Hi all. We have a daughter with a rare chromosome deletion that has just started secondary school. She is actually a bright little spark who has a remarkable way of being able to read non verbal communication and manipulating many situations to her advantage. She scored levels 3 and 4 in her SATS. She was at mainstream primary with a full statement. The problem is she just doesn't seem to 'fit' anywhere!! We visited lots of educational settings both special and mainstream. We found that the children in the special schools had far more severe learning difficulties than our daughter. After lots of meetings with her then teachers we opted to send her to a mainstream secondary school that was very inclusive.
I realise that it is only early days, just a week in, but my gut feeling is this just isn't going to work . She is struggling with friendships (she is very young socially) and the work she is able to produce without the 1 to 1 support is very poor. All I want is for her to be happy and have friends. Can anyone tell me where children like this should go to school?? Any advice greatly appreciated as I feel like I am getting it so wrong.
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