Speaking at the National Children and Adult Services conference, Liz Railton, national programmes director at TDC, argued that parent participation leads to increased take up of short breaks, which in turn prevents families from reaching "crisis point".
This is backed up by TDC’s work with local authorities, she argued, which found that 44 per cent of councils believe short breaks lessen the number of children who require emergency interventions, such as a spell in residential care.
In addition, 49 per cent of councils said particpation work with parents of disabled children helped achieve cost savings of some sort.
Rita Wiseman, director of strategy and stakeholder engagement at TDC, added that parent participation is driving innovation.
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