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8:th-Jun-2016, 14:45:30
He sees autism outreach about once a month, he gets 15hrs at nursery (12.5 in specialist support class) but generally speaking he spends most of his time in the normal nursery class as he is sociable (just struggles to communicate adequately).
He will be going into a mainstream foundation class with specialist support in September, he could have gone into a dedicated unit but the county wont fund transport as he can go to the same school that he currently goes to as they class him as a unit child even though he isn't actually in a unit.
This will be happening in a lot of academies, they have figured that they can get kids who have learning difficulties who would normally qualify for a unit placement and put them in a mainstream class with specialist support but still get full funding as though the child is in a unit.
Cost cutting is happening everywhere now, not enough educational psychologists or speech therapists and the wait for appointments can be long and drawn out. We were lucky at the time and got everything diagnosed quite quickly compared to a lot of families. It is getting harder though for families to get the help they need and it will only get harder.
He will be going into a mainstream foundation class with specialist support in September, he could have gone into a dedicated unit but the county wont fund transport as he can go to the same school that he currently goes to as they class him as a unit child even though he isn't actually in a unit.
This will be happening in a lot of academies, they have figured that they can get kids who have learning difficulties who would normally qualify for a unit placement and put them in a mainstream class with specialist support but still get full funding as though the child is in a unit.
Cost cutting is happening everywhere now, not enough educational psychologists or speech therapists and the wait for appointments can be long and drawn out. We were lucky at the time and got everything diagnosed quite quickly compared to a lot of families. It is getting harder though for families to get the help they need and it will only get harder.