DLA WAIT TIMES THREAD 55

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Hello everybody, I have made a new thread please put in your scan date, hopefully we hear some good news this month. please be kind and feel free to share scan date, entitlement award and what child is diagnosed with as others in similar position can feel uplifted in these stressful times. 💐

New claims (NC) are taking ‘around’ 20 weeks.
Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) & Change Of Circumstances (COC) between 20-25 weeks approx.
Renewals between 15-20 weeks approx
tribunals: when you disagree with MR and are considered by a court

scan date (SD) date form was scanned on the system and counting weeks for decision

original claim date: date you called up for the forms and you will be backdated

UC : universal credit
DWP: department of work and pensions
DM: decision maker; the person who assesses each claim and awards/decline a case

number for an update (0800) 121-4600

currently we are beginning of July and some last June dates! xx

Congratulations hun :) xxx

SMI & VUW are the two behavioural criteria’s that you can go down for HRM not the only two ways to qualify.
there’s also-
not being able to walk at all
Having no legs/feet
blind or severely sight impaired
Being blind and deaf
there’s a little more to each point but that’s in short

Hi, I’m a 1:1 LSA in a primary school. If you haven’t got a response from senco, you should get in touch with the headteacher and say you have a safeguarding issue. Tell them you want a better behaviour management plan as your son is struggling with the current behaviour managements in place. It is extremely unreasonable for your son to be told off for tapping his pen, I’d deffo raise that. Make your voice heard. Us mummies have more say over what happens in the classroom and what support is given then we think xxx

Thank you for this I’m giving him a day off today and ringing the school as he is expressing he is scared of this ta and afraid to talk at all now. He doesn’t haven’t great communication anyway without this added. So he is licking his lips to self sooth because he is uncomfortable with this ta and she in his class everyday. This is now physical impact as his lips are so bad, we have only had this once with one other teacher and he is in year 5. Thankfully that got sorted, but we there again.. drives me mad. X

It makes me so sad that these teaching staff don't always understand our babies and their needs. I keep trying to explain to my dds school that she needs coregulation not 'telling off' because if you tell her off you've lost her for the entire day, where as if you help her Co regulate then you can get her back. A lot of the time it's the old school thinking of "they are being naughty so need to be told off otherwise you are letting them get away with it". With a SEN child they cannot help their behaviour when they are dysregulated, it is most definitely not a choice to be 'badly' behaved.
Morning rant over 🙈

I am that person calling every day! Waiting for the lines to open. So happy for everyone awarded, but desperate for it to be our turn (sd 8/7 nc)

I just spoke to schoolnand sen is ringing me back asap. As I mentioned safeguarding and no child should be scared of someone especially in a safe place like a school, they said this needs to be sorted, I suggested that maybe they need to intervene now and hold a meeting with the ta, sen and Leighton to move forward positively with this before the situation gets out of hand, they totally agreed they will be sharing this with the head as well! Seems as soon as you say safeguarding they listen, but you shouldn’t have to. Also I’m getting a behaviour plan as suggested by the nice lady above xx

I feel the exact same! Especially when seeing people on fb being awarded and their reward date is 28/08! They must really not do things in order of submission date

@Kimh95 are you phoning today? Someone this morning got backpay for 11/07 which means they was done either end of last week or beginning of this week if it takes 3/5 days to get to us x

my boy is currently waiting for a place in a specialist setting but attends a mainstream atm. And honestly his teachers are absolutely amazing. His key person for 1:1 absolutely adores him and he adores her, he’s happy leaving me to go to her every morning. And another of his teachers is actually the school senco, so I feel that I got lucky with the schooling. I visited numerous schools before asking for this one if specialist wasn’t available and I’m really glad I did. There’s no telling him off, they obviously have boundaries but it’s all re direction and if things are too much and he becomes deregulated to he point he can’t be spoken too, they asked for my permission to pick him up and remove him from the situation once sensory room or outdoor and water play. They keep me updated on everything throughout the day and have took so much time to get to know him and his additional needs which is a lot, and they are still learning new things about him as they go along. So I’m feeling quite blessed at how well trained his teachers are🥹

SD 12/07
getting the kids ready for school and stupidly missed my phone, DM left a voicemail to say she needs some very important information to proceed and make a decision! Said keep my phone on and they will try again between now and 5:30pm 😩 I’m so anxious as I don’t know what that means, I didn’t miss anything off the form X

I’m 28/08 and I know I’m nowhere near getting a decision was told it probably won’t be before Xmas

Don’t worry they have rang me twice with my two boys claims to check information and they both get hrc fingers crossed for you xx

It’s a stim and soothing for them, just like fidgets, it works the same hun xx

Thank you! That makes me feel a bit better 🤣😬 I already have it in my head it’s a decline so anything positive is a bonus I guess lol xx

Apologies. I think I had just interpreted what I had been told which you're right, it is the behavioural criteria side of it x

I’m the 6/8 new claim, been told different things like “definitely before Christmas” and “I have no idea why someone would tell you before Christmas” hahaha x

Sd 12 july coc
Just called they said there's still no decision and if I don't hear by the 29th witch is 20 weeks to call back

I want to but Im going to try hold off till next week only 18 weeks today. Saying that I’ll probably change my mind by the afternoon and call them😂😂 are you going to? X

I was told this yesterday! And I’m now waiting for DM to call me today as missed it this morning x

I don’t think they said before Xmas I think they said probably not this year as my 20 weeks isn’t till 7th jan and that’s how long they are talking! Just I know I won’t get it before Xmas, which would helped my family loads like many others xx

I live in a house with 5 children , ages 6months, 8y, 10y, 11y and 35y (this one is 3 months older than me) and not one of them remembers to put the seat up in the morning!! Not one. Pretty sure they go in a helicopter at this point!!

Congratulations 👏 you will need to call the benefits your currently recieving for a back payment and when applying for UC you will need to declare that your child receives DLA and you care for them x

I was thinking the same very tempted to call 🤣🤣 if people are getting payments they maybe on our week (hopeful thinking at this point in time) 🤣🤣 xx

Just called, still no decision. She said I should definitely have a decision between now and the end of Monday as that's when I'm 20 weeks, although I am most definitely not filled with confidence that that's going to happen.