Beyond child development centres: care coordination for children with disabilities.
A specific model of care coordination for children with disabilities is described, comprising parental empowerment, a defined client population, individual tailoring of service based on assessment of need, inter-agency collaboration beyond existing team boundaries, continuity of named professional contact across transitions important to families, and a named care coordinator. The first stages of local implementation of the model are described for children with a disability making the transition into nursery school provision. Qualitative findings from interviews with families and care coordinators are presented, and the possibility of care coordinators providing a Named Person function is examined.
Appleton
P L
PL
School of Psychology, University of Wales, Bangor, UK.
Böll
V
V
Everett
J M
JM
Kelly
A M
AM
Meredith
K H
KH
Payne
T G
TG
D019090:Case Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003256:Community Participation / Q000379:methods; D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000628:therapy*; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D017146:Models, Organizational; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014852:Wales