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debs40 · 24/05/2010 18:03

DS has a home/school book and after alot of 'battling' it was being written in daily and often helpfully until about three weeks ago when the teachers suddenly stopped writing in it.

They respond if I ask a question in the book (I tested to see if they were reading what I was writing!)but otherwise they make no comment. This has been in spite of the fact that there have been a ouple of incidents during this period which should have been recorded e.g. DS refusing to do PE.

Now, generally, things have much improved and the school are being more helpful. It is also SATS around this time so teachers are busy so I don't want to read too much into it. If DS is happy and they don't think there's a need to write in it, I don't want to force them to

However, in view of some people's experiences, it had occured to me that it all stopped around the time I mentioned I was going to make a parental application for an SA. Am I being too suspicious?

Also, we are seeing the Ed Psych on Friday and I've just discovered school has not sent her a copy of the Autism Outreach report . They say she will speak to me beforehand but I am trying to contact her before she attends school to ensure she has all the reports.

School have said she will be observing DS but I had asked that she do cognitive assessments - is she likely to do both? If so, does anyone know if there is a specific test for working memory?

Ta for reading this!

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ArthurPewty · 24/05/2010 20:18

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debs40 · 24/05/2010 23:12

Thanks Star. That's a useful way of looking at it. Interestingly, just chatting to the other mum in the class with a child with suspected ASD. She was very pleased with the help he was getting although he has been there for two years and hasn't even been put on the SEN register or been given an IEP.

What are they playing at? How does it benefit a school not to do that when they have acknowledged he needs help?

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claw3 · 24/05/2010 23:46

I would be suspicious too Debs. The minute i started asking for help, all of ds's difficulties disappeared!

Have they acknowledged that he needs help in writing?

debs40 · 25/05/2010 00:46

Yes, because they asked the Autism Outreach Team in and they have requested an ed psych consult. You can't have it both ways! We moved away a while ago from a situation where they were saying 'what needs' as they have been well-documented. Not sure what this is about. Petulence probably at being very busy and having to write in a book they don't want to.

Star, you are right, you can't secoond guess them. Just keep your focus on!

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debs40 · 25/05/2010 07:52

Star, in relation to the other child, it was curiousity really. I have to battle with school to get DS on the SEN register with an IEP and then throught the SA and SA+ stages.So I was just wondering what the reasons for this reluctance would be.

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claw3 · 25/05/2010 12:01

Hi Debs, i know i have the crappiest school known to man, but they have also contacted ASD Outreach and EP. In my case the school are doing it to try and get out of giving help, in the hope that these people will go in and say school are meeting his needs and ds is doing just fine.

They avoid recording anything that would suggest otherwise.

debs40 · 25/05/2010 12:45

Yes, but from a SA point of view, you cannot have a school saying there are no needs when they are asking for help from external sources. It doesn't make sense. Like your IEP - why have an IEP if there are no needs?

Of course, it is a different thing then to say external sources say needs are now being met. That is the point usually under discussion!

Our Autism Outreach provided a long list of strategies etc to be implemented. It was not a whitewash job. Of course, whether those strategies are being implemented when they have been sat here on my desk (only just realised that they have given me the original copy) is another matter.

I think we have now moved past the 'needs, what needs' stage; it's establishing the level of help that is the issue. I think that is where a diary comes in handy

I've emailed SENCO today to say when all reports are in, I would like a meeting to go through all the needs identified and the help suggested and then I want school to confirm that they cannot all be met out of delegated funding. That will be an interesting one.

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claw3 · 25/05/2010 13:07

I know Debs, its all very conflicting isnt it and they will come unstuck, doesnt seem to stop them from trying it on though!

You are now at the 'help', what help stage!

Seems with ds's school where they havent understood the need in the first place, they then cant see the connection to the help and deem it unnecessary.

Good luck with your meeting, it will be an interesting one.

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debs40 · 25/05/2010 14:24

Very interesting though......!

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