STATEMENT: quick question?????

[bonkerz]

So what can i ask to be in Dss statement?

Have to write appeal letter today and DSs statement is preaty basic.
Can i ask that all people involved with DS has restraint training? (seeing as he has to be held daily at school?)
Can i ask for funding to be provided as extra? (seeing as MS have said they cannot fund)
Can i ask DS is taught in small classes/groups? (the report from CAMHS recommends this although in MS its never gonna happen!)
Can i ask for teachers to be ASD aware even though report says DS has just anxiety issues it recommends he is taught by specialised teachers!!!

What else should i make sure is included???

Here's my thoughts, but forgive me if I get things wrong as don't know your exact situation. You need it to say, I think , that DS has significant special educational needs including major difficulties with social communication, language and following instructions. You should also say that he has hyperactive tendencies, plus sensory and anxiety issues and therefore needs full time LSA support in the classroom and at playtimes/lunchtime to avoid health and safety risks to himself and others. Ideally, you need him to be taught in smaller groups, but that might take you down the route of special needs schools and if you are trying for mainstream as you say it's not going to happen, so an LSA is best. By putting that in the statement, it means it has to be funded. Yes, you should ask for teachers involved with DS and for his full time LSA to have training in ASD and also restraint training. It is crucial that he has an LSA who knows what they are doing. My DS is in mainstream with an ABA-trained shadow and it wouldn't work if he wasn't, as the teachers are just scared to approach DS when he's in a mood about something

My theory is, you ask for everything and leave them some room to knock you back.

I would think that he needs an LSA to be in mainstream and you should go for it?

Parent partnership should help too - but ask for the moon and you might get the stars, don't go in too modestly
xx

thanks AMam,
he already has full time and we are appealing againt name of school and to get enhanced package. Ideally we want him in the autistic unit and are sure that the unit and the ms together would meet Dss needs fine BUt he cant access the unit because we have no DX! PP have been out and said we can mention that teachers need to have restraint training and also put he needs enhanced package because he needs emotional counselling and specialist teachers which is not the norm in MS schools. We are also going to request the small classess BUT thats not available in MS only in the unit so may force their hand to do special admission without dx becasue all the needs that the school have recognised meet criteria for ASD.

Bonkerz

am emailing you my son's part 3. please feel free to pick bits out and use if if you want.

All the best.

cheers, i appreciate that! its all so bloody hard but thought whilst im appealing the name of school i may as well add in more!

flying mum thanks for the email. think a couple of the paragraphs will be very useful.