Is it acceptable to use ds3's 1-1 as a class ta?

[Peachy]

We guessed this was happening but had it confirmed today. ds3's class is the only one without a nursery nurse and other kids ae getting help from the TA ds3 has (statement funded), today she had the new kid as well.

Now if ds3 was ok I wouldn't mind but yeserday e came home with his pants full of dried poo (a whle one), uniform over pe kit as nobody had helped him dress, he cries before- and according to home-school book at- school and we have some signs of aggression and new obsessions.

We have a review due, dh and I feel now is the time for sn unit but know lea will try to put us off as last time

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No. Poor little thing being left like that.

It sounds as though the TA is helping everyone except ds3.

In fairness I think she tries but today he had to go in with the others whilst she stayed with the new girl (am wonderiong why we have her- already 30 in class).

He used to be very much the happy teddy bear; noe he's not at all- takes dh and I both to get out te door (dh back work tomorrow so imagining disaster!!).

he wet off to the play area today an instead of chasing lie usual just wen a pressed his face against a large wooden post.

academically he's ok but he can't translate any of it to paper so is falling off rapidly, also he'staken to chanting sums at us and grabbing our heads towards him / getting aggressive if we don't answer immediately or give him the (sometimes wrong, he is only 5 LOL) answer he wants

The TA is purely there for your child, obviously they cant ignore other children but her attention should be on your child as its your child with the statement and providing the funding.

I think that is aweful your poor ds3.
I have heard of this happening before, where the TA has been splitting time between 2 children where one has a statement and one hasnt but needs help so the child with the statement is only getting half of the time stated on their statement.
Its aweful, hope you get it sorted soon

No, it's not fair at all! That's awful, Peachy. Really feel for your DS3. Mine wouldn't last five minutes if his LSA was working with the rest of the class as well.

Am going upstairs to get statement wording now.

Am shattered (baby waking a lot) whic with me = bad mood, school may as well be recipient of that as anyone else LOL!

Seriously, having gone through te whole aggression whing with ds1, being sat there with hands around my neck becuase I said 4+1 is 5 and not 6 is a serious no-no.

last review we had requested and looked at several SN units; LA lady told us that they ad all been earmaked for clousre- no notes of this on net, all still open. A cop out.

Should be seeing APed asap for emergency appt, will chat to her as she is big on getting them in the right system.

Last year at the beginning of yr2 when I was discussing the amount of support that my Ds was going to get (no statement) the principal said that there was going to be a fulltime TA in his class and that although she was not going to be used by Ds only it would be a great help. The TA was actually a 1-1 for a boy in his class with ASD and at the time I thought that it was very inappropriate for the principal to make that remark. f I was the other boys Mum I would have been most annoyed. However the TA did spend a lot of time with Ds during the year and I am not so sure that the boy with ASD didnt suffer as a result. A friend of mine is a TA also and I know that she helps the class generally also. I guess a TA wont always be required by the child they are looking after 100% of the time but I think what you describe is very unacceptable

school tried this with DS.
It took me weeks to get them to change it, eventually DS had a major meltdown due to something his TA hadn't seen.

finally it was him thatmade them see sense.

Can I gatecrash? Is this deffo not allowed? I need a legal stick to hit a nearby school with.

My friends little boy recently started reception and is receiving funding for his SN, but there is no 1-1 help for him (which they expected), just the TA that's been in that class (of 30) for years. School says the money is to fund her? My friend is lovely & committed to helping her son but she's a bit weedy and I know she's going to have many battles ahead to get her son the help he'll need. I'd really like to give her some ammunition.

What she needs to do Norks is to check the wording of her statement; ds1's says 'in a small grooup' which is basically a licence fr what you describe; ds3's however says 1-1 in which case its inappropriatea nd challengeable.

Have a look on the IPSEA website- always handy

Thanks peachy

Duchess - if the school says the money is to fund a TA that has always been there how do they justify that? Good on you helping your friend - unfortunately she probably will have a battle on her hands!

Duchess - if the school says the money is to fund a TA that has always been there how do they justify that? Good on you helping your friend - unfortunately she probably will have a battle on her hands!

whoops!

It's a definite no-no. They did that at my son's mainstream with him and another child in a different class. I had no idea, it was the other parent that cottoned onto what was happening. I think the school would get a severe wrapping over the knuckles if the LEA were to find out, 1-1 on a statement means 1-1 not share out the TA with other kids.