Hi everyone, I hope this is the right place for my question. I'll just plunge straight in!
DS8 has a diagnosis of ADHD and anxiety. Loads and loads of supporting information, including from CAMHS. He doesn't have an EHCP but he's on the SEN register and has quite a lot of support, for which we're very grateful. He is in a mainstream primary and doing well for the most part.
My issue is that the school apply the behaviour policy in a very rigid way - there is no acknowledgment that his behaviour transgressions might be a result of his ADHD - we are consistently told he ''made the wrong choice." They also seem to be under the impression that if he has enough sanctions he will eventually change his behaviour.
I want to approach them and ask them to make reasonable adjustments to the behaviour policy and take into account his diagnosis. I found a decision of the SEND Tribunal on this very issue (a secondary school child who had ADHD), which states that blanket application of behaviour policies without regard to SEN issues was disability discrimination. However I don't want to go in waving the law around as an opening move. DS has a few more years at this school (I hope!) and I want to maintain good relations. I accept there should be some response to his behaviour but don't think that continually giving him internal exclusions is appropriate or effective.
Does anyone have any experience of this and have any advice to pass on?