Can someone check this for me.

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I am writing the statement request letter - what do you think of this paragraph.

My reasons for believing that the school cannot on their own make the provision required to meet my child?s needs are:
? F has complex requirements and obvious need for adequate support.
? F needs adult input both in school and from outside agencies already involved with his care.
? Without a statement the result will be failure to thrive within the school environment.

TIA

Also, I got some help from SOS!SEN but not as in depth as I needed. wonder if it is worth contacting them to see how you would go about being a service they could recommended for the non-tribunal stuff.

PolarEyes please, please don't think it is 'quid pro quo'. We all have different strengths. I am rubbish at general chit chat, to be honest, so I am no good on the Friday night threads, which means that I am no support whatsoever to someone who needs a distraction. This board is for everyone, IMO.

I am rubbish at chit chat too! I hear what you're saying but I get really worked up about posting as an OP and will wake in the night worrying . Nothing is going to change that and like Star says there is the general not wanting to saturate the board.

Well, make it known, and shamelessly threads, then one of us can C&P into an OP, or something. I get worked up about starting threads too, self esteem stuff I think.

That is exactly my point Lougle. Us SN parents suffer disproportionately with low self-esteem. Add to that the general encouragement by agencies to doubt ourselves, remove our employment, our independence etc etc.

When someone responds nicely and helpfully to one of our posts it can make us quite uncomfortable, because WHY are they being nice? We're not used to it. We're not sure we deserve it.

It shouldn't be like this, but perhaps spending a little bit of money for advice would actually help with our confidence in asking for it.

I have been reading this thread and thought how useful your post was as well Lougle.
I have noticed before that you say some VERY good things on other threads too.
I've just had a nightmare filling in and sending off my first DLA form and would have def paid you to help me word things better!!

Maybe you could start like that? With known questions to answer, you could take all the info from people over the phone or by emaail and then help them word answers for the form?
No idea what you could charge, but like I said I would def pay for that help!!
Bet you'd get plenty of people on here after your services!

A very long suffering dear friend helps me with the language-side of my letters but it is the SEN COP/techy stuff that is a huge problem for me. self-esteem problems definitely but tbh they are are pretty much here to stay, so if I could pay away some of my other stresses it would be fab. If I knew my letters were solid, it would stop me flaking in meetings and letting DS1 down.

There are probably lurkers as well who have a host of reasons why they aren't posting that such a service would be interested in.

Marking place for ref :-)

Try the 'I'm Watching' facility rather than resurrecting old posts