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Parent participation: improving services for disabled children; professionals' guide
- Authors:
- CONTACT A FAMILY, COUNCIL FOR DISABLED CHILDREN
- Publisher:
- Contact a Family,|Council for Disabled Children
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 61p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Parents of disabled children and young people care passionately about the services they receive. Parents have strong views on the services they get; whether agencies are working together and most of all whether the needs of their child are truly being met. The aims of this guide are to: raise awareness of the opportunities for parents to play an active role in shaping services; encourage parental participation, by giving examples of parent initiatives and successful joint working between parents and professionals; and encourage parent representatives and parent groups to be proactive in requiring appropriate standards of support and recognition for the contribution they make.
Parent participation: improving services for disabled children; parents' guide
- Authors:
- CONTACT A FAMILY, COUNCIL FOR DISABLED CHILDREN
- Publisher:
- Contact a Family,|Council for Disabled Children
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Parents of disabled children and young people care passionately about the services they receive. Parents have strong views on the services they get; whether agencies are working together and most of all whether the needs of their child are truly being met. The aims of this guide are to: raise awareness of the opportunities for parents to play an active role in shaping services; encourage parental participation, by giving examples of parent initiatives and successful joint working between parents and professionals; and encourage parent representatives and parent groups to be proactive in requiring appropriate standards of support and recognition for the contribution they make.
The dignity of risk: a practical handbook for professionals working with disabled children and their families
- Authors:
- COUNCIL FOR DISABLED CHILDREN, SHARED CARE NETWORK
- Publisher:
- Council for Disabled Children
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 134p.
- Place of publication:
- London
While safety is a key concern for professionals working with disabled children, over-zealous attitudes to risk management can limit their achievements and negate their life chances. As one young disabled person put it, 'the saddest words are "you can’t" when you know that you can.' The handbook outlines essential elements of good practice and policy, covering topics such as health and safety, meeting children’s health care needs, moving and handling children, and physical interventions for managing behaviour. Each chapter also includes examples of forms used by different service providers. These forms, which have been modified for use in the handbook, can be photocopied and further adapted by practitioners for use in their workplace. Based mainly on the experience of Shared Care services, the handbook will be particularly useful for providers of short-break services, in-home care such as sitting services, befriending schemes and after-school clubs.