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• Information regarding support for children with special educational needs, including learning disability can be found on the Family Information Website.
• Newcastle Disabled Children's Register is co-ordinating and providing a quarterly newsletter.

We are delivering Key Working Services for families with disabled children which was piloted and evaluated by parents and carers between June 2007 and April 2008.

Newcastle Children's Trust Board ensures that local services ensures the needs of disabled children are delivered within:

• Every Child Matters
• Aiming High for Disabled Children
• Integrated Youth Strategy
• D'Catch
• Continuing Care
• Valuing People Now

However, in addition, they highlight:

• Maximise opportunities for regional learning Aiming High agenda; liaise with neighboring pathfinders and networks already established.
• Build on regional networks highlighting good practise examples e.g. Palliative Care Network.
• Identify opportunities to share skills between specialist and universal services to achieve more inclusion service provision.

The Quality Outcomes Framework data showing a prevalence of 0.4% based on those people whose GP has recorded their learning disability suggests that general practice records are not comprehensive.

Targets

Aiming High for Disabled Children provides a framework for agreeing priorities and setting targets.  The Children with Disabilities Management Partnership provides the multi-agency strategic management.

Outcome Improvement Targets in Newcastle Plan for Children and Young People:

Targets are linked directly to Aiming High Core Offer:

Citizen's First, a three year (2008-11) plan for Newcastle written by the Newcastle Learning Disabilities Partnership Board took their estimates of the number of people with learning disability from 'A Life Like No Other' Healthcare Commission 2007.

This section includes information regarding disabled children in Newcastle, including children with a learning disability, physical disability and sensory impairment.