Quote Originally Posted by Omegstrat6 View Post
So true about SENCO in schools! Can be a right lottery. We had one brilliant one whose understanding was obviously down to her having a son on the spectrum herself but she left teaching, one who tried her best but clearly had little or no training or knowledge and then one who had had a smattering of training but was the very epitome of "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing" and (very wrongly) assumed she knew best.

So much of this is down to funding. About 10 years ago or so they used to run an excellent "early bird" course for parents, teachers and carers of children on the spectrum which included not only a better understanding of autism itself but also various practical tips and techniques which were very useful in identifying triggers for behaviours to help stop situations happening. Sadly -and rather inevitably -funding for these was short lived despite the government's continual use of its empty "every child matters" rhetoric.

Every year thousands of parents are forced to take their children out of state schools (saving the government money) simply because these schools cannot cope with their needs yet the majority are not severe enough cases that they are able -or need-to attend the very few specialist schools that are available.

Everything is about saving the government money - parents moving away from state schools - patients in pain going private for operations due to waiting lists etc etc. Pity the government don’t care though about wasting money on Covid contracts - fraud - and throwing away millions on illegal immigration!

Everything now by stealth! You wouldn’t get a decent family car now for less than 40 grand and the government know it which is why the road tax is now almost treble than if the car list price was under 40K catching many out when they come to pay their first road tax!

The country is in a huge mess!