How to get out of TAC meetings without damaging future relationships?

[babiki]

Just had a call about TAC meeting in May, whom to invite etc. I realised I don't actually want to do them at all, the first (and only one so far) was a lot of hot air in any case, totally useless. I was uncomfortable the whole time, as I complained about the Physio and OT, who are both waste of space.

Did you get out of yours? Was it seen as uncooperative?
They used the minutes from our one at the Tribunal, I know now the therapists are all buddies wit the Education and there mjust a lot of talk about us...

We lost Tribunal over refusal to asess but have applied to Upper Tribunal and the case is being reviewed now as well (by the same judge). One of the contested issues is independent OT report and her recommendations...

What could I say to stop the TAC meetings without damaging future cooperation - DS is only 3 and a half so will have to see all the muppets anyway at some point again.
The only one that is helpful is SAlt, maybe I could have a TAC meeting just with her

I meant DCD of course, sorry
maybe CDC also means something :)

OK

ok will do

I have a TAC meeting for DS3 'soon'.

I however, have the DDA and the equality act to be behind my request to record the meeting, as I have memory issues caused by my disability.

Everybody hates it, but then I can type up the transcript and send them a copy.

I'm hoping that this means that nobody can wriggle out of things!

(I'm in Essex...)

Parent partnership might have someone now - we've been 4 years without one in our part of North Essex. They're in the LA's pocket, but at least it will be somebody there with us.

My Ex is even going to take the time off work...

My goal from the TAC meeting is for them to see that due to DS3's issues, MS Nursery isn't the correct placement for him, I have found a perfectly good SN Nursery, the Specialist Pre-School Education Assessor agreed with me, and I'm just waiting for an answer from the pre-school assessment board to finalise this placement.

I want some proper SALT help - even if it is just a Makaton course.

I want a referral to OT to assess and tell me if there is any equipment to help him with his hypermobile joints - I get DLA, am happy to buy most equipment myself from that, just want advice.

I want Physio to actually SEE him, rather than just 'keep him on their books', as I don't want to run the risk of him developing kyphosis like DS2.

I want a referral to the allergist at the Evelina in London, rather than the local one, as the local one didn't listen to me properly, filled his report with inaccuracies, though did dx DS3 with anaphylaxis to dairy, tree bits and peanuts, and also with an allergy to soy.

I want them all to accept that I am not 'over exaggerating' his health issues and disabilities, but that I just want what is best for him right now, and that I feel that Early Intervention is far more cost effective, with better outcomes, than a 'watchful wait', having been here twice before.

I would like to go on a course directed at parents of toddlers with Autism / ADHD for support. (Though he hasn't got a firm dx of ADHD due to age, he does have a dx of hyperactivity 'with a high probability of ADHD'). His ADOS is in May, so I'm hoping that the TAC meeting us postponed until after that.

The Specialist Pre-School assessor is recommending sensory integration therapy - so at the very least it has been recognised that DS3 has some sensory processing issues.

Along with his severely delayed speech, I don't feel that MS Nursery, especially with the drop in ratios from 1:3 to 1:4 in September, is going to be an appropriate placement for him - and neither do the local pre-schools!

Blimey Couthy. I know it isn't supposed to work like this, but if it wasn't for you know, all your kinds and stuff you could probably make quite a bit as an independent advocate.

Wow Couthy, I can see the point of TAC for you!
Agree with Star, once you got the kids sorted in the best possible way you can have a great career ahead of you :)

But getting Physio to SEE a child in Essex will be difficult! Our one is very good at 'observing' and writing hilarious reports but never actually touched ds :) I don't know why they just don't call themselves 'assesors' instead of therapists.

Last year, while still being very naive I have asked about hydrotherapy and she almost kneeled over laughing...so funny, isn't it, that something widely available in so-called Eastern European countries (hands on physio and hydrotherapy) is seen as a luxury in one of the richest countries in the world!!

If they get rid of all the air hot bullshit meetings and Early Support huge bibles etc maybe they could actually do stuff that works...

Would it pain you to know that my DS2 is actually getting hydrotherapy?

It's taken until he is 9yo, has developed kyphosis from lack of Physio input, and is in severe pain though...

Believe me, 15 years ago, when I first had DD, I was bloody clueless!

I thought, naively, that these therapists etc actually DID stuff...

Little did I know!

I only know how to work the system to my advantage because I've spent a decade and a half attempting to navigate it...

And even now, there's plenty that I don't know!!

Believe me, 15 years ago, when I first had DD, I was bloody clueless!

I thought, naively, that these therapists etc actually DID stuff...

Little did I know!

I only know how to work the system to my advantage because I've spent a decade and a half attempting to navigate it...

And even now, there's plenty that I don't know!!

Sorry for double post.

Couthy that's wonderful that ds2 is getting it! And so he should!

I have spent every summer in a rehabilitation centre (we call it spa) having various types of physio and hydrotherapy etc..because of my arthritis. It was not that bad (diagnosed when I was 6) but it was preventetive - and it probably worked, as I am very lucky and it has not deteriorated much at all.