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Post by corkwing on Sept 16, 2014 6:23:24 GMT
Mackerel got another exclusion yesterday. Sent home during the day for elbowing someone - a teacher, I think. He's never been sent home during the day before.
Care home have a meeting in the morning, then something vague about a meeting with school "when that finishes" which they've invited us to. Would be REALLY helpful if it actually had a set time.
Then we have his regular placement review meeting later in the afternoon as well.
Hoping that the school meeting will say that they can't cope with him and that the LA will need to find another placement.
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Post by twoplustwo on Sept 16, 2014 8:23:05 GMT
That would be wonderful. I do hope so.
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Post by donatella on Sept 16, 2014 9:07:24 GMT
Hope it was a formal exclusion corkwing rather than just 'come and get him' which we had on many occasions.
And wouldn't it be nice if something actually happened following all those meetings! Crossing fingers for you
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Post by aprilshowers on Sept 16, 2014 9:23:20 GMT
In an ideal world what should happen is a professionals meeting followed by a strategy meeting then a residential school for children with special needs found for poor Mackrel, accompanied with full family support and regular supervised visits hopefully working up to some overnight stays so the family can be a family...but this sadly is not an ideal world and it is most likely that school will say he is out of control and recommend a PRU and Mackrel will be told to behave etc etc and you and Kermit might just get a call about what time the meeetings are and if you are very lucky some form of minutes.....all poor practice...but I live in hope and hope that something suitable for all of you comes out of these meetings.
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Post by serrakunda on Sept 16, 2014 9:56:31 GMT
Hope you can get something positive for you all out of this, are you moving across to the new EHSC plans?
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Post by fruitcake on Sept 16, 2014 11:08:47 GMT
Where are you supposed to fit in earning a living/running a home/looking after other children amongst all those meetings?!
I hope something constructive comes out of it all.
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Post by corkwing on Sept 16, 2014 12:29:04 GMT
OK. Got a school meeting at 2:30, other side of the county. Placement review meeting at 3:45 in our town. Good job I'm working from home today so can get to one of them.
Apparently the placement review is also a SERIOUS meeting...
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Post by sooz on Sept 16, 2014 14:19:06 GMT
Hope it all goes well xx
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Post by twoplustwo on Sept 16, 2014 14:45:28 GMT
With you in spirit.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2014 14:48:03 GMT
Let's hope they take Mackerel's needs SERIOUSLY then.
Best of luck, let us know how you get on.
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Post by corkwing on Sept 16, 2014 15:32:26 GMT
Seething... I've posted in the Additional Support Board.
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Post by sunnysky on Sept 20, 2014 9:32:00 GMT
Hello Corkwing - sorry I can't find the additional support board so not sure what has happened. If you don't mind I will tell you how I dealt with a very similar situation although I appreciate all authorities are not the same. My son was accommodated section 20 as Mackeral is and I managed to get him into an excellent residential school but not without a huge fight. I am unsure how old Mackeral is (sorry) my son was 15 but I managed to get him put back a year at school so he could complete two years at the residential school. We had enormous support from the school he was at as because they said they couldn't meet his needs it meant alternative education had to be provided for him. What we then did was fight for a statement of educational needs which indicated he needed to go to a residential school and even named said residential school. As I say it wasn't as easy as I make it sound here not by a long chalk but if you wish to pm me I am more than happy to explain further. Of course as I said not all authorities are as accommodating as ours was and it was a long haul but I would say those two years were enormously beneficial to my son (as you know he is posing many problems now but I dread to think where he'd be now without those two years) and had he been even younger would have been even more beneficial. Do pm if you need any help at all xxxxxxxx
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Post by sunnysky on Sept 20, 2014 9:33:05 GMT
just realised spelled Mackerel incorrectly - if you knew what I did for a living!!!!! oops
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Post by shadow on Sept 20, 2014 10:41:08 GMT
are you a fishwife then SunnyS
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Post by sunnysky on Sept 20, 2014 13:33:16 GMT
Hi Shadow - I have been told I sound like one sometimes lol x
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