can salt do this?

[armani]

my dd has a statement and is mainstream school. currently recieves 21 hrs of ta support. she is in yr3 and has dx of global learning difficulties, phonological disorder and motor coordination disorder.

she has been recieving 1:1 salt for an hour a week with a slt. slt has said that as her needs are continous and she needs therapy all the time to progress they are transferring her therapy to ta who can offer continuous therapy in classroom setting. im fine with this apart from have today found out slt have closed her case and recommend school rerefer in yr6 for assessment.

ta is not qualified in slt. how can she effectively monitor dds progress and set new targets etc without slt input? dds statement does state that she should have 1:1 direct therapy with a slt but slt can discharge when they feel necessary. statement also states that slt needs to be involved with her education plan and have termly reviews with ta. but they have also placed nhs slt in parts 5 and 6.

can I complain about this?
just to add i am appealing statement through tribunal and am in process of arranging an indi slt assessment.

If it is written in statement that SALT can discharge when they feel necessary, then they can. They will probably fob you off with TA will monitor and discuss with SALT as necessary.

Doesn't mean to say that you cannot question it though and find out what the plan of action is, especially if you are appealing statement.

My DD has the TA do the SLT in class and the SALT comes in every half term to assess, observe and set targets. DD has not been discharged. This is in her statement.

thanks for the reply claw. I thought that would be the case.

ta wouldnt be able to contact the slt though as they have completely discharged dd from their services and the slt involved was from a different lea, as she was only involved as I requested SA. so it will be literally down to the ta and teacher.

sorry x post sally. that is what I thought would happen with dd ...
its confusing as in part 3 it states that dd needs direct 1:1 therapy with a slt, slt can discharge when necessary.
yet later on in part 3 it states dd needs slt termly input, liason with ta to access national curriculm. here it says nothing about discharge.

think I might run it past my solicitor on monday.

The bit about termly input etc should still happen - but it doesn't have to be NHS. The duty to make sure provision in part 3 is carried out falls on the LA. If NHS stop providing it the LA must provide it e.g. via private SLT

I have never come across a statement which says a SLT can discharge - usually provision should only be removed following a review of the statement.

I would be asking the LA to now make alternative arrangements to provide the Part 3 provision as the NHS has declined to continue doing so and of course you can ask for SLT wording to be improved and all in Part 3 at tribunal.

If your LA is a pathfinder under new SEN bill I would ask for direct payments to pay your own SLT to provide termly input etc

Cerebra do £500 grants for SLT for children who are not receiving the SLT they need.

thankyou agnes your reply is really helpful.
Unfortunately my lea seem to be a nightmare when it comes to statements and sen provision. dds statement is not specified or quantified in any way and all therapy included is followed with a disclaimer saying discharge will be based on therapists clinical decision when necessary. As a result both salt and ot have discharged despite dd not progressing and working at p levels so not accessing the national curriculm.

I have asked the lea numerous times to specify and quantify but they have just written back giving excuses that it is down to the school to do so. they then finalised the statement hence the tribunal appeal.

fortunately I have found an experienced solicitor who ensures me we have a strong case for tribunal.