At Talking SENse! We work with many families to help get their children the support they deserve. It is always fantastic to achieve the outcome that families need as our clients, Craig and Louise Field, explain:
“Talking SENse! was recommended to me by a friend at a time when I really needed support and professional guidance. My son is now 10 years old and has been in an independent specialist school since March 2020, thanks to Ken Upton and his team.
I always knew my son needed specialist provision since he started mainstream reception. Ryan was diagnosed with ASD at the age of three, but when he started reception, I saw the struggles he was having. I stated my concerns to school, but to no avail. I fought for extra support and fought and fought with the school and local authority professionals, I was at my wits end. Every day at school was a battle for Ryan, and it was so upsetting to see the struggles he was having, and yet no one was supporting him or helping him.
Then we met Ken. It was another battle with going to tribunal and appealing etc but knowing we had Ken and his team behind us, gave us the strength to keep going. Ken managed to secure a legally binding, specific and quantified EHC plan for Ryan and secured the independent specialist school we wanted.
9 months at the school and Ryan has made so much progress, has a lovely group of friends and is generally so much happier. He loves attending school and wants to go everyday now. What a turnaround from the 8year old child telling me he hates his life and wants to end it. So, Ken and his team, not only supported us and helped us, but they also actually saved us as a family. We cannot thank Talking SENse! enough.”
Craig & Louise Field