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LLG Respite 2018 Survey Findings for Special Needs Families

Conducted by the Lanark, Leeds, and Grenville Special Needs Steering Committee, this survey aims to identify available respite services and approaches for families of children with special needs in the LLG area. The survey maps existing practices to enhance community support and meet the respite needs comprehensively.

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LLG Respite 2018 Survey Findings for Special Needs Families

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  1. Lanark Leeds and Grenville Special Needs Steering Committee Respite 2018

  2. LLG Respite Survey Purpose • To find out the range of respite services and range of approaches towards respite for families of children and youth with special needs in LLG. • To map existing services/practices related to respite services.

  3. LLG Respite • What do we want? • Families (and Service Providers) to have/receive information about what is available in the community • How do we capture growing pressure? • How do we articulate/capture community need?

  4. LLG Respite What do we want? • Respite for shoring up and strengthening families • Respite with purpose • Purposeful engagement vs. covering an identified number of hours • Respite mentoring… • Making the need for, use of and access to respite normative • Respite providers strengthen connections to community

  5. Respite in Leeds & Grenville

  6. What Respite Looks like in Lanark

  7. Out of Home Respite (OHR)Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

  8. LLG Respite Providers

  9. Can other organizations purchase respite from your organization?

  10. Streamlined process? • Opportunity to pool staffing resources? • Opportunity to make respite with purpose a part of regular ongoing planning with and for families (preventative vs reactive)

  11. Next Steps… • Informed discussion about what needs to happen to make some changes and improve respite access and opportunities….

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