Help needed again please <<looks at you polter, ineed>>... dd still not settled ...

[frazzledbutcalm]

Won't post background yet as I'm sure many of you will know my situation. Happy to give details though if needed.

Dd still not happy with school life. She's been off 5 days in 2 weeks, but she's made it in every day this week. We've recently had a meeting with school and whilst they're really very good and want to help and support dd, I still think they just don't 'get it'.

My question now is, dd receives level 3 top up funding. Does anyone know how school use that? Is it just for dd, or added to their SN budget and used for any SN for any child? I'm asking because when dd first received her ASD dx a year ago, the psychiatrist said she'd benefit for SALT .. but no-one else seems interested in obtaining this for dd
So, I'm wondering if I can speak to the Senco and ask if they will arrange SALT using dd's top up funding. Would this be reasonable?

Every time I mention SALT/EP/OT ... I just get met with "how will that help dd" and similar expressions. I just feel like no-one is seeing dd through my eyes, no-one is recognising her difficulties. We're happy to pay privately, but surely her top up should fund things?

I'm at the point where I haven't got it in me to be strong anymore ... my mental health is now suffering ...