DS has attacked his home tutor..................

[devientenigma]

so he got up and left. He said he has to report this which is fair enough but any thoughts on what happens next and if he will be back? TIA

Justa, I think you're being really unfair about ABA families. Most come to it after having tried very hard to work within a system that drags it's feet' tells parents their children won't amount to much, often admit it is a funding issue. The ABA fight is never something one embarks on unless they feel there is no workable alternative. Most families regret the 1-2 years they spent trying to have faith in and work with the system.

In my particular case I'm nit certain how much effort I would need to put in finding that 1 hour a week of autism intervention ( when the national autism plan recommends 15-20) was not good enough. On challenge the response was that the LA simply do not have enough staff and children with ASD being failed is a nation-wide problem, not specific to my county. What choice dud I have? Further, I had to go against my own parents as they were both primary school teacher who 'believed' in the system. (they don't now btw)

Dev what is your long term aim. Sorry haven't been here for a while so have missed why he is out of school.

I think (as justabout says) your long term aim needs to dictate your response.

If he is to be tutored long term at home you clearly need a better package with better qualified staff (do you get respite etc as well?). If your aim is to get back in school then tutoring failing can be in your favour.

And tbh - I doubt the ASD label or not would make much difference. As long as it's recognised that his challenging behaviours are due to LD's then he should be able to access the correct sort of support iyswim (if it exists- that's the usual problem).