EOTAS is an alternative education arrangement for children who cannot attend a school setting due to their special educational needs (SEN). It is not the same as home schooling and it is not AP (alternative provision provided via a Section 19 submission). EOTAS is funded and arranged by the local authority (LA) through your EHCP.
Children Wellbeing & School Bill
The expectation within Law is built on the fact that the framework works from a schools point of view, to support the child. However, the onus is always on the families to PROVE SEN, due to the cash strapped schools not wanting to admit ‘SEND’ due to the funding they will then have to find!
SEN Parent TRAUMA
For me, it starts with hypervigilance, where I will be defending and justifying everything, this phase passes and then the numbness creeps in filling me with emptiness, progresses to a paralysis one which is similar to burnout. I can’t engage, I struggle to think clearly and I am unable to perform the simplest of self-care tasks. Yet, whilst all of this is going on – I can’t let my son see.
SEN Parent Support Group NEWS LETTER
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A SEN Parents Glimmer of Hope!
It was the day when, smack in the middle of year 5, his primary school days ended. He had a period of escalation leading up to that fateful day – refusing to do work at school, struggling to sleep, hiding under desks, pacing corridors, EBSA – but nothing could have prepared us for the abrupt end which led to him being unnecessarily restrained and traumatised. One year ago, my boy was broken.
It was awful, it felt like it would break our family. Our boy became aggressive, could barely talk at the beginning and was so clearly in mental anguish, barely existing day to day.
BUT … that is our past and not our future.
So, let me share with you some highlights from the last year
Living with PDA – No, it is not “spoilt child syndrome”
One approach that has helped us survive is low demand parenting. This means
strategically reducing the number of direct demands placed on a child so they feel
more in control and less anxious. Sounds simple, right? Ha. Think again.
Groundhog Day For Your SEND Child?
A new day, a new beginning – a chance to start again! That’s what parents say to bring about a positive start to the day, why, because we have foresight and hope! A child’s perspective is very different, you see when they open their eyes each morning, none of that happens quite frankly, because quite often they don’t have the developed cognition to see past the now, or the yesterday and the fear that the previous day brought!
Parenting Plot Twist
t’s terrifying. Because everything we’ve been told says that missing school means missing out. That struggling in education means struggling in life. But that’s not the whole truth.
I know, because I’ve walked that different path myself.
A Parents Reality
Believe it or not, I have a life and things I would much rather be doing that being a pain in your arse and sending you emails like I’m Fiona from Baby Reindeer (on crack).
Time Blindness – What is it?
Time blindness is a term used to describe difficulties in perceiving, estimating, and managing time. It is often associated with conditions such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
