Hi,
I hope I’ve put this in the right section and you don’t mind me posting here.
My DS, 7 Y3, is diagnosed ASD. His behavioural issues started in preschool and he started school with thorough communication between the preschool and school, although it was still quite difficult with meltdowns and extreme anger and occasional violence against other children. He is now in Y3 with a comprehensive Action Plan, which we review regularly, and is so much better behaved now.
So that’s the backstory, school and the Senco have always been great, on the ball and helpful.
But.. I have recently applied for DLA for DS and handed in my form to the school office to fill in their bit, but they just didn’t do it! The Senco claimed she couldn’t because she was part time and passed it onto the Head, who just left it in the office until I collected it because it needed to be sent back. I have sent it with copies of every bit of paperwork I could, his diagnosis letter, Ed Psych reports, the Action Plan and a form the school completed in Reception (I think) saying he was a ‘4’ on the scale of difficult behaviour (1-5 so pretty extreme). Do you think that will be enough or will they reject it because school haven’t filled in their part? Has anyone else had this problem?
Thank you for taking the time to read, sorry it’s so long!