This essay is adapted from the original service manual ‘Team Around the Child: Multi-agency service Co-ordination for children with complex needs and their families’ by Peter Limbrick, Interconnections UK, 2001
Introduction
The manual from which this paper is adapted is intended for managers
Read more: The Foundations of the Team Around the Child model (TAC)
Free NHS sight tests will be made available within all special school settings, the government and NHS England have confirmed
From government website:
Additional testing in special education day schools will be rolled out next year, adding to the commitment in the NHS Long Term Plan to offer sight t
COFACE member organisation Women for Women (W4W) runs a service which supports separating parents and offers them a helping hand
From COFACE website:
'Every year, thirty thousand children in the Czech Republic face the divorce or separation of their parents. Parents often forget during mutual disput
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‘... some babies and infants ... do not fit into traditional education/school systems or traditional health/hospital systems. This is new work needing new collaborative thinking.’
Education and health are two major parts of early child and family support. A third, not discussed in this articl
Building the case for moving early child and family support out of hospitals into education settings
The two sessions I describe below are constructed from my experience over many years. There are three subheadings:
helping attachment and inclusion
For the sake of this article, paediatric therapy is offered by physiotherapists, speech & language therapists and occupational therapists and is in support of babies and pre-school children who have significant challenges to their development and learning. When t
Read more: A fresh look at paediatric therapy. Is there a better way?
On 75th anniversary of the Nakba, new MAP* campaign seeks a brighter future for Palestine’s next generation
*MAP - Medical Aid for Palestinians, is a British charity that offers medical services in the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon, and advocates for Palestinians' rights to health and dignity.
From MA
Cartoon © Martina Jirankova-Limbrick 2011