How on earth do I tackle inclusion?

[Firstandthen]

have name changed for obvious reasons.

Scince January I have been working full time 1-1 with a child, before that I worked with the child in playgroup. Child has Downs syndrome.
Basically the school where I work has teachers who are crap at inclusion. I am the one who off the cuff has to include the child with all that we do.

Example letter from hospital (child spends time in hospital) asking what the child liked doing in school and what he is good at and what the child's targets are. the class teacher basically had no clue! She couldn't say where he was developmentally or indead what his next step is for him are. She had no idea of what his favourite songs are or what he likes to play with. What an earth can i do?

Have reposted from special needs education.

You need to tackle the SENCO and get them to do their job. If the teacher doesn't know wtf she's doing, then she needs support, but the basics should have been in place from the first few weeks of his time in MS.
So, I assume he's in reception and joined in September? Didn't he come up with a learning journal and targets/milestones reached from the nursery?
What have the school been doing for 7 months?

He is reception yes but due to leukaemia has missed school start but has done part time hours until January. I have worked with him since he was 2 and a half but at 3 and a half he spent 4 months in hospital. I then did work with him at home when he was well enough.
I just think it shouldn't be down to me as the LSA to work out oh we are making dinosaurs, how can this be adapted for this child or 5 mins before science lesson we are going on a sound walk the doing a work sheet. Had I know would have brought in my camera and taken pictures of things that we would hear so that when others doing worksheet we could have looked at those. What can I say to SENCO.

Firstandthen

This only highlights the problems caused by the Conservative Governments decision in 1984 to stop SEN from being a core topic of UK Teacher Training, obviously this particular group would prefer those who have disabilities would just disappear. At the time the reason given was spending cuts, when they really meant not having professionals qualified to recognise the first symptoms of the wide range of disabilities our children may have.
So since 1984 we have had generations of teachers who have no or very little understanding of SEN issues, as it has not been included as a core (compulsory) part of their training. The real problem for the politicians is that good quality education costs money, which means the tax payer paying higher taxes to cover the costs, and the whole concept of inclusion requires a great deal of especially high initial costs to train those who need to have an understanding of a wide range of issues, currently i doubt if the average Senco would have the knowledge to cover a full inclusion policy at any UK school.

Just what you've said there to us - IF and I stress that 'if' , you are being expected to do all the differentiation, then you need to know a week in advance what the lesson plans are so that you can plan and prepare. Oh, and while you are there, you should ask them for planning and preparation time if you are being expected to do it - I presume you are on an hourly wage ?

Yes am on crap hourly rate. Am just frustrated, class teacher has no clue. I want to see how a school down the road includes a child who has downs syndrome where I know there is good practice. Then I could o along and sort of say a some of the things that they are doing?

First. I really feel for you. You're in no real position to challenge class teacher or Senco and while you don't this small child is being failed.

What do you want to do? What can you do?

Can you fight the school on behalf of this child for them to take more responsibility, or will they support whatever you ask in order for it not to be their responsibility?

Presumably you know the parents well. What do they think?

Has this child a statement?

Not that it's your job to, of course, but have you got This ? School can download it and print it out for you.

Why not approach the SENCO - (or HT ? This is about your CPD after all) and ask if you might be released to go and talk to the other school.
Alos, does your school have a special needs support advisor type person / service ? Ask the SENCo if they might come in and do some training / support.

Thanks for link no I haven't. May well ask SENCO as I feel this could help. I might also try and ask for weekly planning meeting so that child can be planned for.

Parents are great and I have got to know them well by now but I have not mentioned all the problems but they are not happy with lack of communication from school. Child has not git statement yet, long story as to why not. School won't let me go on training! I want to do Elklan ( sp) school said no, there is still money for training. Course was £70 for 8 week course plus all materials etc.

Materials were included in £70

Alli want is for the child to be thought about and planned for.

Would the parents pay for you to go on Moondog's training?

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/special_needs/1417008-Moondogs-training-day-thread-has-moved

Firstandthen

There is a CiteULike Inclusion Research paper sharing group and most of the research papers have been added by a UK based academic. You may find some of them useful to support what you want to achieve