Aiming High for Disabled Children
AHDC programme
forecast (19 September 2008)
Details of forthcoming Transition Support Programme (expected October
2008)
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.
Details of how to register for email bulletins on AHDC programme news will be
added here shortly.
This page was last updated on 19 September 2008
