Am increasingly feeling that ds' potential is being underestimated because he has issues with handwriting, coordination and processing and also confidence in class. He intermittently has OT on nhs but because he is at an independent school we've hit brick walls so far with getting any further assessments. There seems to be an underlying assumption that we can and will pay if needs be.
School say if we pay to get one done now (ds is Year 5) we'd need to get another one in Year 7 to get concessions such as extra time etc in entrance tests for 13+. However there could be a benefit doing this sooner as it could enable them to support him differently if his issues were more specifically identified.
Has anyone successfully got a private school to fund assessments or sourced funding from elsewhere to do so ? It is very frustrating as it seems as if we are losing precious time in which he could be making up ground.
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Anyone had any success with getting private support for assessments ?
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LIZS · 15/05/2008 15:59
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