Use this before you seal the envelope
Tick through every question. If you can't answer yes, go back and add detail before posting.
Content checks
- Have you answered every relevant question, not just ticked boxes?
- Have you added examples with frequency and time (how often, how long)?
- Have you explained what happens if help is not given (the risk)?
- Have you compared needs to a child of the same age without a disability?
- Have you included night needs separately from daytime needs?
- Have you described variable needs (good days and bad days)?
- Have you mentioned all adult help — prompting, supervising, reassuring, physically doing tasks?
- Have you used plain, honest, specific language instead of vague summaries?
Evidence checks
- Have you listed all professionals who see the daily impact, not only diagnosing ones?
- Have you attached or referenced supporting evidence (, school plan, / reports, continence service, behaviour or sleep diary, medication plan, parent diary)?
Practical checks
- Have you kept a full copy of the form and any letters (photo or scan is fine)?
- Have you sent it by a method you can track (or kept proof of posting)?
After you post
Save a copy of everything. If the decision is lower than you expected, you have one month to ask for a Mandatory Reconsideration — and your saved copy is the starting point for that request.
Information only — not legal advice. Always be honest and use evidence from your own child.