SN child assessment for private school

[zumbaleena]

I have posted here before and am hoping for some sort of input from other mums here. Have any of your kids (ASD or other special needs) sat assessments for any private mainstream schools in London? Mine is sitting two and the school's prospectus say that we must make them aware of any learning difficulty or special needs so they can take care of this while assessing her. But I am wondering if this may go against her. She doesn't have any funny behaviour , may across as speech delayed at the most or may speak too much in the assessment considering her speech is really coming on and she likes to express her boisterously by shouting out what she can see in a book :-)

I don't want to jeopardize her chances or give the assessors a point to turn her down...you see it may or may not work in her favour...any inputs from others???

how old , I think it is normal to be asked to be upfront. Their reaction will tell you volumes about their willingness(or not) to support her. ds was allowed to sit his 13+ entrance tests in a separate, smaller room, using a laptop and with extra time.

3+

But if they don't want a child with ASD in their school then it'll be a disaster.

So you need to tell them precisely because it might influence their judgement.

indigo u r right. better to tell beforehand!

At that age other traits and issues may be yet to appear so you need them to be on the ball and supportive otherwise you could well find yourselves having to move her in future, possibly at short notice. Sad fact that many SEN children are better served in the state sector.

Be upfront about it - you need to be able to see their reaction. If they are reluctent to have her you know it would not be the right school for her.