help getting into school

[shopgirl771]

my son was in nursery 2 mornings a week where they picked up some speech and learning difficulties. he was being referred for speech therapy and a CAF assessment.
we have just relocated and im looking for a new nursery for him and its proving a bit difficult as many dont have any vacancies for some time and i dont just want to put him in any nursery. it needs to be right for him.

im a bit worried that without having him in nursery any help we were in line for ie; the CAF assessment etc we wont get now as he wont have the second setting (ie; school) they insist on for many of these things.

i hope i make sense. im a bit of a rookie at this special needs stuff atm.

anyway ultimately my question is, does he get any kind of preferential treatment for getting to the top of a schools waiting list or something like that if he has special needs.

im really worried that hes going to fall way behind if i dont keep up momentum on this and get him the help he needs now.

any help or advise appreciated

 

[Shezza84uk]

Hi Hun,



My daughter has SLI (Speech and Language Impairment) It is very important that he goes to a nursery suitable for him and has SEN (Special Educational Needs) provision and Early years support. My daughter went to a nursery that totally depressed her they were very critical and kept forcing her to talk almost everyday they kept telling me she's not saying any words although I notified them before she started there.

The best advise I can give you is research as much as possible they have a charity called Afaisic and Ican who specialises in speech and language impairments/disabilities. Afasic were so helpful and I got all the info on how to move forward my biggest help was from my GP who referred me on my first appointment to a SLT(Speech and Language Therapy) I got an appointment fairly quickly and she was diagnosed from there she had 8 blocks of SLT sessions every 3months, I then moved home and got a health visitor who referred me to a pediatrician and suggested I got DD into a state nursery that was the best decision I have ever made!

I got her into a Sure Start Nursery they had everything in place a SEN key worker a SLT, and an education psychologist from this point they got me in touch with the entire team I researched Language Units in my area and told them that is where I wanted DD to attend she then got referred by her SLT to the SEN panel who decides on statementing and SEN placements, I still had to do the normal school application through the local council as a backup I did research the schools to make sure they had SEN provisions to ensure if she did not get accepted she would have a school temporarily until I appealed luckily she got accepted first attempt and she loves it so much also the progress she is making is fantastic!!

Language unit places are so limited they take a total of 10 children each intake per language unit as your LO is still young I would advise to get the ball rolling and try to get as much support as possible.

PM if you ever need anything else x

 

[shopgirl771]

Thanks that's really helpful. X