Been advised to talk to my SEN officer at the lea

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Should I? I am appealing a nil and two people have suggested telling them what I want.

Not sure it's a good idea?

Who has advised you to speak to them?
In your appeal paperwork you will have stated what you want from them, surely?

It's a good idea to keep lines of communication open with the LEA, my solicitor advised me to, but i don't see the value in calling them and telling them what you want when your appeal paperwork already states this.

In my experience if the LEA want to speak to you then they will call you. I used to have phone calls from them every fortnight throughout my appeal so that they could update me on different things. They seemed to be allergic to emails no matter how much i tried to engage them in written correspondence

I have never stated what I want in the statement, just that I want him to have one.

Early years support ( for sn toddler) and private ed psych both said I should tell the lea what I want to be enforced. Ie 1:1 salt and ot

I suppose they're suggesting that if you tell him what you think should be in the statement, he may accept that you need one. But I can't see that happening unless and until you have got independent evidence to support what you are saying.

It's quite useful before the hearing to produce something like a working document showing what you think should be in a statement.