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Realising your child has special educational needs is stressful for any parent. Getting them the help they require can be a long, drawn-out, frustrating and expensive process. In the UK, the system of getting a statement of special educational needs is complicated for anyone to negotiate. This parent-to-parent book, written by the creator of the Special Needs Jungle website, Tania Tirraoro, tells parents what to do, how and when to do it in an easy to follow step-by-step approach. It includes real examples of successful applications for statutory assessment and placements so parents can see the evidence they need to prove their child's case. "I only wish that I when I was going through the statementing process striving to get John Paul the right education, speech therapy and respite for the family that I had read this book." Maria Hutchings, SEN Campaigner
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Quite simply, if you have a child with special educational needs, then you really should read this book.
Out there is a myriad of at the best confusing and at the worst poor parental advice - some of which is given out by professional teaching staff (including some SENCo's) who come into contact with your SEN child.
Tania's book talks about direct experiences (hers and those of other parents), is a quick and easy read and clearly spells out the step by step process YOU need to take to get YOUR child the correct support and help they need.
If I had read this book four years ago, I would have appealed the LEA's decision not to give my son a Statutory Assessment.
Now having read it, I realise that decision was wrong, but that it is not too late. I now feel empowered and have the confidence to have another go at getting my son the help he needs.
Out there is a myriad of at the best confusing and at the worst poor parental advice - some of which is given out by professional teaching staff (including some SENCo's) who come into contact with your SEN child.
Tania's book talks about direct experiences (hers and those of other parents), is a quick and easy read and clearly spells out the step by step process YOU need to take to get YOUR child the correct support and help they need.
If I had read this book four years ago, I would have appealed the LEA's decision not to give my son a Statutory Assessment.
Now having read it, I realise that decision was wrong, but that it is not too late. I now feel empowered and have the confidence to have another go at getting my son the help he needs.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
This book is a parent-to-parent guide of how to complete the paperwork to request a Statutory Assessment of your child's Special Educational Needs and walks the reader through the process with examples from the documentation completed by other families who have gone through the process.
It recognises the emotional roller coaster that this current process is for parents and how difficult and daunting it can be even for articulate and well educated parents who are able to use the internet and seek appropriate advice from support groups, lay representatives and lawyers.
The book gives Tania's experience of two successful appeals to the Special
Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal for her own two sons who have an autistic spectrum condition (although she did not in the end need to attend hearings for either child) and she urges parents not to give up. Gathering expert evidence is key.
The section written by Julie Maynard, herself a parent and lay representative, illustrates how daunting a Tribunal hearing can be unless parents have support and if possible representation.
This is an extremely important and helpful guide and one I will recommend to
the parents I work with in my role as an independent speech and language therapist and expert witness. It may not be accessible to all parents due to the complexity of the current process but it will give hope to many that they can navigate through the system and achieve a positive educational and life outcome for their child.
It recognises the emotional roller coaster that this current process is for parents and how difficult and daunting it can be even for articulate and well educated parents who are able to use the internet and seek appropriate advice from support groups, lay representatives and lawyers.
The book gives Tania's experience of two successful appeals to the Special
Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal for her own two sons who have an autistic spectrum condition (although she did not in the end need to attend hearings for either child) and she urges parents not to give up. Gathering expert evidence is key.
The section written by Julie Maynard, herself a parent and lay representative, illustrates how daunting a Tribunal hearing can be unless parents have support and if possible representation.
This is an extremely important and helpful guide and one I will recommend to
the parents I work with in my role as an independent speech and language therapist and expert witness. It may not be accessible to all parents due to the complexity of the current process but it will give hope to many that they can navigate through the system and achieve a positive educational and life outcome for their child.
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