What's good about Wordswell? Your very personal service, and Janet's acceptance & professionalism - as well as humanity!

Many thanks for the comprehensive report you provided. It has some excellent suggestions for Jenny’s support.

We are delighted and can't thank you enough for all of your hard work.

A quick note to say thank you so very much for representing us at Tribunal. We would have been lost without you and Mike!!! True lifesavers!!  At least we know that we have given Tom the best possible chance, whatever the result. I do hope it goes in our favour.

Everyone I had contact with at Wordswell was very friendly and helpful...

Thought I would get in touch to see how you were doing and to give you an update on Stephen. I have attached a photo so you can see how much he has changed. Since your involvement he has just gone from strength to strength.

We have appreciated many aspects of your service.  We have found the service most responsive to specific, and potentially sensitive  issues. I have welcomed the way in which you have arranged a comprehensive package of support.

The improvement in my father is quite astounding. Janet cares. She is always prepared to give time to the whole family. A thoroughly professional approach.

He so looked forward to the sessions with you, not just to complete exercises but to spend time with someone who had time to listen and talk to him. You did that with such patience, charm and cheerfulness.

Dear Janet, 

I know how busy you must be...we will send you a copy of the Tribunal result this weekend. In short, they have given Tom a full-time LSA, 45mins per week Speech and Language Therapy, plus 15 mins liaison time with LSA.  Tom to follow an OT programme on a daily basis (devised by an OT) and an OT to visit him once per term for 45mins plus 15 mins liason time with LSA.  We are obviously delighted and can't thank you enough for all of your hard work.  Will try and speak to you next week.

best regards,

J.....

Since my sessions with you, I’ve found things to be just as you predicted.  My day-to-day interactions are incomparably easier and less stressful.  I’ve felt liberated by the changes and have been transformed from a rather shy, unconfident person into a ‘bit of a chatterbox’.  The benefits have come from not only the changes in my speech but also from ‘not having to worry’ about being understood.  I can recommend the sessions to anyone with similar problems … deciding to undertake a course of sessions with you was the best decision that I’ve made, for myself, in my life.

Your assessment and report … helped secure my son a funded place at XXX (specialist independent school for pupils with langage difficulties and dyslexia).  For this I am very grateful.  Now, over a year on I would like to share with you the success our son has had in his first year… he is starting to achieve what he is capable of after being given all the right support.  I am very proud of the way he is continuing to progress and I feel sure that this will continue throughout his school career and into adulthood.

We are excited to tell you that the LEA has been ordered by SENDIST to make and maintain a statement for our son. How wonderful is that? His future looks so much brighter now and we are so pleased for him. Thank you so much for all your assistance in our case and for producing such brilliant reports.   Your evidence at Tribunal was also presented in such a professional way, this helped the Panel to reach its decision I am sure.

Our daughters have won their appeal with the XXX School (specialist independent school for deaf children) being named in their statements in part 4.  To all of you who with your excellent support helped bring about this inspired result, we thank you wholeheartedly.  I am sure you can imagine how much this means to us.  With our very best wishes and enormous thanks.

Yesterday Joe took residence at XXX School on a 52 week placement through tripartite funding initiated by Social Services. The LEA have insisted that they will follow and ammend Statement in view of this. This will render the adjourned Tribunal hearing unneccessary.

It was particularly difficult towards the end with the social services placement [it certainly opened SS eyes].

Thank you for your professional input into our fight against the authorities, it was a fight that we new we had to win as a successful placement would determine Joe's quality of life.

Thanks I, S, J and most of all Joe.

Your kindness and thoughtfullness toward us has been beyond measure...

You may remember preparing a report for our son F...'s Special Ed, Tribunal in 2004.  F... leaves H...... this summer and we've been incredibly lucky to secure a place for him at the post-nineteen provision opened in conjunction with the school last November.

It's a lovely place and will ensure complete continuity for Finn, giving him, we feel, the best possible chance of a purposeful, interesting life.  ... We'd very much like to send ... the report you prepared in 2004, which is still a good picture of F..., in the hope of getting him to understand F... and his needs a little better.

Best wishes,
Janet B...

Dear Janet

Thank you for all your help and support over the past 8 years.  I'm sure J.... will miss coming to see you but it feels like the right time to stop for now.  We wish you and your family lots of luck and happiness in the future.  With love .............

Hi Janet,
We just opened the letter and managed to find our way to the actual result which specified Fr... College for S..... We are so pleased, i want to thank you so much for your support, now he's dragging me down town because he needs all new stuff to start there!