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Out of sight out of mind
- Author:
- LONSDALE Susan
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.5.91, 1991, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Women with disabilities need user-led provision from social services if they are to lead assertive and independent lives.
Service integration and co-ordination: a framework of approaches for the delivery of co-ordinated care to children with disabilities and their families
- Authors:
- KING G., MEYER K.
- Journal article citation:
- Child: Care, Health and Development, 32(4), July 2006, pp.477-492.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article clarifies the nature of 'service integration' and 'service co-ordination' and discusses how these aspects relate to the fundamental goal of providing co-ordinated care for children with disabilities and their families. Based on a review of the service delivery literatures in the fields of health, social services and rehabilitation, a framework is presented that outlines the scope of the co-ordination-related functions and activities encompassed in three common types of approaches to the delivery of co-ordinated care. These are a system/sector-based service integration approach, an agency-based service integration approach and a client/family-based service co-ordination approach. The functions outlined in the framework include aggregate-level planning of services (designed to map out the scope and plan for service provision in a community or geographical area), administrative functions (designed to ensure wise and equitable access to resources) and client-specific service delivery functions (designed to link clients/families to needed services). The framework is a tool that can be used to support policy making and decision making with respect to the design of efforts to provide co-ordinated care. It provides information about commonly used approaches and the essential elements of these approaches, which can be used in making choices about the scope and nature of an approach towards service integration/co-ordination.
The role of the courts in the development and implementation of the IDEA
- Author:
- PALLEY Elizabeth
- Journal article citation:
- Social Service Review, 77(4), December 2003, pp.605-618.
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
This article demonstrates the role that courts have played in the development and implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. As a result of limited federal oversight and ambiguities in the law, courts have been influential players in the creation and re-creation of this law. The role of the courts can be seen in the interpretation of such concepts as a free, appropriate public education, medical services, and the least restrictive environment.
Think of the child first
- Author:
- BRAYE Suzy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.12.00, 2000, p.28.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The needs of disabled children are too often seen by assessors purely in medical or practical terms. Looks at how the Children Act 1989 and subsequent laws allow for a more progressive approach.
Report of a joint inspection of current decision-making within North Yorkshire Social Services Department about the services received by people with physical disabilities
- Authors:
- BREARLEY C. Paul, DOBSON D.H
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health and Social Security. Social Services Inspect
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 17p.+ appendices, tables.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
A resource pack: developing a key worker service for families with a disabled child
- Authors:
- MUKHERJEE Suzanne, et al
- Publisher:
- Care Co-ordination Network UK
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 91p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This resource pack offers research-based advice on how to develop and implement a key worker services for families with a disabled child. The pack takes the reader through each phase of the process, with examples of activities and exercises which can assist in planning and decision making for each phase. Issues addressed include: what the services should look like; managing change; how to support the service; and facilitating multi-agency steering groups. The pack is aimed at managers and development workers within education services, health services, social services and voluntary organisations.
Participation of disabled children in individual decisions about their lives and in public decisions about service development
- Authors:
- CAVET Judith, SLOPER Patricia
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 18(4), September 2004, pp.278-290.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
A literature review was carried out to establish what evidence exists about disabled children's participation in decision-making, both regarding their own lives and about the shape of service delivery. There is evidence that disabled children hold and can express views, given the right environment. However, participation of disabled children needs further development. Measures proposed include addressing organisational systems so that they promote participation, extending advocacy services, the adoption of inclusive approaches and staff training, plus education and information for disabled children and their parents. There remain significant gaps in the research evidence available.
A resource pack: developing a key worker service for families with a disabled child
- Authors:
- MUKHERJEE Suzanne, et al
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 72p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This resource pack offers research-based advice on how to develop and implement a key worker services for families with a disabled child. The pack takes the reader through each phase of the process, with examples of activities and exercises which can assist in planning and decision making for each phase. Issues addressed include: what the services should look like; managing change; how to support the service; and facilitating multi-agency steering groups. The pack is aimed at managers and development workers within education services, health services, social services and voluntary organisations.
Homeward bound
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.1.98, 1998, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A woman with multiple sclerosis whose husband had drinking problems had been receiving day care for years, but increased care was needed. Considers the difficulties of deciding how much weight should be given to the client's wishes when assessing an acceptable level of risk.
Bottom of the list
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.3.97, 1997, p.25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Direct payments for disabled people were widely welcomed as a progressive measure. Asks then, why some local authorities are being slow to implement them.