Aiming High for Disabled Children
For advance notice of forthcoming developments, read the AHDC
programme forecast (29 October 2008) which contains details of:
1. Individual Budgets Scoping Study expected Nov 2008
2. NI54 announcement (parental survey) expected Oct 08
For information on recent developments in transition support
and more, visit the AHDC
programme news page.
The Government wants disabled children to be a priority, both nationally and locally: a commitment confirmed in the NHS Operating Framework and in the Children's Plan.
Aiming High for Disabled Children (AHDC), launched in May 2007, is the transformation programme for disabled children's services.
Supported by substantial new funding and measures designed to make the system work better, the AHDC programme aims to deliver:
- Access and empowerment for disabled children and families
- Responsive services and timely support
- Improved service quality and capacity
For more information, download the programme
summary documents or go to the Policy
context page.
To obtain a hard copy of the programme summary, email Prolog
and quote reference: 00397-2008LEF-EN, and for a hard copy of the children
and young people's version, quote reference: 00519-2008LEF-EN.
Delivering the programme
The Government wants to support professionals, managers and children's services commissioners to deliver the programme. The AHDC resource list includes publications and tools that can help local areas put the programme into practice. It lists the service type to which each resource applies, as well as explaining how to access each resource.
A range of resources are also available under each of the following five workstreams, which are currently AHDC priorities:
At the AHDC: Transforming Services conference (15 May 2008), Ed Balls MP,
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, made a series of
important announcements on the delivery of the AHDC programme. For more
information, download the AHDC conference
materials.
For details of other programme areas, go to the Other
areas of work page.
The programme is monitored by a Ministerial Implementation Group to ensure key
stakeholders are brought together and all interests are represented.
Further information
To keep up to date with progress, read the latest Programme news.
Email the AHDC
Implementation team with questions, comments or suggestions.
If you would like to receive email alerts about updates to the AHDC programme,
including additions to the programme news page, please
register here and select your 'interest' as 'Aiming High for
Disabled Children' (located under 'Social care, welfare,
protection').
This page was last updated on 29 October 2008
