DCSF publishes reports on impact of breaks for carers of disabled

The Department of Children, Schools and Famlies (DCSF) has published two reports produced by the Centre for Disability Research (CeDR).

CeDR, in association with the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) were commissioned by the DCSF to evaluate the Aiming High for Disabled Children Short Breaks Pathfinder Programme.

The reports published include a systematic review of the international literature on the impacts of short break provision on disabled children and their families, and a report on the qualitative element of the project which was designed to provide a sense of the experiences and perceptions of disabled children and their families concerning the impacts of short breaks ontheir wellbeing.

Further reports on the survey-based quantitative elements of the project, designed to identify in what ways and to what extent the provision of short breaks impacts on family well-being will be published later this year and in 2011.