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Practicalities and issues from a local service perspective

Practicalities and issues from a local service perspective. Anne Williams: AAC Officer, Cornwall. Sally Chan. On the road to becoming a spoke in the South West. CAACAT. BCAS/DHR. The Remit of the Local AAC Service.

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Practicalities and issues from a local service perspective

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  1. Practicalities and issues from a local service perspective • Anne Williams: AAC Officer, Cornwall

  2. Sally Chan

  3. On the road to becoming a spoke in the South West CAACAT BCAS/DHR

  4. The Remit of the Local AAC Service • A more limited multi-disciplinary team including at least SLT, OT and teachers where appropriate Reference: The AAC Subgroup, Advisory Group for the Complex Disability Equipment Clinical Reference Group.

  5. CAACAT OT ? Alison Webb SLT Anne Williams AAC Officer

  6. Cornwall Augmentative Alternative Communication Assessment Team (CAACAT) • Pediatric service – birth to 21 • Based in Truro covering the whole of Cornwall and supporting students who are Cornish and educated in other Counties

  7. Alison works one day a week for the AAC assessment service and is employed by Cornwall Foundation NHS Trust • It has been proposed that this SLT support should be increased to 3 days a week

  8. I work for Cornwall Council, Education, Health and Social Services for five days a week supporting AAC assessment, ongoing AAC work and assessing and supporting children who use AAC with ICT.

  9. There is a proposal that we have a specialist OT working for one day a week this will fulfil the remit for a local service as well as someone who can support the team with specialist technical support

  10. AAC Funding All AAC funding in Cornwall, until now has come through the Education Authority Health have provided one day a week SLT for three years We had one day a week of OT support for a year in 2011

  11. Our caseload is increasing!

  12. Our expenditure is increasing! 2009/10 £18,465 2012/12 £40,363

  13. We have referred three children for NHS funding – they all require Eye Gaze All three referrals went in at the same time! One student attends mainstream school Two students attend special school and Alison is their SLT All need specialist mounting for wheelchairs

  14. Referrals Forms Assessment Mounting Training

  15. Record keeping once device was delivered

  16. Wheelchair Mounting DHR Devon

  17. Cornwall CouncilCounty HallTruro TR1 3AYTel: 0300 1234 100www.cornwall.gov.uk

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