The Ealing Intensive Therapeutic and Short Breaks Service: an update five years on
Tizard Learning Disability Review
ISSN: 1359-5474
Article publication date: 17 May 2019
Issue publication date: 17 May 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present an update on the Ealing Intensive Therapeutic and Short Breaks Service (ITSBS).
Design/methodology/approach
The challenges the service has faced are reviewed, including the service’s response to those challenges. Also provided is a more detailed analysis of the outcomes of the service.
Findings
The ITSBS continues to succeed in supporting young people with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour to stay at home with their families.
Originality/value
Despite considerable challenges and adaptations to the model, the ITSBS is still achieving successful outcomes for vulnerable young people and is considered nationally to be a best-practice model. Few prior articles have provided an account of how innovative service models are maintained and evolve over time.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge their colleagues from the Ealing Service for Children with Additional Needs (ESCAN), in particular the Ealing Children with Disabilities Social Care Team, for their ongoing joint working, support and funding of ITSBS. Also to the families of the young people the authors support for their hard work and engagement with the service.
Citation
Dilks-Hopper, H., Jacobs, C., Sholl, C., Falconer, C. and Gore, N. (2019), "The Ealing Intensive Therapeutic and Short Breaks Service: an update five years on", Tizard Learning Disability Review, Vol. 24 No. 2, pp. 56-63. https://doi.org/10.1108/TLDR-09-2018-0027
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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