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- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.2.02, 2002, p.40.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a pilot project based in Leicester on service co-ordination for children with complex needs.
Making connections: a guide for agencies helping young people with disabilities make the transition from school to adulthood
- Authors:
- SKILL, PRINCE OF WALES ADVISORY GROUP ON DISABILITY
- Publisher:
- Skill
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 106p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Aims to improve the provision of advice about services for young disabled people when they are making the transition from childhood to adulthood and from children's services to adult services. Intended as a practical guide for experts in a wide range of professions to the range of services available so that providers may be better placed to advise young people and steer them in the right directions.
Working with girls and young women in community settings
- Author:
- BATSLEER Janet
- Publisher:
- Arena
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 174p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Source book for youth workers, social workers, community workers and others involved with education outside the school for girls and young women. Tackles issues such as: sexuality, violence, racism, poverty and motherhood, the politics of disability, and cross cultural work. Also explores the prospects for alliance across professional boundaries, which will benefit girls and young women in the years to come.
Voices and choices: young people who use assisted ventilation; their health and social care, and education
- Author:
- NOYES Jane
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 105p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines the experience of being a young person dependent on a ventilator. Goes on to look at: the policy context; children's rights; the research study and the young people and their families who participated; and who the report is aimed at. Chapter two is on young people in hospital and looks at: NHS service provision; social services; rehabilitation; play; education; families; memories of hospitalisation; long term impact; and good practice. Chapter three covers getting home from hospital, including: discharge planning; involving young people; working with parents; multi agency working; care packages; adapting the family home; complaining; and good practice. Chapter four is on living at home and deals with: coming home; emergency planning; employed carers; coordinating care and negotiating boundaries; staying healthy; friends and hobbies; and equipment and supplies. Chapter five looks at starting school and the support needed. Chapter six is on growing up, including young people's views and experiences, sexuality, and the role of parents. Chapter seven focuses on young people who do not live with their parents. Concludes with a chapter on rights, social security, and education, leisure and cultural activities.