Overview of The Sacred Heart
Centre Services
HSE South, Lady Lane, Waterford
By
Mary Lacey Crowe
Clinical Nurse Manager
Sacred Heart Centre
13/05/2015
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'integrating care with care in
partnership with families'
Mary Lacey Crowe
The Sacred Heart Centre
• Background information
• Staff team
• Supports
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'integrating care with care in
partnership with families'
Mary Lacey Crowe
Mission Statement
• Main function of Sacred Heart Centre Early
Intervention Services is to empower children
with a broad range of intellectual and physical
challenges and their families to develop to
their full potential.
• This is achieved through the provision of an
Individual Service Plan for children attending
the Main EI service
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We believe in…
• Supporting the children and their families in making
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Partnership with families, shared objectives and mutual
respect in the achievement of our aims
The unique contribution of all our staff
Equality of access for all children who enter our service
Inclusion – supported
The principle of accountability and value for money
Evidence based practice
Continually learning to improve our service delivery
within our existing resources through continuous
evaluation
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What services do we provide ?
• Provide daily intensive intervention to children with
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multiple complex needs Monday – Friday
Provide programme input to children attending the
Toddler/Playgroup, currently 2 sessions per week
Provide day respite to children with complex needs
when School is closed
Training/ support to families/community pre schools/
schools as appropriate
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'integrating care with care in
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How do families access the service?
Forum
Network
Sacred Heart Centre
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What service to access ?
• Main Early Intervention service……..child is
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nearing 2 years of age….will have significant
development delay/needs in a number of
areas…will require a significant amount of
individual attention and will only participate in
small group situations for short periods of time
Will have access to various personal, social,
cognitive, communicative, fine and gross motor
programmes
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Service….cont’d
• Toddler Group – 18-36 months……..is compliant for most
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activities….able to participate in small group situation
and has established joint attention…
Will have the opportunity to further develop important
social, cognitive, language, motor and adaptive
skills…will continue to attend therapy sessions outside
programme time.
On discharge from the programme the networks will
continue to lead out the necessary interventions in
consultation with the family and others
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Services cont’d…..
• Play Group – 36 – 60+months……..will have
established joint attention and is capable of
participating in small group situations……will
access various personal, social, cognitive,
communicative, fine and gross motor
programmes to further develop existing
skills…….protocol same as Toddler Group
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Prior to admission…..
• The Clinical Nurse Manager meets with the parents and child within
a therapeutic forum and the family will have completed The Sacred
Heart Admission/Assessment Form which provides pertinent data
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• Family information/history….all people and supports involved
• Birth and medical history
• Developmental history
• Digestion/elimination history
• Sleep pattern
• Oral hygiene
• Risks
..that reflects a complete and accurate picture of the child’s strengths,
needs, preferences and environment…and that addresses the family
questions about enhancing their child’s development with particular
focus on each family member’s concerns and priorities
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Following on from this….
• Families are given an overview of the service
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including information on ……
Expectations
IFSP
Policies & Standard Operating Procedures
Consent
Health & Safety
Communication…customised Log Book….and
finally meet the staff team
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Individual Family Service Plan
(IFSP)….at the Sacred Heart
Centre….
• Documents and guides the early intervention
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process for the children who attend the main EI
service and their families
Through this process, family members and staff
work as a team to plan, implement and evaluate
services tailored to the family’s unique concerns,
priorities and resilience
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IFSP cont’d…
• Is written within 1 month of the child entering
the service
• Takes place bi-annually .. at a time suitable to
the family- sent out 3/4 days in advance for
parents to review/ check for accuracy and
update their family goals
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Core Programme Planning Team for the
IFSP….at the Sacred Heart Centre
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Clinical Nurse Manager
Early Intervention Nurse
SLT
PT
OT
Dietician
Parents/Guardians/ Support persons
Others
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What is contained in IFSP
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Name
Date of Birth
Parents/ significant others…contact details
Medical Card No.
Diagnosis
Service category
Future Placement
Date of previous IFSP
Background information
Start Date
Attendance Record
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IFSP cont’d….
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Medical Information & Health Status
Charts
Appointment Log
Daily Time Table of Service
Goals……communication, fine motor, gross motor, activities of daily
living, cognitive, visual motor, sensory and social and emotional
development
School planning/ checklist
Training and Supports
Information
Family Goals
Action plan
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References
• Bruder, Mary Beth, IFSP
• HSE, Policy & Procedures
• HSE, NMPDU, A strategy for practice
Development
• Johnson – Martin, N.M.et al The Carolina
Curriculum
• NMBI
• Sacred Heart Centre, Policy & Procedures
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'integrating care with care in
partnership with families'
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