We had a bit of a breakthrough today at Early Bird Plus.
The class TA comes along and it is clear that no one in the class really understands DS or his needs. She admitted this openly in the group today. She said he never communicated anything to anyone and really got lost in the crowd as he didn't cause any bother.
She admitted to me 'off the record' that he gets no help of any kind at the moment despite being on SA+ - not even in terms of differentiated teaching.
The EBP team are visiting school next week and she said she would have difficulty arguing to be able to attend the meeting. The ed psych running it was astounded. The course is supposed to be there, partly, to help school with strategies.
I felt relieved that my suspicions were true but appalled that this 'outstanding' school has allowed this to go on, despite my constant nagging.
I rang parent partnership who said move schools! They can't attend out meeting on Friday.
I'm sure school will just say 'we're doing the EPB course so you just need to be patient'. But the SENCO (deputy head) told me last week that he is 'secure' in his knowledge of ASD as he worked in an autistic school, so why is he not providing anything for DS?
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr