Hi,
My 4 year old starts primary school this year. Our first choice was a special provision school but we were given our 2nd choice which is a mainstream school. We had a meeting with nursery, the new school's SENDCO and someone from SALT and IDS. The school SENDCO made some comments that really my child should be in a special provision school and they aren't sure how much they will be able to meet my child's needs (despite saying they could on consultation with SENDAR).
Up until now I've been really confident that my child will cope well at mainstream with the support set out in his EHCP. However now they have put some doubts in my head. Realistically though I know we can't change anything now and we will just have to hope for the best. We loved the school when we visited (my son did too) they seemed really well set up for children with SEN (they have a additional SEN unit once past the reception age) and my instinct said 'this is where he needs to be' so I was a bit upset by the negativity. Everyone else on the call knows my child well and they were nothing but positive and saying how pleased they were with the progress they had seen in the last few months.
Does anyone else have a child with ASD & GDD in a mainstream setting? How has your child found it and have the school been with their needs?