OK...i know this has been discussed before.
Now i know that its not for a teacher to decide if they think a child should be statemented...and i understand i'nm best to apply as i can appeal....but this statementing thing seems so hard to me tio put into words what my sons need- as how do they measure the emotional needs and capabilities of a child and what support they need.
i have my 10 yr old throwing himseld off the climing frame last week in his words to 'kill himself'...further telling me later that he 'even tried rolling off the bark - onto the stones to try and get cut'
then my 13 year old cutting slices out of his school sweatshirt sleeves...because he was not coping in class...and later that night when i was still ranting about sweatshirts costing £14 etc....i tried not to..but DLA only covers so many lost/cut school clothes/school bags....and so far he's got through 1 bag and lost 1 jacket...and cut 1 sweatshirt....and its only his 2nd full week back at school.
and then when i moaned just a bit too much he said
"well, would you rather i cut myself or my jumper?" (in the past he has bitten his upper arms in act of self harm...so it worries me that he pokes compasses into his hands,,,,and now this with scissors)
so i am at the point where i want someone to take their needs seriously....but if they just look at achademic stuff...mine are average at least. (tom cannot write...but they keep saying 'but we know he's got it up there'....well i'd like him to have a sense of achievement and be able to record his work- wither on PC or with a scribe etc....plus...someone keeping an eye so he doesn't cut himself.
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MissesF · 19/09/2007 22:59
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