Signing schools

[Phoenix4725]

Can any of you point me in direction of schools that use signing , lea , independnt and any location .Know about ican but want see what else is out there.Has reached point where know going to have to move

Ds its been agreed needs a school that uses signing regulary his ms placement not working thats by mine and their admission the nearers s&L unit do not sign and ds would be in there 1 hr a day in ms rest

He has verbal/oral dyspraxia .Receptive delay at 2.7 hes now 4.7 and thats not improved at all since been at school.also has problems gross and fine motor but no LD .The only problems are related to either his physical issues or his Language/undertsanding

We are having urgent statement review so want to go in with some ideas

thank you

As far as I know all the special schools use makaton or sign-along and some mainstream units do too.

you need Moondog?

yeah i think , trouble is ds does not need a special school as cognitave devlopement is normal

Hi phoenix, DS2 attends mainstream where they all sign alongside speech, in fact they used makaton throughout the recent assembly, it was lovely.

The difficulty is of course that makaton is not as effective as BSL or normal speech, and therefore DS does miss out on some of what is happening in the classroom, although he is fully supported all day.

We have just gone down the route of a communication aid and are waiting confirmation of funding, as once we start to progress on to BSL he will need to attend a non mainstream setting. I have no real issue with this btw, but the ones near us are actually quite dreadful and none suit DS's needs.

DS's SALT went into school to arrange a training session with all staff (including lunchtime supervisors, dinner ladies etc) one evening and they have used it from day one. I think they have learned more from the copious amounts of something special they all watched when he was in reception.

ah ds has crap salt .And ms here said they would bring it into school but there not i sat through christmas concert only person signing was him so not exactly inclusive.

slightlycrumpled it has been mentioned that ds uses Bsl as at ican school he picked up paget gorman signs fast and they fely he would do well with Bsl b ut here were experincing reverse disablity they don`t want him as hes not deaf

Aaah phoenix that is our problem too. DS2 does in fact have a moderate hearing loss but is not deaf enough for hearing impaired school, so we looked at the other options and they would leave him with no peer group whatsoever. In our area anyway there is a massive gap in provision for children like ours.

I hope you get somewhere soon.

What does the HT say about lack of signing etc. DS1 had already been at the school for a few years so I had the advantage of already having a good relationship with the school before DS2 started which helped alot.

dd
is in same school but year 2 , well they did 3 hrs of signing vbefore ds came to thats all his lsa has had to
.There admitting there finding it hard to bring in to school they had right idea but practlites of it when ds is only one signing in school of 300 , 89 in reception 29 in ds class . They feel they cant impose on other dc to sign and quite few parents are actually against it some them are in ds class to

yep same here but ds more and more is being left out at school in class and in playground as he cant keep up either physically but dont want special schools as he is caperable as others

will continue looking around and will go in guns blazing but polite on the review

Phoenix, I think its just a case of looking at individual schools as it is very much down to the ethos of the school & the leadership.

DS2 is at a small village primary But it has always been very inclusive & all teachers & TA's sign. makaton & visual timetables commonly used throughout the school.

The school is NOT a specialist SEN school, just ahs a good local reputation so is the school of choice for us sn parents.
In a school of less than 100 children (reception - yr 4) there are about 5 children with various sn's. Also small class size 19 in ds2's class.

We are in Suffolk coastal, would happily tell you which school if intersted in a move!

Have you shopped around other ms schools in your area?

yes please anonandlike it im not far from Suffolk now

yep i shopped around and most are like erm no thanks we dont do that kinda of child

Sooner not name schools etc on here? Can you let me have some non mn contact details please

Don't know why the ? sorry!

Phoenix, you sound like you're fairly local to me! I live in an Essex town with a castle....And a very pants PCT....

I'm trying to move suffolk coastal, have family there and LEA 1000x better than mine...

Loudlass i am right next door to you in TDC.small town with one road in and out begins with B funny bet we passed each other some point am always up by the castle

But were under same lea and pct trust choclate teapots the lot of them

annonandlikeit

thank you

you can either cat me or email me on [email protected]

I went to school there....spent my teen years in a village with a huge green...you can email me on [email protected]. What's cat...other than the thing that meows??

cat is a thing mumsnet have costs 5 quid a year and means people can leave message for you without having to give any personal details away

Loudlass, what area of suffolk coastal are you looking at?

Phoenix, have emailed you.