School Meeting Survival Kit

You've been in the meeting where they say he's fine for us and you don't know what to say next.

Where you leave with a vague promise of "keeping an eye on it," and nothing changes.

Where you spend the whole drive home rehearsing what you should have said.

This kit is for that meeting.

It's 22 pages of practical, ready-to-use tools — not theory, not a lecture on what the system should be. Just what to say, what to send, and what to do afterwards.

What's inside

Before you go in — a short primer on why these meetings feel the way they do, and why you are not the problem in the room.

The "My Child" one-pager — a fillable profile you send ahead. What your child looks like when they're okay, what it looks like when they're not, what actually helps. It shifts the conversation from is there a problem to here's what works.

What to say when they say… — word-for-word scripts for the hardest lines. When they say he's fine for us. When they say we don't have the resources. When you're being talked over. When you need to slow the room down.

Put it in writing — five email templates you can send today: requesting a meeting, confirming what was agreed, following up when it goes quiet, escalating kindly, and the quick one you fire off from the car park before you forget.

After the meeting — a checklist for the first hour, the first week, and what to do if nothing changes.

Who it's for

Parents and caregivers of neurodivergent children, anywhere. The language is deliberately system-neutral, so it works whatever your school calls the paperwork.

Format

22-page PDF. A4. Print it or fill it on screen. Yours to keep and reuse for every meeting.

No blame. No shame. Just clarity.

— Domenica Soroka, MEd · 28 years in education