phoned parent partnership

[Ineed2]

Haven't been around much the last couple of weeks, had a hard time settling Dd3 in to school, she had no transition support and despite the SALT writing to the school again, nothing has been put in place. Dd3 is more settled now but she ahs been involved in some difficult situations socially at school in the last week or so. I decided to wait until parents evening to find out if the information regarding her language and social difficulties have been passed on to her new teacher as I feel that 3 weeks is seriously long enough for it to be done. Anyway a friend told me to phone parent partnership so I did that yesterday and the lady was so helpful and kind , I nearly cried on the phone, she listened to what I had to say and said that she definatly thinks Dd3's needs are not being met and that someone would be able to help me.
I feel so relieved, I don't have to tackle school on my own again.
Anyway just wanted to tell someone and you guys are always so supportive, actually pretty much the only support I am getting at the moment.
If anyone else is considering contacting parent partnership, go for it they seem really helpful.

Oh yes. I love parent partnership. They're always happy to listen to me. And they have come and supported me at meetings with school. They're fab.

Depends who you get on the phone. I got a pretty useless volunteer last year when I phoned for advice about statement provision - wanted ds to have a trained ASD TA written into the statement and person on phone said you had to take what was available! That was a wasted year (pre-mnet, you understand) as now I know what I should get and more importantly, how to go about getting it.

Have to say when I went to one of their surgery this year, the woman, not a volunteer, was very helpful and supportive. Again the person on the phone gave conflicting advice when I called to confirm the advice.

I emailed them and got a lovely response, will be arranging a meeting asap. They did mention that every case is different...
Ill see what help I get next week.

I really want them to come with me to the next meeting at school because the s..t is going to hit the fan and I know I wil not be able to say what I need to say.
I have been told by a friend who runs the local DS group that they are good in my area, so fingers crossed hey. If they can't help me then I am not sure what my next move will be, probably another school.

Im yet to takle issues with school directly, waiting for inclusion teams response...they are going in to observe DD, waiting for dx report too...feel I need 'evidence' as school dont have a clue about ASD or DDs communication problems. Im moving for a statement....and possibly another school.

Let me know how you get on with PP...I may need tips! :)

Good luck.

Thanx wooly... I have tried on nunerous occasions to tackle school well HT/senco about Dd3, but because she is doing well academically [sp] She is not interested. I feel that she has left me with no option other than to seek advice from PP. She is really not going to like it but I don't care any more this is about Dd3 and HT needs to get her arse in gear.
I will let you know how it goes over the next couple of weeks. If it all goes wrong I will be asking you all for your advice on looking for a new school.

I have just started as a volunteer with Parent Partnership and I have found that service varies widely from borough to borough. I am lucky we have a wonderful service here, which is why I got involved. Some places they are either up the LA'a arse or only a telephone helpline. I am glad you have a good one Ineed2.
They are supposed to be an arms length, independent service which sounds like the are in your area.
Keep you you have every right to specify that your dc's TA is asd trained, as that is what best suits their needs. It is possible you service in based n with the SN dept and that is what they have to say to keep them sweet, either that or bad training. I will be getting up to 8 months training before I can do case work and then continuous training.