Healthy Child Programme: final report
3.3.1 Individual requirements
Following the consultation the project team recommended the following headings and definitions are used to record the individual requirements a child or their guardian have:
| Individual requirements | |
| Child or parent / carer / guardian | An indicator of whether the individual requirement relates to the child or their primary carer. |
| Individual requirements | Individual requirements that a person has. These may be communication, cultural, cognitive or mobility needs related to themselves or their primary carer. |
| Accessible information - communication support | Outlines capability and support required in order to in order to provide accessibility, with regard to disability. |
| Accessible information - requires communication professional | Requirement for a communication professional to be present in order to provide accessibility, with regard to disability. |
| Accessible information - requires specific contact method | Requirement for a specific contact method in order to provide accessibility, with regard to disability. |
| Accessible information - requires specific information format | Requires information in a specific format in order to provide accessibility, with regard to disability. |
| Mobility needs | A child's or their primary carer's personal physical movement between two spaces that achieves participation and a degree of independence. |
| Cognition | An indicator of cognitive impairment to be considered when communicating related to the child or their primary carer. |
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