How much, and what sort of help does your child get at school?

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Hi,
Apologies for the rather vague question, but I'm currently doing a course to be a teaching assistant in school. I have no experience of children with SEN and am trying to get a clearer understanding of the range of their needs. Apart from 1:1 with a TA/LSA what other help is available? Is your child able to get everything they need within a mainstream school? If not, what else would help?

I'm really sorry if the questions sound insensitive or intrusive but all I can find online are general bits about statements detailing what should be provided, but not what the provision actually is....

If anyone has the time to educate me I'd be very grateful - thanks

Thanks Riven - was just looking into pecs as it has been mentioned but I had no idea what it was. Are there lots of different sorts of communication devices? How does your daughter operate hers? I understand the point about Makaton being limited. I have only ever used it with pre-verbal babies. Thanks again.

but thought it might belimited it does work well and is not just for pre verbal babys for us its differnace between no communication and frustration to lot happier child .Ds can now reques and put 2 signs together

Good luck on finding out more, your the sort of Lsa i would want for my child one whos willing to learn and preferbably before they got there hands on my child

Thanks Phoenix - I don't feel it's fair that the children who will give me experience should have to suffer my incompetence in the meantime!