Abstract
Children and adolescents receiving services from two professional parties may obtain support with a coordinated individual plan (CIP). The Swedish law prescribes that CIP must incorporate service u ...
Highlights
The life situation of children with physical, psychological, and/or social problems may be complex, and simultaneous services are needed from several professional mainly from healthcare, school and social services
When coordination takes the form of a coordinated individual plan (CIP), it is important for children, young people and their parents to be viewed as fellow service users with the right to participate in the planning, implementation and follow-up of support and services
The findings were described by the participants as a pathway to reach coordination and service user influence, a finding, prominently in all interviews which is described in three generic categories and six subcategories (Table 2) and in the following text
Summary
The life situation of children with physical, psychological, and/or social problems may be complex, and simultaneous services are needed from several professional mainly from healthcare, school and social services. This support is supposed to be coordinated and given with a holistic perspective and a strong element of service user participation. In relation to the CIP-process, control over one’s own life might mean participation in decisions concerning important events affecting everyday life. When coordination takes the form of a CIP, it is important for children, young people and their parents to be viewed as fellow service users with the right to participate in the planning, implementation and follow-up of support and services. Due to the Swedish law (SFS, 2001:453, 2001; SFS 1993:387, 1993) children should receive relevant information when a decision is to be made about an action that concerns them
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