SCN0475
Written evidence from Parental Submission 107
- My son is 19 ASD & GDD. We live in [local authority]. In November 2014, in his final review they assessed him for his EHCP. I was told that we would receive it by January 2015. We received the finalised plan in June 2015 after complaints to the Council and the Director of Children's Services. [Local authority] refuse to put any therapies in the EHCP claiming their policy is NHS referral only for under 18's. There is no suitable provisions for post 19 and they force nearly every post 16 and 19 child to attend [college]. Many, many children are being unlawfully excluded in [local authority] even from the Special and Resource Provision Schools. My son was threatened with exclusion last year, after having a very difficult few weeks; this was despite the fact that he had had two very good years at his school.
June 2018