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MY WORD OF THE WEEK – Educating
I started this week with a visit to the hospital to see my consultant. It went pretty well. As usual I took some questions with me which I’d written down so I didn’t forget. I asked all my questions but I had forgotten to write one down about further medication. I’ve been asking the same question for five years now so I figure I didn’t really waste my time in asking again. The hospital is a teaching hospital and my Consultant had a question for me. He asked if I would make a video to help his students understand my condition from a patient’s perspective. I was happy to play a part in educating new doctors.
Boo is in the process of choosing her college at the moment and this week she visited a second college. Her older sister was educating her on how important it is to have more than one option. If I’m honest I really don’t know how Boo would cope with the travelling and it may be down to Graham to take her. But, we don’t know, my eldest daughter had been diagnosed agoraphobic for two years before she was given the option to go to college and she picked one on the other side of town and had to take a train. She managed to do her first year no problem. We have to hope that Boo can do similar, at the moment we can’t even get her to walk to school alone and it’s only a mile away.
I’ve been back to home educating the Little Man this week. We had a visitor from the LEA, I didn’t have to let her in, I know all my rights as a home educator. But, The Little Man does actually want to go back to school, we just can’t get him into the one he wants to go to. She was happy with the work he has been doing, although I don’t think he does enough. We are now in the process of getting him an EHCP but I know these can take a long time. She mentioned the school that my eldest son went to and I think it would be perfect for The Little Man. (It was really good for Eldest Son.) We have to get the EHCP (education, health and care plan) first.
I’m just happy that my week has been a little more peaceful than it was last week.
Now it’s over to you, what word or phrase sums up your week this week?
I am glad your appointment with the consultant went well. That is brilliant that you can do your bit to help educate new doctors.
My youngest has thought about the 2 colleges near us. The one she is going to is fantastic in the engineering department and has whole workshops and the other she would be doing all written and theory work so it was a no brainer. My girl will have to get the bus and she is fine with that, she has the advantage of knowing other people going to the same college and she knows the area. When her sister started college we’d just moved here and we knew nothing so it seemed a lot scarier.
It sounds like you are moving in the right direction with getting your Little Man back into a school. Good luck with the ECHP. x
Next steps for education are tricky. One option we have is a college that is two bus rides a way ( plus a long walk) and I know I would end up driving them in. I hope Boo finds the perfect option for her. What a great idea for you to make a video for your consultant’s students. Better understanding is so important. Good luck with the EHCP process. I hope it is swift for Little Man’s sake. It would be wonderful if you could get him into a school you know and like. Fingers crossed for you all.
So good to hear that you’ve had a better week. All the best to Boo as she chooses her college.All of this can be quite overwhelming but also exciting. Fingers crossed that your little man will be able to go to the school your other boys went to.
Good luck to Boo in her college journey, such an exciting time and I am sure she will choose the right one for her!
How fabulous that your consultant asked you to make a video that will help others!
Sim – #PoCoLo x
Good idea to write questions down with hospital appointments – it is so easy to forget otherwise. That’s good that you’re willing to be involved in helping educate doctors about your condition. Good luck to Boo with choosing a college and hope that transport there and back won’t be a problem for her. Glad that the LEA visitor was happy with the work Little Man is doing and good luck with getting him into a better school. #WotW
It sounds like a good week of educating. I have been thinking about the children’s next steps. My daughter has two more years before a move and my son three. It worries me what he will do next and I think, hope, I know where my little last will go next. I think she will have to travel on her own but who knows? Good luck in getting a EHCP. I have a feeling we might need to apply for another one of those #WotW