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Commentary on “An evaluation of the My Way transition programme”
- Author:
- DAVIES Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 17(3), 2012, pp.135-138.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The article by Broadhurst et al. (ibid, pp.124-134) sets out to evaluate whether a new programme designed for young people in the transition to adulthood could provide better outcomes for them as well as being cost-effective. The key element to the My Way approach is that it provides support in the shape of a facilitator to help the young person achieve the goals set in the transition plan. The aim of this paper is to comment on Broadhurst et al.’s evaluation of the My Way transition programme. It considers: the difficulties associated with transition; levers to improve transition; what elements make up a good transition; and the role of the Care Manager as a broker. It argues that transition support remains a problematic area, and that successful support needs to include a number of elements. There is a clear role for the kind of facilitation used in the My Way project as a means of providing creative support to young people and their families.
Looking for an ordinary life: supporting children with complex health needs and/or dependent on medical technology
- Author:
- DAVIES Jill
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing summarises findings about some of the current issues affecting children and young people with complex health needs (who may also be using medical technology) and their families. It is based on a development project funded by the Department of Health Voluntary Sector Investment Programme and carried out by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities. Nearly 40 children and families across England took part in the project sharing their experience of the barriers they face to achieving an ordinary family life and how they were trying to overcome these. The project worked in five different areas with some families to help them try new approaches. Families described the difference that a suitable home, personal budgets (including the new personal health budgets) and person-centred approaches can make to their quality of life and discussed the support they need to achieve this. The briefing is aimed at practitioners, children's health and social care commissioners, and aims to raise awareness about issues children with complex health needs and their families face. (Edited publisher abstract)