You know your school has a great attitude when....

[SanctiMoanyArse]

They start fundraising in support of SNAP.

SNAP gave up on the last school, the MS one, said there was no point as the school did not care.

So nice to have a more positive place to send ds3!

They ask you what targets you want them to work on with your DD at school.

They start a good news book and promise to write something in it every day -- even on the very worst days.

The preschool keeps a place open for your ASD child in case he doesn't settle at the new nursery.
[this is where I work not where Dd3 goes]

when one of the "boasts" in the talk for new parents is that they were the first m/s school in the city to get the Council's Inclusion chartermark.

Sancti.. That's great! :)

Ds's new school actually seem to be pretty good at the moment. ( the SENco needs the arsenic training programme.. But I'm sure I can lick him into shape:))
but the other staff who have attended meetings and who we have spoken to, they have not only listened but have asked questions and have made suggestions ! And have asked for more information when they haven't heard of different stratagies.

It makes a big difference!

Your dd's attendance is now 99% whereas she was a virtual non attender at her previous one.

She doesn't want to come home at 5-30 after after school club so they instantaneously knock up a sticker chart for "going home nicely"

Your dd who was self harming, bedwetting and distressed has started to grow again and is just happy to be there.

Ofsted confirm that the support given to children with SEN and disabilities is outstanding.

they let DS's TAs attend ABA workshops at my home during school hours and let DS continue into Y1 doing mornings only so he can continue ABA in the afternoons with my home team.

Lovely thread btw

the secondary school DS attends starts paired reading within a week of me receiving the letter stating this.

(BTW my local Sainsburys made SNAP one of their chosen charities last year).

You notice that the school has spelled your DD's abbreviated name wrong on her name peg (a 'y' instead of 'ie'). You agonise over whether you should ask them to change it as it is laminated and you don't want to be a pain, but want your DD to have a fighting chance or learning her name.

You go in on Monday and prepare yourself to ask, only to see that they have taken it down, replaced it with a photo of your DD and the correct spelling of her name

They had noticed that we spelled it differently, and changed it without my needing to ask.

End of last term, the SENCO came up to me and asked if I wanted another 3 sessions a week of OT for DS1. Apart from the time delay in responding - I've never been offered anything without pleading before - How can a SENCO do his job when I've bitten his hand off??!!