DLA for child - none financial benefits.

SingleSue

GobbledyGook wrote: »

The main reason, and this is in my experience only not a rule or anything before anyone jumps on me, that statemented children often get more help is they have parents who know how to shout, demand and yell to get the help their child needs. Often they've had to go through that to get the statement in the first place.

It shouldn't be 'them that shouts the loudest' but with smaller and smaller budgets sometimes it is.

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I'll certainly be demanding answers come Monday morning, won't be shouting but will be forceful......

Youngest is statemented, is supposed to receive 25 hours of one to one per week, it is fully documented that he is driven to and from school, has an aversion to phones (so does not carry a mobile), does not go anywhere independently and is unable to voice/indicate if there is a problem.

He had a half term holiday revision day on Thursday which was ending at 2.30. I turn up at the correct time to pick him up and find him outside the (locked) school in the pouring rain, on his own with a busy main road right by the side of him.

Turns out the teacher decided she was going to end the day at 2pm and chucked the kids out....but didn't think to notify me of the premature end to the day or check to see if youngest had the means to notify me himself (not that he would, he doesn't use telephones).

Youngest is complex autistic, a severe asthmatic (who has only just returned to school after a severe bout, hence the revision session), mobility issues and has a history of extreme anxiousness which had him almost at breakdown level last summer.

Ok, it was only 30 minutes and physically he was ok, mentally however, it has potentially put my therapies back months and what if they had done this with another child with similar issues who may have 'flapped' into the main road....they were 'lucky' youngest was so scared he just cowered by the wall.

GobbledyGook

SingleSue wrote: »

I'll certainly be demanding answers come Monday morning, won't be shouting but will be forceful......

Youngest is statemented, is supposed to receive 25 hours of one to one per week, it is fully documented that he is driven to and from school, has an aversion to phones (so does not carry a mobile), does not go anywhere independently and is unable to voice/indicate if there is a problem.

He had a half term holiday revision day on Thursday which was ending at 2.30. I turn up at the correct time to pick him up and find him outside the (locked) school in the pouring rain, on his own with a busy main road right by the side of him.

Turns out the teacher decided she was going to end the day at 2pm and chucked the kids out....but didn't think to notify me of the premature end to the day or check to see if youngest had the means to notify me himself (not that he would, he doesn't use telephones).

Youngest is complex autistic, a severe asthmatic (who has only just returned to school after a severe bout, hence the revision session), mobility issues and has a history of extreme anxiousness which had him almost at breakdown level last summer.

Ok, it was only 30 minutes and physically he was ok, mentally however, it has potentially put my therapies back months and what if they had done this with another child with similar issues who may have 'flapped' into the main road....they were 'lucky' youngest was so scared he just cowered by the wall.

I'd be knocking on the Head's door first thing and returning shortly before the end of the day for her answers. That's outrageous.

25 hours is practically full time so he obviously has significant needs which are presumably well known to the school.

I don't even know what to say to that one. I'm flabbergasted.

SingleSue

I know, I was absolutely fuming and worse (for them I think), I have had days to stew on it until I can speak to them.

The biggest joke/irony is the teacher who let them go early, is the head of safeguarding and safety at the school!

Mojisola

SingleSue wrote: »

I know, I was absolutely fuming and worse (for them I think), I have had days to stew on it until I can speak to them.

The biggest joke/irony is the teacher who let them go early, is the head of safeguarding and safety at the school!

Shocking story - and for it to happen when he was in her care makes it worse.

mumps

SingleSue wrote: »

I know, I was absolutely fuming and worse (for them I think), I have had days to stew on it until I can speak to them.

The biggest joke/irony is the teacher who let them go early, is the head of safeguarding and safety at the school!

Good luck with it, I hope he is OK as it must have been a very long 30 minutes for him. I would be livid.

Mojisola

SingleSue wrote: »

I'll certainly be demanding answers come Monday morning, won't be shouting but will be forceful......

He had a half term holiday revision day on Thursday which was ending at 2.30. I turn up at the correct time to pick him up and find him outside the (locked) school in the pouring rain, on his own with a busy main road right by the side of him.

Turns out the teacher decided she was going to end the day at 2pm and chucked the kids out....but didn't think to notify me of the premature end to the day or check to see if youngest had the means to notify me himself (not that he would, he doesn't use telephones).

Youngest is complex autistic, a severe asthmatic (who has only just returned to school after a severe bout, hence the revision session), mobility issues and has a history of extreme anxiousness which had him almost at breakdown level last summer.

The Head should be grateful that it's you demanding answers and not the police and the press which it could have been if he hadn't waited where he did or had had a asthma attack while alone.

One of the governors should have responsibility for special needs children. I would put in writing what happened and send it to him/her as well as talking to the Head.