Emotions - How do you feel right now?
Posted by
Leanne
on 18th November 2009
at 17:34
Hi Elena
So sorry you are feeling sad.. its awful being so far from home.
Take care :)
Leanne - Community Champion
Posted by
Leanne
on 18th November 2009
at 17:37
At the moment I am miffled and really want today to be over.
I seem to have spent the whole day on school runs which means on the bus , which normally is fine as I can catch up on reading and listening to music as well as spending time with Conran but today the bus was 50 mins late and we missed our connecting bus home... I am only just begnning to thaw !!
Leanne - Community Champion
Posted by
bumblebee
on 19th November 2009
at 17:23
Hi Elena,
I'm so sorry to hear you are feeling so sad :0( I hope life brings you happiness and a smile very soon.... :0)
Claire - Community Champion
Posted by
bumblebee
on 25th November 2009
at 17:14
Hi Guys,
I am feeling very sad and confused right now. I got the decision from my son's tribunal and we didn't get the specialism or the amount of 1-1 specified that we asked the Tribunal for......I feel so confused that the Tribunal would actually omit the word 'ASD qualified' from the titles of teachers, support staff and SLT's that I asked to have help him at school. I would have been happy even if the head of the unit was qualified and no-one else.....or if they had an NAS accreditation, but not one person in there has any additional qualification in ASD......Why can't we have qualified professionals? expierienced doesn't mean effective and I just want the opportunity to be a mum without worrying that he may fail or never reach his potential or that at any time, I may have to start the fight all over again......
Sorry I sound so negative, but I really cannot understand this at all......the tribunal have ruled that he be taught using a well recognised autism educational approach, but how if they are not qualified??? They have added the title of 'specialist' to the name of the provision when neither us nor the LA asked for this, why? what makes them specailists? the fact they have smaller classes to put our kids in? It is beyond me.......can anyone explain if I am completely missing the point here? It just doesn't make sense to me at all.....
Claire - Community Champion
Posted by
Snowdrop
on 26th November 2009
at 00:05
Hi Claire
I'm sorry your feeling so low & yes I can completely understand why, I don't think your missing the point at all. It seems the LA think its enough for our kids to be taught in smaller classes with a routine & thats it. I think there is simply not enough specialists out there which is why the LAs get away with this. You wouldn't go to a doctors who isn't qualified or a dentist but we're expected to send our kids to so called specialist provisions when none of the staff are actually specialists, seems crazy to me aswell!
I think they get away with it aswell because when most of our kids go to a specialist provision they have been struggling or failed in mainstream so an immediate improvement is seen which makes parents happy, but whether or not the kids are meeting their full potential in these provisions is another question!
Sorry I've not been more positive to cheer you up but the trouble is I agree with you & have the same worries about Dylans education!
Tracy - Community Champion
Posted by
bumblebee
on 27th November 2009
at 18:24
Thanks Tracy and Elena,
I feel a bit better today.....I have to accept this is how it is going to be and if he fails at all....I will be on them so fast! It is sad that he has to fail first, but it is Brian Lambs' job to fix this problem! Nothing I can do unfortunately.....I have to stay positive now and give it a good go because Jack will pick up on my negativity if I keep ranting!!! That isn't fair on him....so here is to a new start in a new school (and they WILL do their flipping jobs if it kills me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Claire - Community Champion
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Posted by
Elena - former Community Manager
on 18th November 2009
at 14:27
What word (or words) best describes how you're feeling right now? Say as little or as much as you like!
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For me.... I feel sad. My heart is really heavy today. I had news of tragedy in the family of a good friend back home, and it's times like these when I really feel the distance separating me from my loved ones. If I could stretch my arms across the sea, about 5,500 miles, to Texas....I would give her a huge hug.