Independent report for daughter's tribunal

[shelsley]

Hi, we live in Somerset, are going to tribunal to get my 19 year old daughter with Down's Syndrome into a residential FE college and have been advised to get independent Ed Psych report, an Independent Social Worker's report and a speech & lang report to use as evidence. Can anyone recommend any of these that they've used and have been successful at tribunal? Desperate! Thanks.

Hi, this may be a little of the mark but there is a charity called BIBIC (based in Langport Somerset) who provide holistic assessments of children with special needs and write reports about all the needs of the child. Because it is a charity they charge reduced rates for the services they provide. I just had a look on the website and it says they do support with EHCPs, I didn't see tribunals mentioned though.

It may be worth ringing them as they are also Somerset based and may know which direction to point you in.

Thanks livpotter, I'll have a look.

You could try an educational psychologist called Ann Baumber who has good experience with Down's Syndrome. However, she's extremely busy and difficult to get hold of.