can you choose the 1:1 support your child has at ms school???????????

[bubble78]

my son is due to start ms school in september hopefully with full time 1:1 support

i was just wondering if us as the parents have a say in who it can be its just his playschool teacher (level 2 ) teacher would go onto school with him and do this job if it was aloud and my son and her have a great bond he has asd and no speech so someone he new would be great but i just dont know if this is aloud

any ideas??

no the school decide

they either advertise or use one of the support teachers they already have on the staff I believe

we found that the new support that dd got when she started at mainstream was much more experienced at a primary school level even though the one she had at nursery was good; it was much better to have new and more experienced support

Hi bubble78

My ds1 is in mainstream with a 1:1 all day. I had the same reservations as yourself at the beginning. It takes a long time for bonds to be made and trust to be built. The school employed a new "helper" for ds1. She has had to learn Makaton, learn about his communication aid, learn how to administer his medicin if he has a fit. I think that part of going to ms school for my ds1 has been to learn to make new bonds and trust different people. It hasn't taken long for him to trust someone different and I think at ms school there are so many different adults, helpers, dinnerladies etc, they get used to taking instruction of different adults quite well. I have also made sure that I have given his 1:1 as much information as I can about his disability, stuff I have got from the internet, books etc. I thought initially it was too much info but the teachers have been only to happy to learn as much about a sn child in their class as they possibly can and are greatful when I keep throwing info at them. I should try not to worry too much. Just make sure that when a new 1:1 comes along, you stay "in their face" and make quick friends with them. Thats what I did. Good luck

No. I worried about this too but DS is now in Y2 and had had a different 1to1 every year. I think this is a good thing. Some are better than others but that's life really.. and our children have to learn to accept more than just one or two favourite people. The one he has this year I would love him to "keep"..(although know he can't); she clearly adores him but doesn't take any of his crap and he subsequently achieves a lot more! Last year's was a bit of a drama queen given to writing such dreadfully negative messages in his home/school book that I dreaded them!

This year's write messages with lots of humour and emoticons (the latter which she got off me and I use because of Mumsnet!! ). Even when he's been truly dreadful she tells me in a constructive way.. usually with some humour as well. Bless her.

no but you can make a request if a teacher he has hd previously could be considered for the role.

I have certainly made my case loud and clear when i have thought DS's 1:1 wasn't right for him.

The school decides. Learning support workers tend to earn a lot less than teachers and tend not to be trained teachers, so I doubt that your sons teacher would make the move. Depending on where she is on the teacher pay scale, she could end up halving her salery!

The poor pay for LSWs is a disgrace!

she is a level 2 teacher at his playschool and the progress he has made there which is mainly due to her helping him to interact etc is amazing.
thanks all its something i will look into

Hi Bubble78,

"my son is due to start ms school in september hopefully with full time 1:1 support"

When you write "hopefully" I am wondering whether there is a "Statement of Special Needs" in place at all. If there is that's all well and good for your son.

If your DS however, does not have a Statement in place then 1 to 1 support will not be readily forthcoming.

yes he has a staement of special needs