Practice: Social Work in Action, 6(3), 1992, pp.206-210.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
This paper describes the failure of social workers and teachers to communicate effectively in meeting the needs of disabled young people in the transition from school to community, and the use of a complete special needs assessment and planning package, the GIRA Disability Assessment as a means whereby an effective transition between school and social services provision can be effected.
This paper describes the failure of social workers and teachers to communicate effectively in meeting the needs of disabled young people in the transition from school to community, and the use of a complete special needs assessment and planning package, the GIRA Disability Assessment as a means whereby an effective transition between school and social services provision can be effected.
Subject terms:
interagency cooperation, interprofessional relations, needs, needs assessment, physical disabilities, school children, social welfare law, social workers, special education, teachers, young people, assessment, children, day services;