CDC publishes a wide range of books, practice
and participation guides and more.
Come on in: The Disability Discrimination
Act 1995, Part 3: Access to Goods and Services - A practical guide
for children's services
Book
This book gives information on what is covered in Part 3 of the
Disability Discrimination Act and the differences between Part 3
and Part 4 of the Act
The dignity of risk
Book
A practical handbook for professionals working with disabled
children and their families
Direct experience: A guide for councils
on the implementation of Direct Payments in children's
services
Book
The guide looks at the reality of implementing direct payments
services within a children’s legislative context, based on the
experience of 13 councils who met with CDC over an 18-month
period
Diversity Matters
Book
Good practice in services for disabled children and their families
from black and other minority ethnic communities
Early years and the Disability
Discrimination Act 1995
Practice Guide
This booklet explains how the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
applies to those providing care and education in early years
settings
Extending Inclusion
Book
A development manual on ensuring inclusion of disabled
children and young people in extended schools and children’s
centres
Guidelines on the discharge from hospital of
children and young people with high support
needs
Guidance
This guide provides a framework to assist staff in
hospitals as well as the commissioners and providers in Primary
Care Trusts when negotiating and planning the discharge of children
and young people with high support needs
How to involve children and young people
with communication impairments in
decision-making
Guide
A guide to involving children and young people with communication
impairments in decision-making
Including Me
Book
A practical handbook that will help local authorities, schools,
early years settings and health providers develop policies and
procedures to ensure that children with complex health needs can
access education and childcare
Inclusion Policy
Sets out a policy and a set of principles that CDC consider to be
crucial to the development of inclusion
Influencing for Impact: a
guide to influencing policy and politicians for the disabled
children’s voluntary sector
Guide
Provides the staff and trustees of organisations
with an interest in campaigning on issues for disabled children
with an overview of the most effective approaches to influencing
national policy
IPS training manual
Training Materials
Materials to support the training of Independent Parental
Supporters for their role in supporting parents of children with
special educational needs
Making Ourselves Heard: exploring disabled children's
participation
Based on a series of 8 seminars with local
authorities, this book sets out the current policy context for
disabled children and young people's participation, outlines the
barriers and challenges to effective participation and highlights
what is working well
Parent Participation: Guide for
parents
Book
This guide is written for parents who are already involved, or wish
to be involved in service design and development
Parent Participation: Guide for
professionals
Book
A unique publication for professionals on methods of consulting
parents of disabled children about services for their children
Parent Partnership services: practice
guide
Practice Guide
Reference book for those involved in parent partnership services
for parents of children with special educational needs
Pathways to Success
Book
A new guide to how disabled chidlren's services can be improved
based on the experiences of the pathfinder trusts
Resources to Support the Implementation
of Standard 8 Of The National Service Framework: Disabled Children
And Young People and those with Complex Health Needs
Factsheet
This document outlines the Disabled Children's Standard:
'Children and young people who are disabled or who have complex
health needs receive coordinated, high-quality child and family
Safeguarding disabled children
Guidance
A resource for local safeguarding children boards
Sex and Relationships Education for
children and young people with learning difficulties
Factsheet
Supports staff in special schools, mainstream schools and other
settings in developing and reviewing SRE policy and practice
Top Tips for Participation
Poster
A poster produced by Making Ourselves Heard and Participation
Works.
Transition
guide
A transition guide for all services: key information for
professionals about the transition process for disabled young
people