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Title: Partnership with parents and disabled children. HIA of the All-Inclusive Wraparound Project for children with a disability

Abstract

The All-Inclusive Wraparound Scheme seeks to develop new ways of multidisciplinary, interagency working that will make a difference to the lives of children with disabilities (aged 0-18 years) and their families and carers across the Southern Health and Social Services Board in Northern Ireland. A concurrent HIA was undertaken with the aims of identifying the positive and negative health impacts, producing clear recommendations to improve the service and informing the development of an evaluation and monitoring framework. Eight community-based projects linked to 15 partners were involved in the HIA. Health and social services, education, the Library Board, voluntary sector community groups, parents and children all took part. It was concluded that there was a need for better information for parents to enable them to access services. Partnership working with parents and between agencies needed to be improved and parents and professionals on partnership working. The handover between services at transition from preschool to school-age and from school-age to adult services needed to be better planned. Conducting a HIA early in the implementation of Wraparound has enabled the project to take account of more perspectives and influence the delivery of services for children with a disability.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
20650613
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Environmental Impact Assessment Review
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 24; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2003.10.014; PII: S0195925503001781; Copyright (c) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0195-9255
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; CHILDREN; COMMUNITIES; ELDERLY PEOPLE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; PUBLIC INFORMATION; RECOMMENDATIONS; SOCIAL SERVICES; UNITED KINGDOM

Citation Formats

Farrell, Brid, Elliott, Iris, and Ison, Erica. Partnership with parents and disabled children. HIA of the All-Inclusive Wraparound Project for children with a disability. United States: N. p., 2004. Web. doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2003.10.014.
Farrell, Brid, Elliott, Iris, & Ison, Erica. Partnership with parents and disabled children. HIA of the All-Inclusive Wraparound Project for children with a disability. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2003.10.014
Farrell, Brid, Elliott, Iris, and Ison, Erica. 2004. "Partnership with parents and disabled children. HIA of the All-Inclusive Wraparound Project for children with a disability". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2003.10.014.
@article{osti_20650613,
title = {Partnership with parents and disabled children. HIA of the All-Inclusive Wraparound Project for children with a disability},
author = {Farrell, Brid and Elliott, Iris and Ison, Erica},
abstractNote = {The All-Inclusive Wraparound Scheme seeks to develop new ways of multidisciplinary, interagency working that will make a difference to the lives of children with disabilities (aged 0-18 years) and their families and carers across the Southern Health and Social Services Board in Northern Ireland. A concurrent HIA was undertaken with the aims of identifying the positive and negative health impacts, producing clear recommendations to improve the service and informing the development of an evaluation and monitoring framework. Eight community-based projects linked to 15 partners were involved in the HIA. Health and social services, education, the Library Board, voluntary sector community groups, parents and children all took part. It was concluded that there was a need for better information for parents to enable them to access services. Partnership working with parents and between agencies needed to be improved and parents and professionals on partnership working. The handover between services at transition from preschool to school-age and from school-age to adult services needed to be better planned. Conducting a HIA early in the implementation of Wraparound has enabled the project to take account of more perspectives and influence the delivery of services for children with a disability.},
doi = {10.1016/j.eiar.2003.10.014},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20650613}, journal = {Environmental Impact Assessment Review},
issn = {0195-9255},
number = 2,
volume = 24,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2004},
month = {Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2004}
}