who decides what a "high level of support" is?

[Claw3]

I have now received reports from the 3 professionals i instructed for LA Tribunal (EP, SALT and OT)

OT report is very good and she actually quantifies and specifies.

EP and SALT report are rather vague with recommendations of "with need a high level of support" and "supported by a learning assistant in core areas of the curriculum on a daily basis"

SALT is saying it is not within her remit to recommend how many hours/time.

So who decides what a "high level of support" actually is?

A high level of support means nothing. You need them to say 1 to 1 support for literacy and numeracy which means x hours per week (which looks like being about 10 to 15 hours.) You may be after more than this but that's how I would interpret high level (1 to 1) and core subjects (literacy about 1 hour/day plus some guided reading and numeracy about 1 hour/ day if in primary school) Does the OT recommend further individual sessions on top of this? That could increase the hours. That's how it should be interpreted. But much better if it's specific.

Well surely the SLT must KNOW what she means otherwise what is the point of writing it?

And if se KNOWS what she means, why doesn't she tell you?

are these private professionals, or nhs?

if private, then I would absolutely instruct them to quantify it - they shoudl be used to writing reports for tribunal.

if nhs, then all you can do is try to pin them down as much as possible. maybe write including a scenario - "I assume you mean X amount of itme spent Y times a week?" for them to acknowledge/deny?

a tricky one...

I always left the nhs reports as they were, and got private reports that actually said what they meant, but I do know this isn't always possible.