I do not want to give too much information away as it is not actually my DS, but that of a friend, I am so angry on her behalf and would very much like to help her.
Her DS, aged 5, attends the same independednt school as my children. He is a lovely boy and has some issues with speech and language processing. He is seen on the NHS by the SLT. She recently visited the school to work with his teachers so that they can provide appropriate support. At a later hospital appointment the SLT and my friend discussed the possibility of an Ed psych visiting his school to advise his teachers being helpful for him, and enable the teachers to provide correct support and make things eaasier for him. The SLT agreed and said, as the department was in the same building, she would nip out and see if she could get him an appointment.
She apparently came back and said I am very sorry but the Ed psych team will not visit an independent school, only state schools, on the NHS. You will have to pay for a private assessment!
I am sure this cannot be right?? Can it?? My friend pays her taxes like everyone else and is therefore surely entitled to access appropriate services when required!
I have advised her to complain to PALS and also write to the MP.
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Principality · 19/11/2012 13:11
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