Parents with children who have Special Education Needs often find the system to obtain help complex and intimidating. We at Williscroft & Co are able to offer structured expertise on the system for obtaining help along with practical guidance and assistance on working and negotiating with various parties, including the local authority.
We have assisted clients with their request for the local authority to produce a statement for their child and also attended annual review meetings. Once a statement has been produced we have been successful in negotiating amendments to the document produced to ensure that it meets the child’s needs.
We have represented a number of clients through the tribunal system when it has become necessary to challenge the provision offered by the local authority. This would include decisions not to produce a statement for a child, not to cover all the child’s needs or provide adequate provision to meet the needs, naming a school alternative to the one requested by the parents and failing to name a school at all within the statement.
Our focus is to reach a situation whereby the needs of the child are met by the provision in place. We achieve this by offering the following:
