Re: Direct payments---what can they be used for?

[Guest guest]

We use ours to pay for Tom's one to one and she is trained in VB (by us). So it

augments his VB programme but at present he@s so poorly it augments his " stop my

parents throwing themselves off a high tower " programme. We've had the same one

to one for 3 years and she's lovely. Growing Minds gave some telephone tuition

(we paid for) and DP pay for her hours. As far as they're concerned it@s time

he's being looked after and she does various NET with him around the park and so

forth. x

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> Hi

> since everyone is talking about Direct payments I would like your advice:

> My DH and I are founding at the moment part of my DS home program by buying

> SEN materials to help on his learning , we also pay for swimming, horse

> riding, RDI and part of a Social skills club that he attends once a week.

> I get 3 hours respite every Thursday and one day during the holidays this

> money is not paid by the SS but by the LEA as part of his programme.

> The SS only pays £40.00 which is half of club fees every 8 weeks.

> Am I getting a good deal, here? listening to some of you I am not so sure

> .....

> we are really struggling with money specially to carry with biomed, DH

> already works over 50 hours every week to keep the house going but that means

> that I have to cope with every thing on my own ...I also been refused help

> by caudwell (they said they do not finance that programme any more) to

> another program for DS, on holidays I have 2 to take care of since he only

> stayed 2 hours in the club before they called me to take him home and say

that

> maybe he should stay with me the rest of the holidays, I struggle to take

> him any where as I can spend easily £100 week just on transport and entries

> to places, money that I do not have.

> we are becoming very isolated .....sorry off day today.

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[Guest guest]

Use Caudwell to sponsor your bio-medical instead

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> Hi

> since everyone is talking about Direct payments I would like your advice:

> My DH and I are founding at the moment part of my DS home program by buying

> SEN materials to help on his learning , we also pay for swimming, horse

> riding, RDI and part of a Social skills club that he attends once a week.

> I get 3 hours respite every Thursday and one day during the holidays this

> money is not paid by the SS but by the LEA as part of his programme.

> The SS only pays £40.00 which is half of club fees every 8 weeks.

> Am I getting a good deal, here? listening to some of you I am not so sure

> .....

> we are really struggling with money specially to carry with biomed, DH

> already works over 50 hours every week to keep the house going but that means

> that I have to cope with every thing on my own ...I also been refused help

> by caudwell (they said they do not finance that programme any more) to

> another program for DS, on holidays I have 2 to take care of since he only

> stayed 2 hours in the club before they called me to take him home and say

that

> maybe he should stay with me the rest of the holidays, I struggle to take

> him any where as I can spend easily £100 week just on transport and entries

> to places, money that I do not have.

> we are becoming very isolated .....sorry off day today.

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