school attendance and medical conditions

[Sirzy]

been advised to repost here from chat, sorry if the wrong place!

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How do those of you with children who miss a fair bit of school due to medical conditions work things to try to stop them falling behind/missing too much?

DS has brittle asthma, currently he is in pre-school so although needing time off isn't good he isn't missing too much but I am getting concerned what impact it may have by September when he starts at school properly. Last term he missed about 17 days, this term he has been off since last Friday and i doubt he will be back in until Monday now. I only keep him off xwhen it is really needed and thankfully pre-school are great at doing inhalers when needed. At the moment he only does half days which makes it a bit easier to send him in though

The school he will hopefully be going to are aware of the situation (it is attached to pre-school) and when the place is confirmed I will be having a meeting with the school but what is a realistic amount of support to ask from the school when he is ill? How do we make sure he isn't left struggling because of missing too much school?

Having a bit of a panic this morning so any advice from people who have been in similar situations would be great.

[Demolicious]

Bump...

[MAKINGPLANSWITHNIGEL]

Has anyone heard of a school changing attendance records of pupils, to make the attendance look worse?

[MissMarbles]

I don't understand Nigel - what would that achieve? I could understand a school doing something to make their own figures look better but not the other way

[AwaywiththePixies27]

Hi OP. My Dd has brittle asthma too. My advice would be to get a meeting sorted with the Head, the Sens and the first aider if possible to sort out an action plan. My Dd has had one ever since the Teacher just thought she was being mardy and was rushed to A & E by ambulance the minute I picked her up!! You can never be too fussy and make sure everyone that has contact with your child has a copy of the plan. I.e. My daughters action plan was sent to her teachers the TAs the Head First Aider welfare officer and the PE Teacher. Is he under a consultant? We had the asthma nurse from the Hospital attend the meeting which helped tremendously. My daughters inhalers are now kept in the class as and when she needs them and they go with other children's on PE lessons etc. The Nurse explained a traffic light system as to what the teachers should do when she's poorly and they also set spare work for her when she's too poorly to attend. As I didn't want her falling behind. (She's year 3 now). Good luck and let us know how you get on.