Action for Sick Children Scotland Children and Young Peoples Healthcare Rights Resource Pack

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Action for Sick Children (Scotland)Children and
Young Peoples Healthcare Rights Resource Pack

• Amy Joss, Sheila Lawtie and Karen Martin
• Project Officers
• Elizabeth May
• National Coordinator
• Anne Wilson
• Development Officer
• www.ascscotland.org.uk

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A few words aboutParticipation

• The words Consultation, Involvement and
  Participation are often used interchangeably to
  describe a wide range of activitieswe used all
  in this project.
• Be honest
• Feedback whether positive or negative in a
  reasonable timeframe

Example Reading Bus name project
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EACH
www.each-for-sick-children.org

• European Association for Children in Hospital
  (EACH)
• An umbrella organisation
• EACH Charter for childrens rights standards
  for care of sick children
• In Delivering a Healthy Futurep49

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Aims of the EACH Charter

• Parents/carers are invited to provide or arrange
  to provide the support and care their children
  need
• Those in public office are invited to create the
  framework within which parents and carers may
  become active in the care of their child in
  hospital
• Those involved in the care of sick children are
  invited to get acquainted with the rights of
  children in hospital and to act in accordance
  with those rights.

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EACH Article 5
Young peoples interpretation Children and
parents have the right to know why something is
being done so they can help to decide whats best
for them and their health care. No medical
treatments will be done unless its absolutely
necessary.
What the workshops said About healthcare staff
always talk to mum
leave us out Tell
mum before me What young people think should
happen We should know first
Our body, Our decision Id like to
help make decision I want to get my own
way I wouldnt be sure what drugs would
help me
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The Project Begins

• 3 of the identified objectives
• Empowering children and young people to bring
  change to the health care system through
  participation in workshops via community groups,
  nursery groups and in schools.
• Children, young people and their carers will be
  aware of their existing rights within health
  services in Scotland by adapting the EACH
  Charter, piloting workshops and creating a
  community toolkit (the resource DVDs).
• Young people will have opportunities to consider
  how they can make best use of services available
  to them when they are ill by rolling out
  workshops and sharing best practice with others.

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Young Persons Health Care Rights Toolkit

• WHAT IS IT?
• WHO CAN USE IT?

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Workshops

• Other considerations
• Many tools already out there we decided to draw
  and adapt from those.
• Take into account age, group size, environs,
  abilityhave plans, but be flexible.

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How to use the Toolkit

• TRAINERS NOTES
• OBJECTIVES
• LEARNING POINTS
• MATERIALS
• ACTIVITIES
• NOTES

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Using the Pack

• CHOOSE WORKSHOPS WHICH SUIT AGE OF PARTICIPANTS
• MIX AND MATCH WORKSHOPS
• TRAINER NOTES FOR HELP
• HANDOUTS PROVIDED
• IDEAS FOR STORIES AND PLAY BOX MATERIALS
• TIMES CAN BE ALTERED

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THE DVDs

• 2 DVDs were made
• Children were in charge throughout
• Ideas came from the children

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What we learned

• THINK ABOUT RESOURCES
• GIVE CHILDREN FREEDOM TO EXPLORE IDEAS
• KIDS HAVE THEIR OWN VIEWS ON HEALTH CARE
• MAKE IT FUN

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AND HERES THE CAST
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• www.ascscotland.org.uk