‘It takes leaders to break down silos: Integrating services for disabled children’ (CDC paper). Further observations focusing on local agreements about good practice

Health, education and social care agencies in each locality must decide and describe what, in their combined view, good practice is. After that, it would be perverse not to abide by it

This is the fourth and last part of a series of informal observations on the Council for Disabled Children’s

‘It takes leaders to break down silos: Integrating services for disabled children’ (CDC paper). Further observations focusing this time on workforce attitudes, and a bit about cake

‘I have seen therapists being unwilling to share ideas with portage workers because of differences in levels of training. The portage workers characterised this as professional snobbery.’

In the September TAC Bulletin I made informal observations about a recent paper from England’s Council for Disab

Dismal early child and family support (ECI) in the UK – a massive failure of imagination, not competence

We can frame a new question that brings a more imaginative response to these children and their families

Editorial: Very many babies and pre-school children have ‘multiple disabilities’. As an educationalist, I think it is more useful to think of each of these children having a unique ‘multi

Interconnections, four UK Children’s Commissioners and electromagnetic radiation. The story so far

‘I have put great faith in the Children’s Commissioners as potential children’s champions to protect them from EMR dangers’

Editorial: The electromagnetic radiation (EMR) used by baby alarms, smart meters, smartphones, DECT phones and wi-fi gadgets has never come with a ‘safe-for-children-in-

‘It takes leaders to break down silos: Integrating services for disabled children’ (CDC paper). Further observations focusing this time on what families can do to help integrate local services

‘If fragmentation has been highlighted...as a problem for children and families, there is nothing to prevent parents setting up a meeting...and inviting service managers to it.’

This is the third part of a series of informal observations on the Council for Disabled Children’s paper, ‘It takes leader

‘It takes leaders to break down silos’ – report by Council for Disabled Children offers more of the same. Disappointing

“The report intended to identify key factors enabling or hindering progress towards service integration but...has fallen short by omitting training, rights and discrimination and by underestimating user power.”

Informal observations on the UK Council for Disabled Children’s report: It takes l

Enhancing the education component of early child and family support for children who have multiple diagnoses of disabilities

“teachers are essential members of teams around these babies and young children because they are well versed in the science of learning while other practitioners might not be”

There is international understanding that the incidence of babies and young children who have multiple diagnoses has

Early childhood intervention still struggling to enter the 21st century

‘I wonder if it is possible to write some basic principles or ground rules that would guide early intervention in all countries and all situations’

In my country, early childhood intervention for babies and young children who have disabilities and special needs has been around since black and white

‘I have seen therapists being unwilling to share ideas with portage workers because of differences in levels of training. The portage workers characterised this as professional snobbery.’

In the September TAC Bulletin I made informal observations about a recent paper from England’s Council for Disab

‘If fragmentation has been highlighted...as a problem for children and families, there is nothing to prevent parents setting up a meeting...and inviting service managers to it.’

This is the third part of a series of informal observations on the Council for Disabled Children’s paper, ‘It takes leader

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