I need to write dd2's report for her statement , help please?

[Marne]

I havn't got a clue what to write, i don't want to write too much but i want to get my point across that dd2 needs full 1:1 (if she goes to MS). Where do i start?

My main worries are:

Safety- Running off, getting out of the school grounds, climbing etc..

Communication- dd communicates well in a room with just one adult but struggles to communicate in a room full of people.

Toileting- dd is still in nappies.

PEC'S/Signing - i want dd to have access to PEC's at all times, she uses thins along side speech and some signing.

Picture scheduals- dd will need to use these each day to know whats going on (now, next).

I am useless at writing things down, please help?

Will your local parent partnership help? You should have been given details of them by the school. Ours certainly help with parental advice.
Don't worry about writing too much. I wrote pages and no one complained. In fact the more detail you give the better I would have thought.
In the SEN Toolkit there is Advice on writing Advice for everyone indluding parents. Perhaps your school would let you see this.
Our previous HT used to offer to help parents herself but that was probably quite rare.

Hi Marne, is this the letetr where you have 29 days to get your views in? If so, I'm in the same boat. Some folks gave me some useful tiops which were to break down things into four areas:

communication
behaviour, emotional and Social
cognition and learning
Physical, sensory and medical

I can't help much beyond that as I have only just started mine, but we can hold each others hands if you like?!

The SEN Toolkit is available online as a pdf, just Google it - can't do a link from my phone. I also agree that it helps to put as much information as you can. Ignore any forms the LA send you and just write it in Word, they never give you enough room to write down everything. Think about the help you child needs throughout the course of a typical day, from getting up to bedtime routines. Try to back up what you've said using your reports.

Hi Marne

I just did mine for DD 3.9 ASD due to start reception in September. I talked about her language and social difficulties, the fact that she is not yet toilet trained and her lack of motivation/ knowing what to do in a school environment without a high level of adult support.

I typed up one sheet of A4 paper explaining my concerns. I probably should have spent a bit more time researching what to write but I just wanted to get the form back to the LA to get the process started asap.

Good luck!

Marne, if it would help, I could email you my submission that I did for DD1? I did mine with a "MS with 1:1 or SS, no compromise" slant.

Probably best to use the SEN toolkit structure. Our LEA sent a structured questionaire which followed the SEN toolkit model. If you dont have this contact your local Parent Partnership / Snap and they should be able to email you a copy.

I used this questionnaire as a template and re-typed it all to include as much detail as I thought was necessary. Don't rush it, give your self a few days to make notes. The statement is a legal process - this is your chance to have your say as to what you feel are the difficulties and how they can be best supported. You are a key player in this process, you know your child better than anyone else.

I emailed the whole lot off to Parent Partnership / SNAP and to IPSEA for their comments and advice. They were very helpful -have you been in contact with them? - if not contact them both - they will be your lifeline!!! In the end I submitted several typed pages to the LEA.

When the LEA send you a proposed statement or a note in lieu take advice from Parent Partnership / ISPEA before you agree to anything. You will only have 14 days to respond if they send you a proposed statement (then the LEA will finalise the proposed statement). Dont be to disappointed if the proposed statement is bland not what you had hoped for, it is just the beginning of a longer process.

Good luck

Thank you all for your post's, i am going to write/type it tonight (as i'm running out of time), i have no contact or info about parent partnership, i have copies of the reports from SALT, Nursery and portage which helps me a little with what to write.

I find it hard writing down the bad points about dd, although there are a lot of bad points there are so many good bits i would like to write.

I have written down a lot of notes (almost a hole note pad full) but i am finding it hard putting it together.

Marne, when you have done it, write a report for yourself of all her good bits

Thanks lou, great idea .