New Findings on Early Childhood Intervention Described by Investigators at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology – RMIT University (Implementation of Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme Experiences of Families of Young Children …)

2020 AUG 21 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Fresh data on Pediatrics - Early Childhood Intervention are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating from Melbourne, Australia, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was introduced in Australia in 2013 to address the inadequacies of a fragmented and underfunded service system for people with disabilities. For young children with developmental disabilities, NDIS services fall under the early childhood early intervention (ECEI) approach, the impact of which is yet to be documented.”

Financial support for this research came from RMIT-Noah’s Ark Partnership.

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology - RMIT University, “Considering the critical role of families in supporting their children with a disability, the aim of the present study was therefore to examine their experiences of the ECEI approach in the State of Victoria. Seventeen parents participated in interviews and focus groups, which generated information clustered around five themes: (1) accessing the NDIS and the ECEI; (2) plan development and implementation; (3) choice and control; (4) family and community life; and (5) parental distress. While highlighting the potential of the NDIS funding and its long-term benefits, participating parents reported numerous challenges in their pursuit of supports under the ECEI.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “It is concluded that for the NDIS to fulfil its promise and potential, substantive revisions of its systems, policies and practices will be required to be relevant and sensitive to the needs of young children with developmental disabilities and their families.”

For more information on this research see: Implementation of Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme Experiences of Families of Young Children With Disabilities. Infants & Young Children, 2020;33(3):184-194. Infants & Young Children can be contacted at: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Two Commerce Sq, 2001 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins - www.lww.com; Infants & Young Children - http://journals.lww.com/iycjournal/pages/default.aspx)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Susana Gavidia-Payne, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology - RMIT University, School of Education, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1097/IYC.0000000000000169. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

(Our reports deliver fact-based news of research and discoveries from around the world.)