Help please for my NVQ

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I have a question and the wise MN can help.
What impact has having a child with SEN or a disability had on you and your family?

Any help greatly recived :)

any1?

Have a look through the archives and do some reading. It shouldn't take you too long.

Level 3 but can't get this question
Just some general emotions, top impact on
the family.

Negative responses from the family that sort of thing.

Ok will have a look should have thought of that first :)

This is a bit of a massive, emotionally loaded question for here tbh. I Would think about it on lots of different levels: financial, emotional, work, stress of dealing with professionals, impact on relationship, impact on social life / free time, I could go on, but don't have the energy - oh yes, being totally knackered, mentally exhausted. I guess also has made me more understanding, less judgemental and more aware of the rights and needs of vulnerable people.

thank you cansu that is really helpful, I have a nephew who is disabled and I had so many things going in my head that we as a family went through when he was born I could not see the wood for the trees.

For level 3 I'd suggest see what your books say & reproduce the patronsing c the assessors are after. Level 4 wd be a bit better, they'd still like the c* but love maslows hierachy of needs and kubler ross grieving cycle. And they'd tolerate some sensible ideas of your own based on real life experiences.

Tbh I wouldn't suggest you risk writing much of that for level 3, better to look at syllabus and marking schemes. Bear in mind most posters here will know vastly more about SN than most of your assessors, and will tend to be the very parents they warn about. That's those who patronizing, ignoring, threatening and forcing to tribunal haven't managed to discourage.

But please do browse the threads anyway and your future practice will be hugely enhanced by what you've learned. And come back to us if you get to do a report, dissertation or thesis later in which some independent thinking will be valued.

my assesser is great and she likes my thoughts and views and likes when I go and find a source of information myself. She thinks the textbooks are a pile of crap and she encourages independs.

This is my last unit and I have never used a text book.

I am not trying to be difficult but I don't like to ramble on about crap in my NVQ would rather real life situations when I do my NVQ it is how I work and where better than asking parents themselves who live in the world of SEN far better than anything you get in a text book.

Sorry if I came accross wrong

Cheer up, sounds like we're all heading in the same direction. Just that the parents have sadly accumulated enough experience to become cynical and aware of the need to deal with stupid gameplaying procedures.

Am delighted that your assessor uses her brain & wants you to use yours. But pls do check with her about external markschemes and moderation cos as starlight says, you'll be helpful changing things from within.

Other thing, speaking personally, since starting life as a SN mum I've got very very used to being patronised, and to really important things I say being ignored. So the better professionals dealing with DS do have to work that bit harder to reach me cos I assume they have the same attitudes as those I don't respect.

OP - i've PM'd you as I'm more than happy to help by sending you my answer. I too did the SEN unit.
If you haven't received my PM, let me know.