The £35m, three-year pilot projects, which will begin in September, include new centres of excellence for the disabled in children's centres next to special schools; specialist training for childminders and nursery workers on how to care for and educate disabled children; a network of specialist childminders to make it easier for parents to find flexible childcare; and 'peer to peer' support networks for parents to share ideas on care.
The projects will be tested in ten areas - Northumberland, Sefton, Bradford, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Cornwall, Solihull, Luton, Barking & Dagenham and Camden in London. They are part of Aiming High for Disabled Children (News, 24 May 2007), a joint initiative by the DCSF and the Department of Health.
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