SN register-has anyone had a child removed from it once on it?

[JoeyBettany]

I've just found out that my ds (Y3) is on the school SN register, with an IEP for his hand writing and a few other targets-mainly aiming for him to finish work in class.

Is it likely that he will remain on this register for the rest of his school life?

Have any other parents had children off and on at different periods?

I'm just worried that his future teachers are going to label him and lower their expectations accordingly.

Not at all. Early intervention may well mean he can come off again. His IEP should be reviewed every term so that you, SENCO and he can assess progress.

i can understand your worries as my ds(8) has been on the register since he was about 4!

i know the iep ensures that he gets one to one teaching in the areas where he needs extra help and if he was in the full class he would probably slip under the radar and never catch up.

i do wonder how long he will be on it like you though!

Do you feel concerns are unjustified? If not, why do you feel he will be marred by being on the SEN register? He isn't being labelled, he is having needs identified and given a strategy of intervention to overcome it.

Labelling him would be calling him 'careless', 'sloppy', or 'lazy', imo.

I feel that he certainly needs additional support with his handwriting, but I was shocked to see on his IEP his numeracy targets were also very low.

I'm going to dispute this as I know that he has already achieved these targets ( in Y2 at his old school)and he's always been good at maths.

This is what is making me think that the teacher is labelling him as a low achiever in all areas. He's recently been moved up a couple of reading levels, only after I pointed out to his teacher that he was finding his old one far too easy.

southeastastrA-

does your ds' school have regular meetings with you about whether your ds is meeting the targets of his IEP?

What sort of feedback is reasonable to expect?

I first raised concerns with my son's school in September and this week is the first I've heard about the SN register-and his IEP has only been hastily scribbled drawn up this week!

my nephew was on the SN register at his school until he was 8 when he suddenly "clicked" with reading. His reading age went from non scoring up to 2 years above his actual age within one school year. He was moved from the SN register straight onto the Gifted and Talented one.