support in school

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what would a 12 yr old HF Aspergers child normally get in school?

I live in Ireland now so am familiar with a different system

DS has supports now but I dont understand what a statement or DLA means

any tips please?

Dla = disability living allowance and is money paid to you by the govt.

A child with HFA could have anything from no support to a full time TA to help her. A statement specifies how many hours of TA support you get.

My son is 5 and has High Functioning Autism!

We have just gone through Statutory Assessment (basically means the LA looks at what support a child needs) and DS has been awarded 25 hours support from a Learning Support Assistant!

A statement is a legal document that the school has to follow. It is written by the LA after assessments by ed psychs and paeds etc. It states the childs needs and how these must be met. It is possible to have a statement without any extra funding from the LA for any extra support needed and then the school must supply it out of their budget. My ds has fulltime 1:1 support at school and the LA funds 30 hours of this.

To get DLA you will need to fill out an application form. Id advise you to use one of the online guides to help you fill it out as it is long.

I don't think there is a 'normal' amount of support an AS or HFA 12 year old would get. It would all depend on their indiviual needs as well as the LA writing the statement.

Thank you so much for the replies, will look at them more in detail

DLA has nothing to do with schooling then, thats good

To get a statement for school, would records from Ireland be enough or would we have to start again?

and what is LEA?

I think you could submit the Irish records with your parental evidence as they document his past schooling. I'm sure they would need to do a new assessment here though and it can take 6 months from start to finish.

LEA is local education authority. They are usually just called LA now to reflect the so called multi-disciplinary approach

Thanks very much, its all very useful

My dd has HFA and is in senior school she gets 28 hours a week Learning support. Doesn't really mean much though as the LA can hardly speak English and can't spell. AHHH all those years fighting for a statement and my DD can speak and spell better than the LA, but that's another issues. She had great LAs in primary school who made her experience of school so positive that she is in a mainstream senior school. So do fight for some help.