Meeting with Ds1's HT/teacher/SN teacher on thurs.....help!!!

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So.

Have had the paed letter/report and the GARS-2 questionairre to fill in and have the appt booked with the HT for 9am thurs morning.

Basically, the paed does not think ds1 has autism....the letter states he may have "subtle asd traits" (?) He also said he does not seem to have any mild CP (great news!) and that he witnessed "some meaningful social interaction" at clinic.

He as asked for ds1 to be assessed by the Ed Psych and that he feels ds1's problems mean he needs to be assessed for dyslexia (yeah, right, I've been telling anyone who would listen that for 3 years!!!!)

I already know - from a very brief chat with the HT last week - that they are not getting the EP in. I must have looked pretty pissed off because she then said "we arent being obstructive, he needs to be seen by the spld (?) team"

Not sure how I feel about this tbh. The letter requested an EP evaluation so why isnt he getting one? What is spld?

I am also a bit that the special needs teacher is going to be in this meeting...she has only seen ds1 about 3 times (she has had to have a lot of time off as her husband has been ill) and when she did the initial assessment on ds1 (back in jan) she told me she had "no concerns"

I am not trained, but even I can see ds1 has many issues wrt literacy...he has major tracking and convergence issues. He is going up to year 4 in Sept and is currently reading at a year 1 level.

He still guesses at HF words and gets words mixed up/wrong way round. His writing is HUGE and he finds cursive very difficult.

Surely, that would raise some concern? surely??

Really dont want to lose it in the meeting but am really afraid I will.....am so sick of teachers telling me "hes fine!!" when I know he isnt.

Advice, please!!!!!!

Hello everyone.

Well, had the meeting with HT, teacher and SENCO. They had prepared a case study on ds1 and had also done some assessments prior to the meeting.

Outcome;

Ds1 is happy.
He is behind his peers but is making progress - in fact 2 points in the last term (which is hopefully down to AIT and RRT!)
They are very supportive of the AIT and RRT and think it will really help him long term.
He is actually nearly a 2 in writing and reading, but not quite.
He is getting 4 x 30 mins per week "Switch on" - which is reading recovery for older children - quite new apparently so thats why I have never heard of it!
He is getting other class interventions too.
The long term plan is to get him to a 3a/4c by the end of year 5 (i.e. in 2 years time).
His IEP has been reviewed.
He will be assessed next term by the "specialist teaching service" (spld?) for dyslexia not the EP as in Leics the EPs dont "just" come out to assess dyslexia i.e. the school cannot put the case for ds1 to be assessed by an EP as he hasnt got bad enough SEN!!!. HT has talked to the paed and he is also happy with this.
I am going in to observe a reading recovery session so I can see how its done and will be given ideas/help on how to help him over the summer i.e. NOT phonics!)
We have another meeting in October (next term) to discuss whats happened and reassess.

How do I feel about all this?

Well, quite positive

He is happy.
His levels are better than we thought.
He is getting more intervention than we thought.
He has a new IEP
He will be assessed by an outside agency. He will be reassessed in a years time. If he stops making progress in that time he will then be seen by an EP. Am ok with this - although tbh if ds1 stops making progress then he will be seen earlier than that I think.
He is getting intervention (at last!!!!!!!!)
I will get advice/support about what to so over the summer.

Am feeling much more positive. Ds1 is obviously on "catch up" so to speak but they feel that given time and more interventions (and continuing with the RRT ans possibly behavioural optometry) he should achieve 3a/4c by the end of year 5.

I like the fact there is;
a short term plan
a long term plan
an assessment by outside agency
we are meeting again next term to re-assess

Thanks everyone for your support