Guest guest Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 I have heard several times that my local primary school is rubbish with children with special needs (Tom's nearly 4). I think we will have to move. How early do you have to get names on waiting lists? How do you find a good school? SARA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 > > I have heard several times that my local primary school is rubbish > with children with special needs (Tom's nearly 4). I think we will > have to move. How early do you have to get names on waiting lists? > How do you find a good school? > SARA Where do you live? Perhaps there is a lister near you who can fill you in on local picture. Have you considered home education under a programme like ABA/sonrise/growing minds etc? > Otherwise the starting point would be to contact LEA and find out what they provide and where (ie mainstream supported, special school, unit attached to a mainstream, do they support home education programmes - very rare). Don't take anything they say for granted GO AND VISIT and findout exactly what provision the children receive and do not believe what the LEA say unless you have seen evidence of it in the school. I actually paid our SLT to visit our special school as she also knew our mainstream school and level of provision there. If the local picture is awful then look further afield. Children with SEN are less restricted by catchment rules than NT kids and you will have to look at the statementing procedures locally (Statement of Special Education Needs, a legally binding document which details your child's needs and how the LEA will provide for them). Once a school is on a statement you get priority placement there. It is a minefield so see if there are any local parent support groups who can give you the lowdown, especially on specialist provision like SLT and OT in the education setting which is often the difficult thing to obtain. HTH you to get started Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Thanks so much for answering my vague questions, I realised after I posted the message that I wasn’t giving much away! I think because the local school isn’t up to much that I will be moving away – my husband’s just got a job on a ship (boo hoo!) so I can live just about anywhere really (as long as the houses cost about 4p). We are doing VB but I don’t want to do it forever, I’m hoping to defer him for a year and then integrate him slowly into mainstream (tribunal’s in December). I just didn’t have a starting point at all and have no idea how to look for a good school. I suppose my definition of ‘good’ would be that other parents of autistic children say it’s good but it depends on the children, the parents and how do I find them anyway? Does anyone on this list live in Cornwall? Sara Re: primary schools > > I have heard several times that my local primary school is rubbish > with children with special needs (Tom's nearly 4). I think we will > have to move. How early do you have to get names on waiting lists? > How do you find a good school? > SARA Where do you live? Perhaps there is a lister near you who can fill you in on local picture. Have you considered home education under a programme like ABA/sonrise/growing minds etc? > Otherwise the starting point would be to contact LEA and find out what they provide and where (ie mainstream supported, special school, unit attached to a mainstream, do they support home education programmes - very rare). Don't take anything they say for granted GO AND VISIT and findout exactly what provision the children receive and do not believe what the LEA say unless you have seen evidence of it in the school. I actually paid our SLT to visit our special school as she also knew our mainstream school and level of provision there. If the local picture is awful then look further afield. Children with SEN are less restricted by catchment rules than NT kids and you will have to look at the statementing procedures locally (Statement of Special Education Needs, a legally binding document which details your child's needs and how the LEA will provide for them). Once a school is on a statement you get priority placement there. It is a minefield so see if there are any local parent support groups who can give you the lowdown, especially on specialist provision like SLT and OT in the education setting which is often the difficult thing to obtain. HTH you to get started -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release Date: 22/09/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release Date: 22/09/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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