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Prudent

Forever young - I just want to add my support to what's been said. I am a single parent with a child with dyslexia. She is bullied at school because of her difficulties. Despite my constant letters/ visits to the school they are not making adequate provision for educational or emotional needs. I can only say how much I admire your decision to make such a big step. I am a special needs teacher and despite my knowledge about my daughter's needs (which is more than the school's) I have had to fight every inch of the way for a what is a desperately poor service. I feel angry and frustrated and my daughter suffers long term educational and emotional damge.

Mainstreaming of children with special needs can and does work if adequately supported by specialist staff. I know - I worked for two and a half years as an inclusion teacher. I returned to a special school setting last December when budget cuts meant my caseload over doubled and I couldn't properly meet the children's needs. I felt I was letting the children and their parents down by not providing enough support. It was of course a financial decision on the part of the council.

Please pm me if you have any specific questions about meeting needs/ finding resources.

Good luck, Prudent

foreveryoung_3

Thank you for all your replies, The reason I started my petition, was because, as I was standing doing my own protest lots of people came up to me and told me thier stories of Education Horror and other family members, They asked me what I was doing about it was there something they could sign in agreement, so I started a Petition as I am finding everyone I am talking to is saying the same things as you all are. I do have a lawyer helping my sons case, as I think there is a good case for negligence by the authorities to properly assess my sons needs. I am being slightly fitted up by my local LEA as I did the right things, but on thier inspection only a few days after i deregistered they assessed that I was not capable of educating my extremely unruly kids (not), It is because of my understanding of how bullying starts from the very top by LEA to senco's and teachers towards the parents, then that same style of attitude is also carried on from the teachers to the pupils. Oh and on bullying I did manage to get a school to put up Cameras as my daughter was constantly bullied through school and if they could not make the school a secure place then she was not going back. I have been threatened in the hope that I will conform to there rules, Which part of this will benifit my children, and in which way, Oh a field trip to the prison to see our mum. Thats really helping my children and giving them respect to listen to Authority (not) I want the best for my children and the LEA's are not following the rules, so how on earth can we be expected to.

foreveryoung_3

Why oh why am I having to fight doctors and CAHMS to get my children a proper diagnosis, I have had to find out myself that we have Auditory Processing Disorder, Dyslexia, and food and chemical intollerant. I have had 15 of being told the most awful reasons for our behaviours and difficulties, you know like divorce or arguments or moving etc instead of a proper medical history which would have saved my children years of suffering at school. I still am being fobbed off and my court date is 28th july if you want to send a prayer my way lol. I am being stiched up by the LEA, But I am getting more and more info from help groups that the docs cant argue with me any more they are just taking forever to get back to me, I think they are hoping I land up in jail, they then take my kids and in the LEA's eyes everyone is happy. I am trying to work out the best \Daily newspaper to go to with my story, I have already been in the Surrey Mirror about it, but now they are pushing me to my limit and I'm about to blow my lid at them, but not directly but by the Media who just love to show flaws in the system.

My son has put on weight since being at home my youngest has started to shine again, I was misdiagnosed as a kid and sent to a horrible boarding school for running out of school for exactly the same reasons as my children, and quess what they are using that fact to say I am not qualified to teach my kids. They are having a laugh as I am a Gifted individual who can see what they are doing I am not afraid just angry because this time its MY kids that they are messing with and I will not allow that to happen anymore. I will let you know how I get on, I hope from my home and not the reck room of the local prison LOL