Starting primary school

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My ds went to his 1st settling day at school yesterday. I sent him in with all equipement on and working. Told the teacher (who has apparently had her deaf awareness and equipement training) that the teacher unit of his radio aid was on mute and that she just had to press the * button to turn the mute off.

DS comes home full of smiles. DD (twins) told me that they had a story read to them and told me all about the story. Later I speak to DS about his day and asked him about the story and he said he couldn't hear it because the radio aid wasn't working . He then said he told the teacher who told him that the battery was flat. So I checked it and it wasn't . DS said that it didn't matter that he couldn't hear the story because it was one he knew anyway .

The teacher didn't tell me when I picked up that they had had problems with his equipment. Should I call or shall I leave it till the next settling period? I'm a little worried that the training hasn't been done properly because if they can't work the radio aid then I'm certain they wouldn't be able to sort the hearing aids. I don't want to come across as an anxious or annoying parent too early on .

My instinct would be to get it sorted now..

I feel they need to know that you are a parent who will be vigilant about how things are for your ds to keep them on their toes in my opinion.

I know the teachers at ds'(NT) school probably felt I was overprotective and anxious but at least they took stuff on board and that was good for him. I don't mind if they moan about me in the staff room..

DD (SN) starts there in September and we have our settling in sessions in 2 weeks. I'm sure the teachers are dreading seeing me again!! I always smile and I am very very nice and appreciative to them when things are going well though!!

Definitely get it sorted now. Don't every worry about seeming over anxious - they will label you that anyway regardless of what you do. The only important thing is that your DS needs are met.

LOL Indigo, you're probably right on that. I think it goes with the territory of have in a SN child.

I called and spoke to the secretary who said she would get the teacher to call me back. The secretary called me back 5 mins ago and the message from the teacher was there was no problems . So I just said that my ds said it wasn't working so I wanted to check that they were happy with it. Secretary said to speak to the teacher at the next settling. Oh I can see that the relationship is going to be a strained one and we've not even started!!!

Don't put up with it. When you take him next time, make sure it is sorted before you leave him.

I think most of us here wish we'd fought harder and earlier. Rather than accepting things because we didn't want to make a fuss.

These units are not that hard to work! The teacher will get it. - And then you'll leave her alone

They aren't hard to work are they. I'll either get there early or arrive a bit late next time. You're all right, I need to make sure its sorted now.

When I arrived yesterday I was in the middle of the scrum so couldn't easily talk. Plus dd was twittering about needing cuddles and kisses otherwise she would cry and ds had seen the sand and had run off before he had been given his name label. So wasn't the best handover.