If you're new here, you may want to:
Head over to our boards and introduce yourself or just check out what we're talking about today!
Or check out these useful posts:
What to do First
How to Get a Statement
Glossary of Terms

Thanks for visiting!

Every parent of a child with and autistic spectrum disorder needs to get themselves a copy of the Special Educational Needs Code of Practice. It’s published by the Department for Education and Skills and should be the blueprint for every LEA and school for how they manage children with SEN.

It sets down principles for how they should liaise with parents, the different stages of provision and how to manage the statementing process.

For parents, this is your first tactic to use in getting your school or LEA to pay some attention to you. Quoting the Code gets results.

You can download it from here or get a printed copy for free by phoning 0845 6022260 and asking for document ref: DfES/581/2001.

My advice would be to get the printed version. It’s going to get a lot of use, so you need it to be robustly bound. Makes a good noise when you plonk it on the table at meetings with the LEA as well.