EHCP help please

[AornisHades]

Dd has ASD, is academically very able but has massive problems with anxiety and is struggling to cope in Y7 at mainstream.
We managed (after a battle) to get her needs assessed and tbh I was expecting another battle to get them to give her an EHCP.
Except it's come through. We haven't asked for the moon on a stick, and the EP who assessed her made recommendations that I was happy with.
And now I'm slightly flummoxed. Obviously I want to accept it straightaway. But should I push for absolutely everything we could want or should I settle for what looks like a reasonable provision? I know we can review it if her needs change or increase and I'm a bit worried they'll take it away again in a year's time.
I hadn't really considered ever getting to this stage so I hadn't jumped the gun and prepared.
So go in all guns blazing or take it as it is and see how we go?
TIA

I'm not sure why you would 'go in all guns blazing' if you have been given what you wanted ?
The key is now in seeing that the school is able to deliver the provision written in to the EHCP - not always easy when there are so many staff involved.
If the support given doesn't resolve the issues, then you can ask for more at the review, and if it does, then your argument is clear - that she copes with the support, which clearly wasn't happening without the support, which is the evidence it is needed.
It would be pretty unusual to have an EHCP removed on it's first review though.

There are a couple of things we had put down that aren't included. They are at the lower end of needs.
Sorry the phrase 'all guns blazing' is the wrong term. I'm so used to having to fight her corner for every little thing that it feels a bit strange to not have to push back.
School say they can and tbh they have made efforts now.
Thanks for replying :) I need to remember how to relax!

Our LEA are driving me made at the moment by being reluctant to make changes to ds1's EHCP that was basically written when he was ten (he is now sixteen) to account for changing needs.

The irony is that it would actually be in there best interests as the support currently is geared for the more expensive SS option whereas he wants to go to mainstream for sixth form. They are currently saying they can only make changes based on an EP report (he last saw the LEA one at age ten) rather than his current schools (who might just have a better idea of what he needs having worked with him for four and a half years and have their own EP anyway).

Anyway, the moral of this rant is that it is worth trying to get support tight now as they may well be reluctant to change things at a later date. Look, particularly, at the wording to make sure it is specified tightly e.g. access to might mean anything from a daily intervention to never.

How frustrating One. Hope he gets on well in Sixth Form :)
That's a good point about the language. I shall check it. Thank you :)

Congratulations OP. A celebration is in order

But the fight never stops I am affraid, sadly. As One said, get everything he needs in now. There should be effective provisions for all documented needs. Why would you leave any needs without provisions or ineffective provisions? It will create further problems. In my experience new challenges and new needs emerge at every turn in secondary school. It does not get easier, to the contrary. So your EHCP needs to have this capacity to respond to future needs in form of resources like TA time, ASD teacher, OT, SALT. You also need to inbuild the leavers to ask for provisions in form of strategies or points in section F and the outcomes. For example should your DD obtain some specific qualifications or just attain school? Should these qualifications be conduceve to the world of work, i.e. should the EHCP be maintained for further education after yeat 11? Get some advice on the suitable outcomes. NAS tribunal helpline advisers are very helpful in checking EHCPs. They read all your reports and proposed EHCP. They will give you a stir on improving the text, and advise if you are missing something based on extensive experience specific to ASD. Later the LA will tend to take things out, unless there will be major implosion again, which is likely if needs were not fully met, if provisions were insufficient. So sadly in my experience there is no relaxation... keep your guns loaded and be ready to fire for years to come..