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.
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!
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....
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...
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.
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...
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 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).
Your children can’t explain their difficulties in a school setting so they will instead say things like “I don’t like the teacher” or “I just can’t do it”. “The teacher is mean to me” and “kids are mean to me”!
Written by Sam Ryan When you become a parent, you dream about the path that stretches out in front of you – a future filled with bedtime stories, unicorns and dinosaurs, snuggling under the covers on a Sunday morning with your little one, walks in the park and watching them run and play amongst the other...
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