School not willing to help Autistic child

[ANOTHERLIFEPLS]

Hi all, hope some one can help me. My child is now in high school. They got diagnosed about 15 months ago., with Autism. Primary school refused to help, all of a sudden my child, who was always under achiever, started to do above average once diagnosed. yet DC failed year 6 stats.

Now in high school I was wondering how to get DC the help they need. Should I pay for a private psychologist to assess D.C. I don’t even know how much it would cost and if it would help.

My other D.C. went through school without receiving any help and left school without getting GCSE and has to redo math and English in college. I don’t want to face another 5 years of banging my head on a brick wall again. Please help if you can. What are the best steps to take? Thank you

Speak to the school. Ask for an appointment with the SENCO.
Tell them what you have written here.
Ask them how you can work together to support him.

SENSOS

Thank you, I have spoken to the SENCO and was told that they will be in touch but that was 2 weeks ago. I have also left a number of messages to the head of year. I will get in touch again, should I try email?

Thank you, not heard of them but will try them. Don’t know why schools don’t want to help.

I would now contact a member of the senior leadership team in school. The only way we managed to get a bit of help for Ds was taking it further than the head of year and senco. Emails are good because you always have proof of your contact with the school. Good luck.

Private help could be anywhere between £150-£2000

You could try a private occupational therapist and ask if they can assess at school and at home.

That’s good to hear, I’ll take that move. About how long did it take for things to fall in place?

Thanks, quite expensive then, did not think it would be that high. Just want DC to do well, which they can if the right help is given.

ANOTHER it took us making quite a big complaint but it did work. The school admitted they had fallen short. The school had left it up to the head of year to make sure Ds was supported and he has done absolutely nothing and would never even reply to our emails. We don't deal with him anymore thankfully.

It's taken a while to get where we are now. Don't worry about complaining. Unfortunately it seems that most parents have to fight to get any kind of support. I was worried about being thought of as a difficult parent but sometimes we just have to push to get what our children need.

I am so happy you DC got the help they needed. 🙂 I do hate making complaints just dread it all ☹️.
I have started by sending an email to the head of year and also the SENCO, lets see what happens.

One parent told me that I should have done it at Primary school as high schools are just not interested 😟