Not sure if any one really remembers me, I tend to lurk a lot and only pop up when I need advise or feel I have advise to offer (not often). My ds, who is nearly 8 has ASD and speech and language delays, along with behaviour issues and sensory problems.
About 8/9 months or so back I asked on here about moving my son's school to what I thought would be a very good fit for my son after nearly 3 years in his school of well meaning people but seeing very little progress and in terms of his behaviour an out of control spiral down hill, as in I was getting reports of violent bahaviour on a daily basis and getting asked to 'wait behind for a word' after school every day knowing full well that every parent there knew full well what about. Very isolating waiting there. I admit to dithering a little, afraid that if I moved him I might make things worse as the staff at his school seemed genuinely nice people.
Well, after the advise on here I realised that letting him stagnate was worse than taking a chance for a better future and after months of CAF and TAC meetings, constant phone calls, chasing people up and an early review of his statement I finally got confirmation of his transfer mere days before the end of the school year :)
Not only did I get the transfer to a resource unit, the only class like it in the borough that specailises in children not profound enough to be in a unit but with significant areas of difficulties, but I also got an increase in his statement.
And the difference, after a rocky start ds is thriving, not only have I not heard of a single violent incident in weeks, they have very quickly sussed him out and have hired extra help for lunch times and afternoons, started the process for an ADHD assessment and his academic progress has gone through the roof, I can actually read his writing, he is reading books, I am having calm and quite frankly amazingly insightful conversations with him.
Thank you all so much for the advise you gave, whether you remember it or not it has made a huge difference to both my life and ds's, I am enjoying my son again, I don't dread the afternoon pick up any more. It's an amazing feeling and after so many battles, first for a statement, then a dx, then the actual move I finally feel that the future is full of potential :)
And yes, I do love to ramble 