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Table 5 Domains describing navigation and related work within childhood neurodisability

From: Terminology and descriptions of navigation and related practices for children with neurodisability and their families: a scoping review

Facilitate:

Integration / coordination of resources, supports, and services within and across disparate and complex services, agencies, and systems

Identification of individualized needs

Identification and reduction of barriers to access

Provide:

Information, advice, and education

Single point of contact

Emotional support

Advocacy

Intended Outcomes:

Improved health, behaviour, and capacity

Decreased patient and family distress

Increased satisfaction with services

Guiding Principles:

Client-directed, family-centred, and collaborative

May be brief and time-limited or longitudinal