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Interconnections Worldwide Working internationally to share information, help build knowledge and support teamwork around babies, children and young people who are disabled, marginalised or vulnerable The home of Team Around the Child (TAC) and the Multiagency Keyworker |
Annie O'Connell
Adequate sleep is essential for all children's health and development. Children with developmental delay experience additional challenges in their daily lives when their sleep is disturbed. Parents and carers may experience emotional and physical stress as a result of their child's sleep disturbed nights...
Deborah Berkeley
'When I looked around, I could tell the children were really enjoying the place. OFSTED did too—they just won an 'outstanding' rating. Alice has visited for an hour, and she got stuck in right away—not exactly sitting down at tables and joining in, but exploring the outside space and finding a calm, quiet, little girl, also with SN, to sit alongside whilst exploring the train track...
Peter Limbrick
'I am going to suggest that a family-centred approach in our work with disabled children can be thought of as ripples that spread out from a pebble dropped into a pond. As each ripple expands, so we embrace more aspects of family life and more family members from that central starting point where we might have focused on just the child.'
Hilary Dixon
Over many years I have trained a wide range of professionals and others to feel confident and competent to provide support and education around sexuality, sexual health and relationships for people with learning disabilities. This article describes the way I work, why I work in this way and the models and theories that underpin my method...
Cartoon © Martina Jirankova-Limbrick 2011