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Every Child Matters (ECM) is a UK government initiative for England and Wales, that was launched in 2003, at least partly in response to the death of Victoria Climbié.It is one of the most important policy initiatives which has been introduced in relation to children and children's services of the last decade, and has been described as a "sea change" to the children and families agenda. [1]
It claims to directly help hundreds of thousands of families each year and is one of the main charities in the UK for carers and disabled people's families. The charity was a founding member of the Every Disabled Child Matters campaign [ 3 ] and is chair of the Disabled Children's Partnership.
The Laming report led to, amongst other things, the creation of the Every Child Matters programme, which consists of three green papers: Every Child Matters, published in September 2003; Every Child Matters: The Next Steps, published in early 2004; and Every Child Matters: Change for Children, published in November 2004.
Heather Baynard, a 14-year-old with cerebral palsy, reportedly died on April 11, 2022, hours after her father carried her cold, gray, listless body into a local hospital like a sack of potatoes.
The Every Child Matters programme outlined in the Children Act 2004 formalised these changes in approach into a legislative framework. Every Child Matters aimed to improve outcomes for children in five key areas; being healthy, staying safe, enjoying and achieving, making a positive contribution and achieving economic well-being. [10]
The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy — a nonprofit advocacy network for children — says it plans to renew its push to eliminate corporal punishment against children with disabilities ...
Doe, 484 U.S. 305, 311 (1988) The IEP is the "basis for the handicapped child's entitlement to an individualized and appropriate education," and the school system must design the IEP "to meet the unique needs of each child with a disability."
Having a child with disabilities increases the likelihood that the mother (or less often the father) will either curtail hours of work or stop working altogether. [2] One study showed that a decline in employment of 9% for mothers with a disabled child relative to all mothers, with a resultant estimate of approximately $3,150 in lost pay.