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(h) as a response to Recommendation 4 of the Report, DHCS is commissioning a scoping study to provide a range of options and costings for the provision of specialist afterschool and vacation care support for children and young people with complex behaviour associated with autism and other development delays that struggle in integrated settings and require significant support to assist them to develop their life skills and social development; and
(2) calls on the Government to provide a report on the study by the last sitting week of August 2011 outlining the findings, including, but not limited to:
(a) Executive summary;
(b) background;
(c) summary of literature and current practice;
(d) summary of stakeholder feedback;
(e) proposed options including service models, costings, the location of any service including specialist school environments and details of the risk and benefits for each option;
(f) literature research and evaluation of best practice and design setting for specialist afterschool care and vacation care for children with a disability who have high and complex needs associated with autism and other developmental delays;
(g) mapping of current needs to available services; and
(h) an implementation plan with a view to starting first term 2012.”.
The provision of a new service has to be informed by solid information, and this scoping study, which is quite clearly outlined in my amendment, provides some reassurance to members here of the work we are looking at. We are looking at provision of specialist after-school care and vacation care for children and young people with autism and other developmental delays that need to be supported. What I am proposing to bring back in August is a report outlining the findings of this scoping study, rather than a business case—I will change my language effective from today. That will include a summary of literature and current practice, a summary of feedback from stakeholders and proposed options including service models, costings, the location of any service including specialist school environments, and details of risks and benefits of each of these options.
It is also important that we do literature research and evaluation of best practice and design for specialised school after-care and vacation care for children with a disability who have high and complex needs. We will also undertake a mapping exercise of current needs to available services, and the revised amendment shows my commitment that we will also include an implementation plan with a view of starting this work in the first term of 2012.
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