Cut off Special educational requirements Support for families can be “disastrous”, a mother has warned, her son says EducationMental health and life were saved by expert help.
Renta Vats, who has two children Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) stated that the support plan turned around his eldest son, Elliot’s life, when he was unable to attend school mentally unhealthy, isolated and sequential support due to lack of support.
EHCPS was introduced in 2014 To replace special educational requirements and the “statements” of the disabled (send). It brings together education, health and social care in the legally binding scheme for youths under 25 years of age, underlining additional help that will be given to them to achieve their ability.
However, the government is allegedly considering Overhaul of systemMany children are arguing Out of mainstream education.
“Without that EHCP, I am not sure he will still stay here,” Ms. Watts said Independent“I did not know what would happen.”
Elliott who has autism And ADHDStarted a secondary school full of enthusiasm. But within months, their anxiety as expert support was withdrawn despite the clear evidence of their needs.
“The school said they wanted to show them what support they needed, so they removed everything against all professional advice,” said Ms. Watts.
“We had no legal power to stop them. He started coming home and just started crying, recession, shouting and throwing things. He did not even understand.”
He said that he feels ill every morning and became so upset that he started hiding under his bed to avoid going inside.
“It reached the point where he would not step on the school ground, without feeling that he was going to throw,” said Ms. Watts.
“He was getting into custody after custody for those things which were clearly part of it DisabilityHe could not organize himself, which we were already explained, but they punished him for not turning it in sessions or forgetting books. ,
Ms. Watts was to be taken to the local authority to the tribunal, taking care of three children for more than 100 hours.
Once when EHCP was in place, his son got legal right to support his need, everything changed.
“With the presence of zero percent, he went up to 100 percent. He got three A*S at A-Level. He has just completed a master in computer security. He will become a big asset for the UK. He would have been lost without that legal duty to support him.”
His younger son, Dominic, has a full time in wheelchair and has complex medical requirements. She says that her EHCP is important in helping schools understand how to support them safely.
“His EHCP ensured that the school knew what he really needed, where he had to be careful, and how his health affected his learning. He was in the hospital for eight months and the plan meant that he could original infections in the Great Ormond Street Hospital School.
The government has failed to slash ECHP, Education Minister Stephen Morgan said that the parents should have no fear of “exactly” that the support (Send) for special needs or disabled children will be scalled back.
However, he could not guarantee that the current system of EHCP would remain in place.
The official spokesperson of the Prime Minister also refused to cut the EHCP, but suggested that children, families and schools did not get any support.
In an open letter to the government, campaigners have stated that without documents in mainstream schools, “Thousands of children are being ruled out, or lose access to education completely”.
Ms. Vats, who is co-director in the forest with special requirements, said: “It is not about opposing change. If the labor can improve the inclusion of mainstream schools, bring it fantastic, bring it. But do not do so by removing the rights of disabled children.”
The government has planned to publish a white paper in the autumn on how it will improve support to send.