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Not happy about sons "carefully managed and planned re integration into education" as stated in his statement :0(

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brandy77 · 18/07/2011 14:32

Apparently the Head of the SS has said he doesnt do this! My son would have been off school for 9months come september. Its stated in part 3 about his planned programme to support his re-integration. Ive just been told that my son is expected to be just dropped off on the 1st day of term and left the whole day! The EP had stated that he would need photos of the school/teachers etc to help him cope with such a huge change for a 6 year old. Is this normal with SS to just dump them screaming on day 1? I know that if it is dealt with in this way he will kick off big time the following morning and so the anxiety based school refusing begins again

That is not going to work, Im really really p**d off. Ive been discussing school with my son (yr 2) for a few weeks now to get him to accept this school and already told him many times that it will be slow and he doesnt have to panic etc. His anxiety about school was so severe in mainstream hence him not attending since January as he would get extremely verbally/physically aggressive just to get him in the car, if i could get him in. I am really upset about this and now wondering if ive actually chosen the right school

Sorry ive waffled

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IndigoBell · 18/07/2011 15:01

Have you spoken to the HT or the Senco?

Have they explained what they are going to do and why they think it'll work?

I can see why you're concerned........

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brandy77 · 18/07/2011 15:28

apparently there isnt a SENCO as its SS. Im going to ring the head now. I did speak to the EP and she said as its in part 3 of the statement they should be setting up a re-integration. Dont know what il say to the head if he says not! il come back and let you know, thanks for replying x

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catherinea1971 · 18/07/2011 15:35

I can see how worrying it must be for you. Was he previously in mainstream when the refusing started?

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brandy77 · 18/07/2011 16:01

ok ive phoned the Head, hes out at a meeting, the office manager lady was very nice and told me not to worry and will relay back to the head my concerns that nothing has been set up for september. Shes going to ask him to ring tomorow.

catherine, yes he was mainstream, he struggled in reception even though they said the usual "hes fine", he just got totally lost with the transition to year 1 and the pressure to keep up with the class, his anxiety was terrible and it was a constant battle every morning. It got so bad in the end I gave up trying or I would have had a breakdown from the persistant aggression. Surprises me how a child so small can be so strong.

zzzz, thats a good idea, il write a plan like youve mentioned and suggest it to the head when he rings tomorow. it definitely wont work if hes rushed, poor kid. I get the feeling from speaking to the office manager that a lot of the strategies that have been discussed in TAC meetings via his old school havent been fed back to the head. Although hes had the statement so should have read the part about a planned integration. Also I need to discuss his care plan for his medication as its very complicated!! I think its probably best if i tell the head we will meet in september and discuss it further do you think? i know schools are terribly busy for the last week of term obviously

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catherinea1971 · 18/07/2011 16:25

Hi Brandy, the reason I asked about mainstream was that a ss setting from what I have experienced is a very different environment to a mainstream. I'll play devils' advocate here...... it may well be the case that the HT has come across similar situations in the past and that in his experience what he suggests is what has worked out best...
My ds is starting ss reception in september and the whole environment and structure of the school differs so much from the local ms schools.

How do you feel about this new school? I think that you as a mum you know if it is going to be where your dc will be happy. Hope you sot everything and your ds starts to enjoys school:)

Pixel · 18/07/2011 17:25

I was like you when ds started. I expressed concern about him doing full days straight away as he had been very unhappy at the special nursery but the school said they wanted to try so I agreed. Needless to say he couldn't cope but to give the school their due they were very quick to admit their mistake and put a new plan into action. Ds started doing just mornings for the first half-term and then they introduced one whole day a week, building up only when he was ready. They took it very slowly and he wasn't full-time again until the summer term. It worked out very well.
If I had to do the same again, I don't know if I would insist on the slow method straight away or not. I think in a way it helped to go with what the school wanted initially because they could then see that I wasn't being difficult for the sake of it (I was proved right ), which meant they always listened to me after that, and I gained a lot of trust in the school by seeing how keen they were to adapt to ds's needs when it was obvious a method wasn't working.

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brandy77 · 18/07/2011 20:27

hi catherine, oh im so glad your son wont be experiencing mainstream, im sure he will be fine having just the SS to attend from the off. When kids have had terrible experiences in mainstream it makes the whole school attendance process very tricky as the confidence/self esteem is sooooo low As for how i feel about the school, it has a good ofsted report and when ive visited it seems lovely BUT i was warned by the paed that used to visit the school that she felt my son was too fragile for there as its a behaviour/learning school and not so many ASD kids and he is soooooo sensitive to other kids, but its the only SS locally so I didnt have much choice really. I wish your son luck for september.

Pixel, glad you were proved right !!!!! ha ha !! I cant risk being proved right incase it backfires and my son wont attend again. Hoping the head will ring and il be suggesting what you and zzzz have said and see what he thinks, hoping he will just agree, he does appear to be a very kind head when ive met him

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catherinea1971 · 18/07/2011 20:58

I chose to start ds in ss as my dss had many problems with schooling when he was young, I believe that if he had been enrolled in ss from the off things might have turned out better for him.

I am very fortunate in the area I live as there are many ss's or units attached to mainstream, I went to look at 3 and knew when I walked into this one that ds would fit in, he has had 2 taster sessions and absolutely loves it!!
How many children will be in your ds's class? Have they not offered any taster sessions for him, it would be a really good indicator as to how he will find it.

I really hope everything works out well.:)

greatescape · 18/07/2011 21:26

Sometimes in ss it is eaiser to have the child in fulltime straight away because when some children go part time they get really anxious and worry about when they will be in school and when they wont. It can confuse them and they begin to see school as being a choice as to weather they go or not they then wont settle because they would rather not be fulltime. If it is a good ss they will look after him and have an induction period were he is given extra help to get him familiar with school. He should have a key worker who will liase with home about any issues. Initially contact should be made every day so if there are problems they can be sorted straight away. They will help him to make friends with the other kids so he will want to go to school. They will be able to tell when he is stressed and be able to give him quiet time when he needs it.

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brandy77 · 18/07/2011 21:35

i think there will be about 8 children in year 1 and same in year 2 and then they come together for certain subjects as far as i can gather catherine dont know how he will cope, as he socially he is a nightmare with more than 2 kids and he gets very upset so easily. Im not worried at all about once hes in the school as I know he will have lots of support and they will understand him better than mainstream, its just the getting him in there to start off with. He is traumatised to put it bluntly, but i have been talking to him about the school and when he had his 1:1 badminton lesson today at the sports centre he was adding up shuttlecocks and told the teacher that he would be better at maths when he goes to school

thanks greatescape. Yes he will have a keyworker, he needs someone to monitor his loo trips to give him his meds so i was sort of hoping i would have met the keyworker before he started there. Il see what the head says tomorow .x

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zzzzz · 18/07/2011 21:59

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greatescape · 18/07/2011 22:20

zzzz I do realise that there will be situations were this wont be possible I was trying to offer a different opinion. The school will see it as they cant work properly with the child if he is not attending all the time.

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greatescape · 18/07/2011 23:05

zzzz When my ds was put on part time school it upset him because he wasnt able to feel part of the school and was never able to make friends because every time he went back in the other kids had moved on. He spent the whole time worrying about what would happen when he went in. It kept him awake at night because he was worried. When he moved to ss we put him back in fulltime and with the help and support of very dedicated teachers he was able to settle. It did take him a long time to settle but he wasnt waking in the the night worrying about it. It can be right for some children. He now loves school and is doing really well.

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brandy77 · 19/07/2011 07:46

agree with zzzz, all children are different, an already school traumatised child has to be treated with kid gloves or youre back to square one again and thats my son, so pleased your son coped with the straight in full tie gescape, mine certainly wont. Hopefully the head will ring today and I can arrange a meeting for the beginning of the sept term to discuss the plan and also to discuss his complicated medical plan

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TheNinjaGooseIsOnAMission · 19/07/2011 08:10

hope you manage to get somewhere with the ht brandy. Fwiw don't write this week off, dd3 went to visit her new ss yesterday and they are going to see her tomorrow at her current school, they may still be able to arrange a visit, you could always take your own photos then if you wanted. Dd3 will be doing full days from the start but this isn't an issue for her so I'm happy with that but the school have said I can go in as often and for as long as I like for the first couple of weeks. Do point out if you have to that s/he is legally obliged to carry out the statement and if that says gentle reintegration then that's what has to be done, it could just be that they missed that bit or have forgotten. If you don't get anywhere with the ht then get straight back on to your case worker at the lea, parent partnership any good where you are, they may be able to add a little pressure.

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brandy77 · 19/07/2011 20:18

oh zzzz i hope the head will be as supportive as yours is, my son also has been out of school since january so it will be extremely hard for him returning especially to a new school. the head didnt ring by the way so im going to ring him 8.30 in the morning

thankyou ninja, i am thinking they may have skimmed the statement and not seen the part about the gradual integration also

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