My 3 year old son has recently received his statement for special needs (just waiting for the final version to come through after accepting the draft) and in it he was given provision for 15 hours a week one to one care. This is what was requested - I work evenings so he goes for his free allocated hours, and he also stays for lunch club 4 days a week to try and help him with his feeding (19 hours a week total, we top up the fees)
However, he goes to preschool 51 weeks of the year, not just term time. This is to give me a break, as he is a difficult child to cope with at times, I have a newborn so to spend time with him, and also as he likes order and routine and can't understand why he wouldn't be attending on the other 13 weeks of the year.
The inclusion officer for the borough visited him on Thursday and told me he can't attend during non term time now, as there is a legal document saying he needs one to one care whilst in the school setting.
Is this correct? Surely its our choice as parents to send him when the provision is not there? What if I worked, would he have got 37 hours a week one to one care? I intensely dislike the inclusion officer, she is patronising and doesn't think there is anything wrong with my son - obviously it's so easy to get a statement when the child is "fine" aren't I lucky.
Any help or advice would be gratefully received. I don't want to take him out at non term time (we pay for this obviously) as he loves going. It's a lot quieter during the holidays and he enjoys the peace and gets a lot of attention anyway.
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LornieLoola · 03/02/2013 10:39
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