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Opinion: The Minister's view - Disabled children find the support they need

Feedback from early years workers shows the benefits the Early Support programme is bringing families, says Beverley Hughes.

Following my previous article about the child health strategy, through which we announced the biggest-ever investment in services for disabled children (5 March), I am delighted to share with Nursery World readers details of the success of our Early Support programme.

Early Support is a national programme to improve the way that services for young children with disabilities in England work together. It's a way of working with families that keep them at the heart of any discussions and decisions about their child. The programme provides a standard framework and set of materials that can be used in many different circumstances, and a set of expectations about how services should work with families. This means that parents of disabled children can be clear about what support they should expect, and to what standard.

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