Hi
My daughter has recently been diagnosed with ASD and DCD (dyspraxia). She has just started in Y7 in a mainstream all girls school. She is doing well but is not getting all the support she needs and is specified in her new EHCP, specially in areas of SLT and social skills. She also has sensory processing challenges and finds it difficult to make and sustain friendships from school outside school. I've sent her reports to Holmewood School in North Finchley for kids with high functioning autism and they are keen to meet us. Few questions 1) Does anyone have first hand experience with Holmewood school and would your recommend it? 2) Would you keep DD in mainstream school and continue to fight the system to get as much support as possible in order to keep her in an environment where she can hopefully learn to interact with neurotypical peers or do you think gains from a specialist school can be huge?