An oft forgotten group of children who are misplaced and mistakenly grouped amongst those individuals in need of protective services are those with developmental disability. This is not a Provincially limited dilemma, nor a Canadian one, but National! On May 1st 2007, a letter I wrote was tabled in the Government of Alberta's Hansard, page 732 - 733: The most cost effective way to manage government funding for children with special needs is via support of natural family involvement. Families faced with life-threatening changes when a child is born/develops severe disability are as vulnerable as the children themselves. Natural parents must be encouraged and regarded as valued, responsible care-givers. I did not initially realize that my vision already had a name: Family-Centred Care. I cannot explain how much this concept means to me... how dear to my heart, other than to share the struggles that our family personally faced. The largest accomplishment that I have been able to effect to date is an amendment to the FSCD (Family Services for Children with Disabilities) Act of 2004. Section 2 - 3, dated December 2006, which is accredited to our ^j^ Samantha: http://www.child.alberta.ca/home/527.cfm "The Family Support for Children with Disabilities (FSCD) Program to have separate legislation from that of child protection services."
An oft forgotten group of children who are misplaced and mistakenly grouped amongst those individuals in need of protective services are those with developmental disability. This is not a Provincially limited dilemma, nor a Canadian one, but National! On May 1st 2007, a letter I wrote was tabled in the Government of Alberta's Hansard, page 732 - 733: The most cost effective way to manage government funding for children with special needs is via support of natural family involvement. Families faced with life-threatening changes when a child is born/develops severe disability are as vulnerable as the children themselves. Natural parents must be encouraged and regarded as valued, responsible care-givers. I did not initially realize that my vision already had a name: Family-Centred Care. I cannot explain how much this concept means to me... how dear to my heart, other than to share the struggles that our family personally faced. The largest accomplishment that I have been able to effect to date is an amendment to the FSCD (Family Services for Children with Disabilities) Act of 2004. Section 2 - 3, dated December 2006, which is accredited to our ^j^ Samantha: http://www.child.alberta.ca/home/527.cfm "The Family Support for Children with Disabilities (FSCD) Program to have separate legislation from that of child protection services."
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