BEYOND CHILD-DEVELOPMENT CENTERS - CARE COORDINATION FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

A specific model of care coordination for children with disabilities i s described, comprising parental empowerment, a defined client populat ion, individual tailoring of service based on assessment of need, inte r-agency collaboration beyond existing team boundaries, continuity of named professional contact across transitions important to families, a nd a named care coordinator, The first stages of local implementation of the model are described for children with a disability making the t ransition into nursery school provision, Qualitative findings from int erviews with families and care coordinators are presented, and the pos sibility of care coordinators providing a Named Person function is exa mined.