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UNCRPD (United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities)
• Paradigm Shift
• Internationally Binding • Rights Based • Progressivity
• Article 12 • Defines THE Destination
• ? Ratification
NATIONAL DISABILITY STRATEGY
• Disability Act and Sectoral Plans
• EPSEN Act • Investment Programme ! • Mainstreaming • Disability Stakeholders Group + +
Sustainability of Current Provision
- Economic Climate - Changing Demographics - Changing Expectations
Full Inclusion & Self-Determination for People with Disabilities
Underpinning Principles & Values - Citizenship
- Control
- Informed Choice
- Self-Determination
- Responsibility
- Inclusion
- Participation
The Creation of a Cost-Effective, Responsive & Accountable System which will Support the Full Inclusion & Self-Determination of People with
Disabilities.
Underpinning Principles & Values
- Equity - Person-Centred - Quality - Effective - Efficient - Sufficient - Accountable & Transparent
PROGRESSING CHILDREN’S SERVICES
• Primary Care Teams when the Child’s Needs Can be Met There
• Network Generic Early Intervention & School
Age Teams • Support as Needed from Specialist teams in
Areas of High Expertise
ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES • A clear Pathway to Services for Every Child who
Needs them
• Equity & Consistency Across the County
• Effective Teams working in Partnership with Parents
• Resources Used to the Optimum
• Health & Education Working Jointly to Achieve Best Outcomes for Children
- All Provision in Dispersal Housing in the Community
- Housing Responsibility of Department of Environment.
- Health Related Supports Responsibility of Mainstream Health Service.
- Specialist Agencies Focus on the Provision of Individualised Social Supports.
REPORT
“Time to Move On from Congregated Settings”
A Strategy for Community Inclusion.
Available: http://www.fedvol.ie/Key_Policy_Documents/Default.1693.html
Equip People • To make choices and plans to support personal goals. • To have influence over the decisions which affect their lives. • To achieve personal goals and aspirations. • To be active, independent members of their community & society.
New Directions
Core Values
• Person-Centeredness • Community Inclusion and Active Citizenship
• A Quality Service
New Directions
Other Relevant Policies
• The Review on Autism • NCSE Policy Advice re Special Education • New Resource Allocation Model in Special
Education • National Housing Strategy for People with
Disabilities. • Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People
with Disabilities.
“Change is the law of life and those
who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future”
- John F. Kennedy.
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent,
but the one most responsive to change”
Charles Darwin 1809-1882, English Biologist & father of the Evolution Theory.
“Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change is like death and
taxes – it should be postponed as long as possible and no change would be vastly preferable. But in a period of
upheaval, such as the one we are living in, change is the norm”
- Peter Drucker - Management Challenges for the 21st Century (1999).
Challenges • Scale of the Change / Leadership • Attention Deficit Implementation Disorder (ADID) • The Irish Reality • Timing • Poor Data on Costs.
Challenges • Lack of Therapists / Psychologists • Managing Challenging Behaviour in Schools • Lack of Capital Resources • Conflicting Goals – High Quality Low Costs • Lack of Research & Evaluation.