Use of family disability service by families with young children with disabilities.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To investigate which families with young children with disabilities used disability services and when they used services to inform policy on service delivery.

Method

We used linked administrative data from different ministries in Alberta to describe families' use of disability services when their children were between the ages of 3 and 8 years old. Disability was investigated on the basis of the presence of a severe special education code for children, and level of special education code. The outcome was the use of family disability services.

Results

Of 31 346 children, 24 761 (79.0%) had no special education code, 3982 (12.7%) had a mild special education code, and 2603 (8.3%) had a severe special education code. Level of special education code was associated wit

SUBMITTER: Russell MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7754115 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature