Has your DC got a ed. statement with ASD but has good language ?

[logi]

My ds 6 was dx with ASD last sept. he has been home educated for over a year after a 2 week try in a mainstream school.
We were advised to get a statement for him but to do so he was given a place in a hospital school for 2 hours a day,we have just met the EP and she met my son for 15 mins and commented on his excellent language
and said she would need to assess him in another school setting of our choice because the hospital school is small.
we arent happy about all the changes and different opinions we are getting....first we were told an autistic unit would be best the EP said MS but we were happy to home educate but concerned about my ds anxiety and needing to mix with other dc.
whatever school(if thats what we decide)it was only to be part time as we enjoy home educating.Can he get a statement with good language skills?

Hi LD ,we have the support from the team who have assessed my ds for the past 6 months but i got the impression from the EP that it will take more than that.Does your dd go to a mainstream school?

My ds is in mainstream with a full statement and he has good language. He is in reception and has full time support. Language shouldn't matter as it is how your child is coping in school that is important.

You can contact your local authority and request that they look into a statement for your child. They have to respond to that within 6 weeks to tell you if they are going to access him for a statement. They then contact all the professionals involved to do assessments.
This might be where it is difficult as your ds is not in school at the moment. But as part of your parental statement you could describe what happened during his 2 week try at school. Are you still in touch with the school? Maybe the teacher there could do a brief report describing how he got on at school with no support.
The bottom line is that the Local authority will be running around doing these assessments. It is not up to your psychologist to make the decision whether he gets a statement or not.

Yes. DS1 is 6 with autism and has a great vocabulary and even a good grasp of grammar and syntax, though his communication skills themselves are distinctly lacking, specially when he's off kilter. He has a statement for 75-100% support and the school gives him 100% for safety reasons. He is in mainstream, because he is very bright and it's a small school that is working very hard for him.

ANother one whos DC is in MS, statemented and has ok language. DS2 has full 1:1 as well.

hi thanks for your replies,nikos we have no contact with the school as they werent at all helpful ...particuarly the head mistress she actually said to us that they didnt have time to put to ds and even if he had a statement they wouldnt do it...she was a right cow.

DS has a statement and has very good language. He does have challenging behaviour and anxiety issues which stem from his AS - it was these which made his case stronger. I would just make a request yourself, use the template letter from the Ipsea website. You may have to appeal if the LA refuse to assess - I did - it's very common for first requests to be turned down so don't let that put you off.

my DS is 9 and was diagnosed last year with ASD after fighting for 2 years and noticing when he was 5 that things were not right. He has excellent language although did have SALT at age 3 for mispronounciation but that was only 3 sessions.
He has 32.5 hour full time 1:1 support and is in an ASD school. He has private SALT sessions within school and when assessed we found that despite his huge vocabulary and appearance that there are no language issues he actually doesnt have a good grasp of what words mean and obviously cannot read body language or tone etc. These issues are not noticable on a day to day basis and only now do we know he is about 4 years behind in some areas of his communication!

Logi - what a horrible headmistress!! It might be a worthwhile hour just to have a look at the ipsea website just to have an idea of your rights.For example, on the statement you can specify which school you want your child to go to. So the aforementioned cow of a head has no say in the matter and also no say in whether your child gets extra support or not (money comesfrom the local education authority and school have to show how they spent it).

Whether you want your child to go to a school with an unsupportive head is another matter.
We have been very lucky with ds's school and have a supportive head and a fabulous teacher this year. We didn't have to fight hard for the statement but might have been because ds had severe aggression issues. And he is also quite bright so they wanted himto stay in mainstream.
This year has been really good. Aggression has all but disappeared as ds is so comfortable with his teacher and loves going to school. For the moment inclusion is working for us but taking iton a year by year basis.
Reading old threads on here is also a good way toget info. Put 'statement' into the search. Be warned though, you will lose days of your life when you start searching old threads.

Thanks for replies,nikos i definately wouldnt put ds back in that school...my son is bright too back can have severe anxiety and can be aggressiveat times.
I feel like ive lost many days of my life searching for sites on autism...lol its been a stressful few years...as you probably know.

My son has ASD and no language issues aside from the obvious - communication socially and interacting appropriately. He has full-time support in school through his Statement.