mixes EBD and ASD successfuly (and ASD across the spectrum AFAIK) - BUT they have an awful lot of ASD experience- I would want to be sure that experience was there before signing up to an EBD school.

Have you been to see any of the schools? We looked at 2 for ds1 and knew that one was wrong for him and one right as soon as we had our visit.

gess · 14/06/2007 23:59

oh I had another post that has disappeared. Said it was hard to tell from millwater's website. Who does it cater for? I liked the stories! Oaklands Park has a good reputation, but I thought it catered for children more like my ds1??? Or does it have a unit for children with HFA? If so would think it would be good. It has a day unit as well doesn;t it?

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essbeehindyou · 15/06/2007 00:00

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essbeehindyou · 15/06/2007 00:04

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essbeehindyou · 15/06/2007 00:05

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tulips · 15/06/2007 00:14

spotted your thread essbee adn wanted to say hi - and sorry to hear that ds is being moved... would be nice to catch up one day... losty x

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essbeehindyou · 15/06/2007 00:40

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tulips · 15/06/2007 00:50

hi esbee - I am sorry too, another move must be very unsettling.... Do kleep me psoted. I think about you ften and wonder how you all are...

I left mn a while a go. but foudn myself bac k here last night in a very drunken deopressed state but at least had the sense to change to an old usernsme. i am not sure i will stick around. I received lots of nice posts and it rekindled my fiath in mn, but, I worry about tealking on here so may sdisappear again... I am sucha mess atm that I dsotn really kniow what i am doing tbh. Sorry for tlaking too much about me on your thread.

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mummytosteven · 15/06/2007 20:57

essbee - did you get my e-mails this morning. think i'm thinking along the same lines as you anyway.

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essbeehindyou · 15/06/2007 22:44

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essbeehindyou · 15/06/2007 22:45

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popsycal · 15/06/2007 22:46

essbee - there was a thread a day or so ago asking fir advice on o.d.d.

popsycal · 15/06/2007 22:46

sorry not read whole thread sorry for hijacking

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essbeehindyou · 15/06/2007 22:49

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popsycal · 15/06/2007 22:51

just read the thread and feel awful about butting in

sorry you are going through this essbee - i am sure that you will make the right choice for your ds

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essbeehindyou · 17/06/2007 01:26

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essbeehindyou · 19/06/2007 15:11

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gess · 19/06/2007 15:24

remember you can say no - and if you're not sure say 'no' before he goes in & whilst you make sure you are happy- it is far far far harder to remove a child from a special school than a mainstream one - you can basically just take a child out of mainstream school, you can't just take them out of special school. The laws are different.