Submitted by crinadmin on
[LONDON, 21 February 2008] - A ground-breaking new website has been developed by The Children's Society to help professionals working with disabled children and young people. The Disability Toolkit website, http://www.disabilitytoolkit.org.uk, is designed as a one-stop information hub, providing essential resources, information and support that are needed by professionals supporting disabled children in decision-making and participation activities.
This new online resource has been developed by The Children’s Society’s Disability Advocacy Project, to help professionals improve their working practice with disabled children and young people, and to provide solutions to barriers they encounter when trying to help disabled children and young people express their opinions and feelings. The website is fully interactive and encourages users to share their resources, practice and ideas using the upload facility. This distinctive feature ensures that content is constantly updated with the latest practice and resources. The website includes: Chris Osborne, Disability Policy Adviser at The Children’s Society, comments: “It is vital that the feelings, wishes and opinions of disabled children and young people are heard by the professionals working with them. The Children’s Society works across England helping disabled children and young people to participate and make decisions. We therefore understand what a challenge this can be. This is why it is so essential that professionals have access to this new website, where they can easily find many fantastic resources and receive practical advice and support.†The Disability Toolkit is jointly funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families and The Children’s Society. The website was created following the All Decisions research, launched in February 2007, which highlighted the need among professionals for such a resource. Hannah Mitchell, the Disability Toolkit Coordinator, comments: “We know how hard it is for busy professionals to keep up-to-date with new resources, practice examples, research and policy, especially when the information is scattered across a large number of websites and organisations. That is why The Children’s Society has brought together everything that is needed by professionals in an interactive, easy-to-use resource.†Further information
Information on policy and research to help users keep up to date with the latest information and policy developments.
pdf: www.disabilitytoolkit.org.uk