Parental view and child view in EHC needs assessment

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Hello, we have finally persuaded the LA to conduct an EHCNA.

We are in the process of filling out the parental view and child view. Really interested in any thoughts about level of detail, and what to include (any evidence?).

On the child views section, I don’t think my child really understands what it’s for. She struggles with answering open ended questions in a structured way so her attempts to fill it out herself are a bit random (she’s 13). Does this matter? Arguably it demonstrates that she isn’t operating at the same level as many of her peers, but it doesn’t really help describe her aspirations / where she thinks she needs support.

thanks

For the parents part I wrote from the heart, I didn't go into massive detail but I did talk about the affect on my child, my disillusionment, how let down he had been.

For the child's view I had a chat about each question and wrote what he said. For some questions that meant I wrote 'I don't want to think about it' or 'I don't know' or 'I hate it at my school'.

Think about things such as what DD likes/dislikes/what makes her happy, what is important to DD/you and what is important for DD, things that are working well/not so well, strengths/weaknesses, how DD communicates/how others communicate with him, what he wants to do in the future/aspirations, a bit about family/any other important people in DD’s life, important history.

Go into sufficient detail to make your points, but don’t waffle.

It is OK if you help to support DD’s answer and help structure her views. It is OK to write DD’s answers even if they don’t really answer the question. It is OK for DD to draw her answers.