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The cost of childhood disability
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This study of the financial costs of bringing up a child with a severe disability brought together groups of parents to establish the minimum essential costs. Parents acted as their own 'budget standards committees', negotiating and agreeing the goods and services that they deemed to be necessary for disabled child to participate as fully as possible in the world around them. Outlines the finding of research conducted at the Centre for Research and Social Policy.
Care coordination and key worker services for disabled children in the UK
- Author:
- SOCIAL POLICY RESEARCH UNIT
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Many research studies report that parents want a single point of contact with services and an effective, named person to get what the need for their child in terms of services. This summary reports on the results of a survey, carried out at the end of 2002, on the situation of care coordination for disabled children in the UK. Questionnaires were sent to 255 local authorities and 159 questionnaires were returned. Reports on the results focusing on: the number of care coordination schemes; multi agency involvement; parents and child involvement; funding; eligibility; and the use of keyworkers.
Home front
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Search, 31, Winter 1998, pp.28-30.
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
The parents of severely disabled children may face a constant battle in getting proper aids and adaptations in their homes, but success can make a crucial difference to families' lives. The author visited two families who have met with varying success in getting their needs met.