Solution Categories | Carer-preferred solutions | Provider solutions |
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ACCHS-based support | Provide education, workshops, information sessions, and support groups (especially for children with intellectual disability) for families | Grassroots-based; educating families and teachers on disability and available services; focus on prevention |
Opportunities for carers to speak with health professionals/service providers face-to-face (rather than computer or phone). | Work within a family-centred, flexible model, personal approach, holistic approach | |
Collect accurate data on number of children in the community with disabilities to inform local and government strategies | ||
Aboriginal Child Disability Support Workers | Need for a dedicated support worker/ Aboriginal Child Disability Worker with disability expertise - role in care navigation, health education, interpretation of medical jargon and liaison support with services | Work within a centralised, case manager model; explore other effective and acceptable models (including funding models) in urban Aboriginal populations |
Increased flexibility | Increased flexibility and responsiveness of respite services | Minimise red-tape and rigid criteria, particularly during crisis; increase flexibility for Aboriginal families |
School-based support | Utilise school data on Indigenous and disability status to ensure adequate resource distribution; facilitate linkages between other support agencies and schools | Increase awareness of disability and support available across professions and within communities; increase opportunity for network building across sectors |
Contact Information | Routinely updated listing of services and contacts for support (general and disability- specific information; with consideration for child’s developmental stages) | |
Inter-sectoral partnerships | Partnerships between schools, parents, and community controlled organisations were also seen as strategies to enable access to services. |