Increase in Social Care labeling SEN parents as "difficult"

It is common, in my experience, for parents of children with autism to feel that concerns expressed to local authority professionals are often discarded, or that there is a distinct lack of understanding of the condition itself. This leads to disputes and disagreements between the parties. These issues tend to arise once parents have realised that they cannot continue without extra support or an alternative placement be sourced for their son or daughter. The request being made is often the trigger point for intervention in some form by the authority; usually via its social services department.

The prevalence of social services intervention has steadily risen in recent times. In practice, the possibility of it being initiated by the authority remains on the increase, despite this being a highly controversial, and often inappropriate, tactic.

In light of these concerns, Special Needs Jungle asked that we write a blog for them about these issues. The full blog can be found here:

https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/social-care-tactics-send-problem-parents/