Ds has been eating in school and happier!! however....

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when I asked ds what has changed he said he has lunch at a different time, so he can find a table and sits on his own and get away from others.

Playtime the other children are still mean, but he has a bigger playground and can get away from them now and be on his own.

Also he says he is no good at talking and others ignore him when he does and this makes him sad, so he just doesn't bother anymore.

OT is saying she has seen a different child this term and I have too at home. However it seems this is due to ds isolating himself.

Do I keep banging on to school about working on his social skills etc or just accept that ds is happier when he doesn't have to bother interacting?

Dear OT

Improvement now reduced as child sat near him & had some homework. Pls can I have your ideas how to get back in track...

I've been advised to get a private OT opinion about the sensory stuff since you're Unable to recommend it at present. Do you think this is necessary?

Meir I did the first bit, I recorded ds getting distressed and sent to OT asking for her suggestions as I was keen to maintain the progress. I also mentioned in previously email that ds was distressed and crying/refusing swimming as not allowed goggles ie different child and good 3 days apart from distress caused by.....

I will wait for proposed, supposedly due at the end of last week.

Then there are ds's IEP targets, same ones for over a year now. With vague evaluations of the ones they let me write.

Like ds will do x, y, z at least three times a week. Evaluation - partly achieved - he has improved, he can do a, b c! Which part was achieved! He was supposed to achieve x,y,z what the hell does a,b,c have to do with it!

I will lay off and just wait for Tribunal.

Sigh. Sometimes you wonder if there are special courses in how to act utterly dense and obstructive whenever parents approach

Been round 2 secondaries recently. Not certain they can meet needs, but the conversations have been a revelation. SEN support professionals without the carrots, the obfuscation, the ditziness, the patronizing sympathy. Just 'we do this a lot, yes we could do that, no I think such-and-such is beyond us'