Aiming High for Disabled Children (AHDC): Transforming Services Conference (15 May 2008)

This resource contains a conference report and PowerPoint presentations from the national conference, AHDC: Transforming Services, held in London on 15 May 2008.

The conference was jointly organised by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and the Department of Health (DH). Ministers at the conference launched a major new package of support for disabled children and their families, as part of the AHDC programme.

To help you select the resource most appropriate to your needs, we have provided some detail of the contents here:

AHDC Transforming Services Conference agenda

AHDC Transforming Services Conference report - sets out the key highlights from speeches, presentations, seminars and questions from delegates.

Plenary Session - AHDC - Departmental Overview Presentation (Kate Sturdy DCSF) - sets out the key elements of the AHDC programme.

Workshop - Aiming High for Young People Presentation (Norman Hole, DCSF) - sets out the key objectives of the Ten Year Strategy for Positive Activities.

Workshop - Children and Young People's Participation Presentation (Kate Martin, CDC) - looks at how to promote the active participation of disabled children and young people in all decisions and issues.

Workshop - Children's Palliative Care Presentation (Rob Dickman, DH) - outlines the national strategy Better Care, Better Lives.

Workshop - Disabled Children's Access to Childcare Presentation (Julie Laughton, DCSF) - explores the key issues and barriers for disabled children's access to childcare.

Workshop - Enfield's Joint Service for Disabled Children Presentation (Janet Leach, Enfield) - looks at Enfield's joint service for disabled children.

Workshop - Play Strategy Presentation (Kevin Williams, Kids) - looks at putting disabled children at the centre of the play strategy.

Workshop - Short Breaks Presentation (Toby Price, Sutton) - explores the local implementation of transforming short breaks services.

Workshop - Short Breaks Presentation (Nick Wharam, Poole) - looks at the strategic development and service development that's needed to ensure service transformation.

Workshop - Transition Presentation (Chris Bush, Birmingham) - provides the context for transition and looks at strategies for the transformation of transition services.

For more information, read the Transforming the lives of disabled children DCSF press release, 15 May 2008 and Ed Balls MP, Secretary of State Speech, 15 May 2008.