DLA for child - none financial benefits.

needing-help

I cant offer much in the way of help, sorry but wanted to say your not alone in the battle with the school. My daughters school is a nightmare. ....its like groundhog day every time I go I !!!
Very best of luck and hope your daughter is ok
X

princessdon

cattermole wrote: »

Anyway sorry we crossed in the posts.

They normally have a home to school liaison person in the LEA's so what exactly do you want them to do? I'm unclear?

Really simple. Send appt work home she's missing, when able to attend school provide support for missed sessions so she's not disadvantaged.

School say as she's not disabled or on a plan they can't do that. They keep saying she's "above targets".

Thanks for this dispite our disagreements I'm out of my depth with this one.

princessdon

needing-help wrote: »

I cant offer much in the way of help, sorry but wanted to say your not alone in the battle with the school. My daughters school is a nightmare. ....its like groundhog day every time I go I !!!
Very best of luck and hope your daughter is ok
X

Thank you. All I expected was work sent for next 3 weeks and guidance. Response is "she's not behind"

No but she will bloody be.

We can't do that as she's not an improvement of Action plan with no disability on record.

It's like they don't get it.

cattermole

No worries. I'm a bit of usurper but I believe in my cause as I'm sure you do with your daughter.

I do know an Independent SEN expert that I can put you in touch with?

PM me if you want the details he is very good and knows his stuff and also is a parent of a SEN child.

Mojisola

princessdon wrote: »

The issue is long term absences will cause her grades to drop.

I would claim the money and put it into savings to pay for private tutors to help her keep up. There will be other ways to spend the money on her as well that will crop up.

needing-help

Sometimes just telling them you will take it up with the governors gets a result. I've used it a couple of times!

cattermole

Mojisola wrote: »

I would claim the money and put it into savings to pay for private tutors to help her keep up. There will be other ways to spend the money on her as well that will crop up.

I don't think money is the issue here really is it?

Paying for a private tutor isn't going to get the correct work sent home? Or enable specific lessons to be caught up on? I'm sure if it was Princedom would pay for it anyway.

Mojisola

cattermole wrote: »

I don't think money is the issue here really is it?

Paying for a private tutor isn't going to get the correct work sent home? Or enable specific lessons to be caught up on? I'm sure if it was Princedom would pay for it anyway.

If the child is entitled to the benefit but the parents don't need it for day-to-day living, I would still claim it and use it for other specific needs.

While the school should be co-operating by sending work home, many schools at very bad at doing this. It can be much easier to take control and organise things yourself than wasting energy fighting the school.

There are also very good on-line educational resources which can be used when it's not possible to get to school.

tinkledom

Mojisola wrote: »

If the child is entitled to the benefit but the parents don't need it for day-to-day living, I would still claim it and use it for other specific needs.

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It was suggested to me by more than a few posters on here that whilst someone is entitled it should not be the case to apply for it if the money is not needed.


I was put in my place when I said that I claimed because I was entitled but had no real need of the money.

cattermole

Princessdom should apply if she wants to on behalf of her daughter. She is fully aware she could do so if she wanted to and I was in no way suggesting she should not apply or be entitled to do so.

The point being I don't think this would help solve the problem she is most concerned about which is getting her daughter's educational need's met in real terms.

I've been given it some thought Princessdom and I think a lot of it is to do with the way schools are being funded for SEN these days, I'm a bit out of touch with all of that, I know there have been a lot of changes particularly recently. So I do think you need to speak to a independent specialist in SEN. (I'll ask about it for you and let you know when I hear back what the general advice is)

Hope you are back home with your daughter soon.