level 1 band D funding?

[catfunt]

just received OT report through (god these reports make hard reading dont they! ) and it says he meets the criteria for this? Anyone able to give me an idea what this means for him? will it get him more help at school?

Got the DLA form through the door in the same post too maybe its an omen

is that to support your SA?

catfunt, it varies from LEA to LEA, so you would have to give a vague idea of location if you want a specific answer

More generally, some leas have funding matrices, and the allocation of extra resources depends on the banding the child is given.

im in leeds if that helps?

blueshark - SA? is that statement application?

the report is part of the general diagnosis, paed thinks chances of being seen by ed psych are slim to none in the near future so is relying on OT and SALT reports.... OT said in our area you dont need a statement for schools to access funding i vaguely remember, everthing blurs together after a while!

here "It is appropriate that if they have a Statement or meet the FFI criteria at
Level 2 then schools should be allocated additional resources to meet the needs of these
children."

So basically, no. He will be put in the FFI matrix here

"Significant fine motor skill/hand control
difficulties impacting on independent
functioning in many curricular and selfhelp
areas.
Hand grasps are atypical or weak,
resulting in fatigue and poor control of
objects. May also experience difficulty
with planning movement, with attention,
perception and/or organisational skills"

"Individualised programmes to develop fine
motor/hand control skills accommodated within
differentiated content, delivery and recording.
Availability of individual pieces of equipment and
a variety of environment modifications.
Support available for special examination
arrangements where necessary."Funding criteria

Leeds documents can all be found here

Just because there is some funding for non-statemented children, doesn't mean you don't need a Statement to access funding. What Leeds says is that if a child meets FFI criteria at level 2 then they will be allocated specific funding for them, separate to the general budget allocation.

If a child only meets the criteria for Level 1 in any band (ie. Band D - Physical) then they have to rely on the school allocating resources to them out of the devolved budget.

As you can see, all your DS gets 'entitled to' by meeting level 1 criteria is an 'individualised programme' - that could be 'roll a piece of plasticine in your hand twice a week';

availability of pieces of equipment and a variety of environment modifications - sounds great, but just because it is available doesn't mean he will be given it to use. If they have 10 sloping boards for writing, and 11 children who meet level 1 band D criteria, who decides who misses out?

support for special exam arrangements where necessary - who decides what is necessary? How do you know that they will follow through?

If your DS has significant SN, the only way you can be sure of his needs being met is to request a statutory assessment and obtain a Statement of SEN, whereby everything contained in it HAS to be done.

thank you Lougle, looks like i need to get researching and looking where we need to go next before we're next at the paed - he's in year 3 and hasnt yet reached level 1 for writing so significantly behind his peers.

he does already have some adjustements, a slope and pencil grip fortunately the school have been helpful in obtaining those even before the OT assessment was done.

its all a minefield isnt it?