1.  What do you think your child's special educational needs are?

2.  How do you think these can be best provided for?

3.  How do you compare your child with others of the same age?

4.  What is your child good at or what does he or she enjoy doing?

5.  What does……..worry about - is ………aware of difficulties?

6.  What are your worries, concerns?

7.  Is there any other information you would like to give

a.  About the family - major events that might have affected your child?

b.  Reports from other people?

8.  With whom would you like more contact?

9.  How do you think your child's needs affect the needs of the family as a whole?

3:101. Parents may find it helpful to talk to the Named LEA Officer whom the LEA nominated when the proposal to assess the child was first made.  The role of the Named LEA Officer will be particularly important if the parents have difficulty in writing; if their first language is not English or Welsh; or if they have difficulty in preparing a written report.  Following discussions with the parents, the Named LEA Officer should prepare a note of their views, which should be agreed by the parents before it is included in advice relating to the assessment.
3:102.  If parents are advised and supported from the start, there should be fewer anxieties and disagreements about the proposed statement, if issued, and a stronger bond of agreement about the best way forward for the child.  To that end, when a Names Person has been identified at an early stage, LEAs should encourage parents to seek the help of their Named Person in preparing their advice and should welcome the Named Person at any meetings.  LEAs should also work closely with local parent or other voluntary organisations in order to develop partnership and support systems and information material on which parents may draw when assessments and statements are being made.
Educational advice
3:103. Advice must be sought from the school which the child is currently attending, any other school attended in the preceding 18 months and if appropriate, from those responsible for providing education otherwise than at school, for example, the LEA's home tuition service.   The LEA must ask the school(s) to provide relevant information about the child and evidence of the school's identification and assessment of and provision for the child's special educational needs.