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fed up with my sons school

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karla5 · 05/05/2004 13:28

need to rant i am sick fed up of my sons school he suffers from aspbergers and they dont seem to either care or understand his needs.The past few days he has come home in tears been kept in a break time for not finishing his work. though he says he cant do the work,every day is just a nightmare dosent want to go to school wants to go on strike like the nursery he says. seen the teacher about it today and she said i suggest you take off his cotton wool trousers and jacket before he comes to school i am livid

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hercules · 05/05/2004 14:47

Who diagnosed him?

karla5 · 05/05/2004 14:49

consultant pediatrician and a respected psychologist there is no doubts in anyone who knows him that this is a correct diagnosis

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hercules · 05/05/2004 14:51

I asked because I wanted to know what backup and support you were getting not cos i doubted you. Do these people give advise to the school? If I were you I would use these people in order to take your case further to get the support your child is entitled to.

karla5 · 05/05/2004 14:53

didn't mean to sound techy i'm really just having one of those days where you could run away and stay on a desert island

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twogorgeousboys · 05/05/2004 21:23

karla5

Have come back to this thread and am very shocked at the rude and apathetic response you are getting from people in the education system who are supposed to be professionals and there TO HELP YOU.

I can see no excuse for some of the things that have been said to you.

If you feel you have done all you can to try to get this school to support your little boy properly (including meeting with the Head)and they still aren't listening, can I suggest the following.

Write to the Director of Education for the Local Education Authority. You can find out his/her name from the relevant LEA website.

Don't tell the school you are doing this, just go ahead and do it.

Outline all your grievances, including the highly inappropriate things that have been said to you. You do not have to name names; it will be quite obvious who is involved without you needing to do this.

I'm fairly sure that the LEA will have some sort of charter in place which means the Director must respond to you within a certain time.

You have said there are no alternative schools in the area, but if this is the case it does not mean you should have to put up with what is happening and going to the LEA may be the only way to resolve this.

The trouble with all this is it takes a lot of time and emotional effort. My sister and I recently spent 3 solid days working out what the hell had happened when her son changed school and suddenly stopped making any progress, fell badly behind etc etc. We got together the "ammo" needed for her to go in to the Head and make her realise that the school had to take some responsibility for what had been happening. She was really dreading it, but is very relieved as finally after 3 years, she feels she is being listened to.

karla5 · 06/05/2004 10:39

thanks to every one who posted replies it has made me relise that i'm not alone and i've decided not to give up trying i am my sons advocate and i need to know that i have done the best for him

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