semantic pragmatic disorder and help in school

[spacegirl]

My ds2 is about to start school (4). He hasn't been dx yet but this or asd or both have been mentioned. The specialist salt and ed psych are coming into school. Is it possible for him to have one to one or what kind of help should I be trying to access for him. The transition workers and nursery are saying that the foundation phase is good and they can see how he copes but I wonder if i should be looking into other schools or help or I just think he is heading for a fall and I don't want that. Has anyone else got experience. He has speech but it is delayed and disordered.

SPD

Hello Spacegirl, I googled SPD to see what it was, that link was really good reading, my ds (also 4, no dx, poss HFA/SPD type issues) gets one to one support in mainstream (attached to the primary school) nursery, but we live in Scotland so he doesn't start school until he is 5.

read the link and see what you think.

my ds has had one to one support, SALT(weekly-ish) and an early years support teacher(weekly) at nursery, he has a visual timetable at nursery and they use a timer to help him with transitions from one acctivity to another, they are slowly trying to build up his group work, to help him interact with the other children. he has an IEP (but I am still not really up on all the jargon).

my ds has delayed/echolalic/jargon type chat but his speech has really blossomed since Christmas, which means he is getting much less frustrated.

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Thanks for all your replies, have not had chance to take a peak at the internet till now.

aefond that article completely sounds like my son. He is quite smiley and does eye contact so has some social skills.

I will be using the blog links tc. Specialist salt said that nursery had been failing him because he isn't causing them any problems at the moment but that he doesn't know how to play and doesn't understand stuff or relate to others but is left to own devices. Hopefully this will support more input. I know dx isn't important but somehow it feels like I am on some kind of quest to understand my lovely but complex boy. I don't really get the differences in the whole dx thing. Guess we will keep plodding along. Weird how they do things differently in different areas.

DS is also 4, starts school September. He has very delayed speech/understanding (at least a year behind for both), and ?ASD - no DX yet. He gets naff all help other than the odd SALT appointment. He manages surprisingly well at school considering. His school fortunately are very very good with him - they are in a deprived area and are very used to dealing with kids with SN and language issues. If his current school nursery haven't been giving him any of the support he needs, I would be wondering whether another school might be better for him. If you go to a local ASD support group you might get to hear on the grapevine about schools that are good for your DS's type of problems.

you might find it useful to talk to your local parent partnership, it's an organisation who provides advice to parents of kids with SEN (they are funded by council though so may not bne as impartial as a fully independent organisation). www.ipsea.org.uk has lots of info and model letters on statements for kids.