The following was written by a good friend of mine called Jenni who blogs at Chilling with Lucas She has experience of working with learning disabled children and adults so knows what she’s talking about in terms of this subject. Over to Jenni… Supporting someone with autism can be incredibly challenging but finding routines that work […]
So today and yesterday I visited the two potential schools for Jude and I was totally blown away. They are so so lovely. The amount of outside space in both, the friendliness of the staff, the relaxed attitude to life in general all follows the needs of Jude. I have a preference to one […]
I’m sorry for the delay in updating you all following our third Professionals meeting on Friday. By way of reminder…our case went back to panel last Monday and it was a multi-agency panel again meaning representatives from both social care and education were present. The reason for this was because of our desire for […]
My SEN Officer rang on Thursday to tell me something astonishing. It’s astonishing because we seem to have reached a place within this journey/matrix/adventure/life lesson/massive dichotomous mess *pick as you please* where things are starting to occur without me having to prod them along. It appears I no longer require my beating stick at every […]
I’ve been working on something fab for a while now but wanted to show you in advance before it properly comes to a head in August… I wrote a book! It’s not a long book, more like a tester, a waving hand at the world in an attempt to show people that […]
Panel Result: I have just heard that the Social Care department of our council are not willing to fund Jude’s residential place at the moment as they seem to think that four hours a week support is working pretty fine for us all. Even going to panel they didn’t put forward a request for a […]
Earlier in the week I promised to tell you about the meeting I had on Monday with various people in Jude’s entourage. I think for the first time in the last eleven years, I came out of a meeting feeling positive and that finally, my requests for him and our family were being listened to. […]
I’m going to put a positive spin on my tumultuous emotions regarding Jude’s current school situation. So here goes… Attributes I think are important for a special needs school: The ability to teach children as individuals. Not everyone can sit in a classroom and learn by staring at a boring piece of paper. […]
I’ve made a massive error. Thinking about it, I can’t believe how stupid I have been. When I was looking around this lovely school for Jude, I think I drifted away in the idyllic notion of Jude participating in all their fantastic activities, sitting in a classroom and hanging out with his new […]
So FINALLY, the day has come where Jude returns to school from the Easter holidays. It’s just for an hour and a half today as I think it will be a lot to take on…a new school full of bigger children, new teachers, new bus driver, literally everything is new. Jude has new […]