Choosing a non-local school

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Dave Herbal said:
Will be an improvement on the 0 sets he currently has mind.
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sounds like he just can't relate to the mainstream kids. That's perfectly normal for SEN and it isn't something that is going to change overnight. Go with the best SEN setting and you'll find he instantly relates to his peers more even if they do disappear up the road every night and he doesn't see them properly until the next morning. I work in SEN, we have had countless students from all over the Borough who have been diagnosed ASD but you wouldn't know it. We've simply put it down to the setting, the environment and their peers. I suspect they just didn't relate to anyone at their previous placement and therefore the ASD was much more noticeable.

my inbox is open if you want to know anything else about SEN education & different settings.
 
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Dave Herbal said:
He goes to a special school now, but he thinks they are alll knackers and he’s normal. That’s why mainstream will be better for him, as long as they have coping strategies when he decides he knows more than the teacher and refuses to do any work.
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"special" school is such a varied term. It can mean ASD specialist, it could be behaviour specialist, could be MLD, SLD, profound disability etc etc. Could be a mixture of everything as we have been for quite some time. I've never properly encountered SEN in a mainstream setting but some of the strategies we use appear to be totally alien to some mainstream staff we encounter and that always blows my mind.
 
mainstream with SEN/RB provision is far different to a specialist SEN school

plus you've already said the bairn did'nt manage to learn much in a year, it sounds like a no-brainer to me
 
The best school for the bairn is the best option Dave, he might make new friends there and for all you know, some of them could live in Sunderland :D. Biddick is a good school and it's equipped to meet his special educational needs, which in turn should hopefully bring him on a bit xx
 
Scotty said:
mainstream with SEN/RB provision is far different to a specialist SEN school

plus you've already said the bairn did'nt manage to learn much in a year, it sounds like a no-brainer to me
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But he won't be able to knock on for his mates
 
Dave Herbal said:
He goes to a special school now, but he thinks they are alll knackers and he’s normal. That’s why mainstream will be better for him, as long as they have coping strategies when he decides he knows more than the teacher and refuses to do any work.
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Just because a mainstream school has a senco, doesnt mean it will be any good for your son though. A fair few sencos ive worked with at mainstream aren't as good as specialist school staff in understanding an individual's needs & abilities. A lot of the young people ive worked with in specialist school's thought they were normal and the rest of them were knackers
 
DurhamRedStripe said:
You worry for them so it's hard, but kids are resiliant and just get on with whatever situation they find themselves in. I understand the worry though, but as this post shows you care enough and will do what you need to do to make sure he will see friends even if there is some travel. He will be fine.
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This, my two have moved half way round the world, bricking both times, slotted into uk life no problem. Youngest was a loner in Vietnam, with few friends, now he has loads of mates in the uk, kids adapt, if their not a total knacker, they’ll be fine.
 
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