One to one at secondary

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Does anyone have this as part of EHCP Plan? Mainstream with one to one support has worked fantastic at primary so i just assumed that would be what would happen secondary. but LEA are saying it's not appropriate/bad for independence at secondary. Need to decide whether I fight them on it so would love to hear others opinions.

Ds had 1-1 for about 75% of lessons in Y7 without an EHCP.

Frontloading the support instead of waiting and seeing where he fell apart mean he didn't fall apart and by Y9 (last year) he had no 1-1 in lessons at all.

The independence argument is lazy nonsense.

Yes that's a really good way of looking at it thank you for your experience. The way the lea are talking it's like it never happenseen and couldn't possibly be successful

Will they be going to mainstream?

Hopefully so. But not sure they will cope without one to one. He's done so well mainstream primary (special primary for him was a disaster) I'm hoping not to throw him back into special ed if one to one can work. Especially as i havent felt any of the local SEN secondarys have been right at all. But LEA aren't agreeing to it atm which is ridiculous as from their perspective it's got to be the cheapest option. They are saying one to one secondary isn't done anymore and is bad for independence skills. . Trying to get a wider perspective on this before it ends up potentially in tribunal

^^yes yes to what polter said!

Will your DS accept 1-2-1? A friend has an LA allocated to her son and he hates being seen as different. He has ASD in mainstream.

Do you have a specialist outreach team in your area who could advise? Our local special school runs it in our area and they advise on SEN Support in mainstream. You might be able to access them through your SENCO or self refer