(UK) NE Lincolnshire parents complain of lack of support/diagnoses for kids

Nov 15, 2018, Grimsby Live: Parents explain their troubles with SEND services in North East Lincolnshire https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/parents-explain-troubles-send-services-2216714 Parents have hit out at the special needs services in North East Lincolnshire at a public meeting where they outlined how they feel their children have been failed by local authorities and schools. In September the Care Quality Commission released a damning report on the disability and special educational needs service in the area, saying that it found "significant areas of weakness" and that local leaders had a "superficial understanding" of the needs of children and young people with special needs It also found that the new pathway created by the council and clinical commissioning group in March is "currently in disarray" and there are unacceptable delays for children under five who need a diagnostic assessment of autism, with the system not complying to national guidelines. … The main issue raised was the lack of support and diagnosis for children, with many parents saying that despite recommendations and referrals, they have simply been unable to get any real form of support for their children. … One parent claimed that a local academy told her that her son "chooses his behaviour" rather than having special needs which he has been diagnosed with. Another parent said that her four-year-old son was excluded from school on his third day due to his behaviour, because the school had not properly followed up on the EHCP that was already in place, and had no idea about his condition. She said: "For my son to be excluded on just his third day in school shows that he has been failed. …