Cavan Children's Disability Network Team
Children aged from birth to 18 years with complex needs who live in Cavan (apart from West Cavan).
This section will link to any upcoming events by the many agencies in Cavan involved in supporting children with disabilities and their families
This section contains links to useful resources (reading materials and universal supports), videos and webinars that can help parents support their child. They include local resources, made by CDNT team members., and links to third-party resources.
With a special visit from Santa!
Join us on Wednesday, 11th December 2024, 10 am- 12 pm
Enable Ireland, Hillside, Rathcorrick
Please RSVP your attendance by Monday 25th November
RSVP: admin@enableireland.ie
If you are bringing young children, please let us know in advance when you RSVP. We would like to prepare a small gift.
We are hosting a number of Coffee/Tea Mornings through the year to create opportunities for parents to meet each other. At each meeting we will also have some information sessions for parents that are relevant to all.
Coffee/Tea Morning Dates
19th of November from 10 a.m.- 12 noon
Thinking Toys is running a live sensory toy demonstration in conjunction with our coffee morning taking place on Tuesday 19th of November from 10 a.m.- 12 noon.
These mornings are a new initiative for many of the current team members here in Cavan. In order to try and provide an enjoyable morning, please could you email admin.cavan@enableireland.ie to express your intention to attend the coffee/tea morning. In doing so, we will be able to better prepare the space and resources to best meet the needs of each child and their family members. As always we welcome any feedback on these processes.
Suitable for 0-2 years (pre-walkers)
Dates
19th September
26th September
2nd October
9th October
16th October
Time: 10am
Location: Enable Ireland, Rathcorrick, Cavan
*7 spaces available
Facilitated by Aideen McDermott, Child and Family Support Worker
The team Social Workers are available if you wish to get support with completing forms or have questions related to your benefits and entitlements.
To book an appointment you can do the following:
Phone: (049) 4326990
Email: admin.cavan@enableireland.ie
Advice Clinic Dates
27th June 2024 1:30 – 3:00
25th September 2024 9:30 -12:30
Enable Ireland is the lead agency for the Cavan Children’s Disability Network Team (CDNT) at Hillside, Rathcorrick, Co. Cavan. Children’s Disability Network Teams have been set up across the country as part of the National Progressing Disability Services (PDS) Programme. This programme aims to achieve a national unified approach to delivering children’s disability services. The central focus of this programme is to provide one clear pathway to services for each child with complex needs and their family, within their local area.
Enable Ireland Cavan, in partnership with the HSE, work with families to provide support to children and young people (up to the age of eighteen), with complex needs who live within their catchment area.
We deliver our services within a social model and provide an integrated, accessible and co-ordinated service in partnership with the children using our services and their families. We aim to offer support that is family-centred, by:
- treating families with dignity and respect.
- providing families with information that allows them to make informed decisions and choices.
- including active family involvement in identifying and accessing resources and supports.
- being responsive and flexible to family requests and desires within available resources.
We provide support across a range of settings depending on family priorities. This can include settings like our centre, family homes, community locations and children’s pre-schools or schools.
Our service is interdisciplinary meaning that team members from different professions work together with children/ young people and their families on common goals.
Welcome to our hydrotherapy pool in Cavan. This video will show you the facilities available in our pool.
Families attending our CDNT can make a booking to use our hydrotherapy pool. You can make a booking on our Eventbrite page.
Our pool attendant, Ciaran, is also available to offer parents or SNA’s a guide to the facilities before booking. You can contact Ciaran on Ph 049 4326990 Ex.255 Mob. 085 8567262 or email cmcmullen@enableireland.ie
We can accommodate up to two service users at a time in our pool. The Pool is heated to 33°C and is 8 meters long. All sessions are 40 minutes long. We are have a variety of buoyancy aids and floatation devices available for use.
This is a Social Story which will help support children preparing for a visit to our hydrotherapy pool in Cavan.
The next Family Forum is scheduled for Tuesday the 18th of Feb 2025, 10am-12.30pm in the Cavan Crystal Hotel.
FAQs
Children aged from birth to 18 years may be referred for services.
If you have a concern about a child’s development, ‘Children’s Services Referral Form’ can be completed by parents/legal guardians, health and social care professionals, GPs, education professionals, assessment of need officers or case managers. The completed forms can be sent to their local Children’s Disability Network Team. It is essential that signed parental consent is recorded on the referral form.
A referral can be made by a healthcare professional. Or you can make the referral yourself.
To do this:
- Complete the Children’s Services Referral Form (PDF, 106 KB, 11 pages)
- Complete an Additional Information Form for your child
The Additional Information Form lets you describe your child and what your concerns are. It will help to refer them to the right service for them.
Complete the Additional Information Form for children aged:
- 0 to 12 months (PDF, 130 KB, 7 pages)
- 1 to 3 years old (PDF, 204 KB, 10 pages)
- 3 to 6 years old (PDF, 221 KB, 12 pages)
- 6 to 12 years old (PDF, 183 KB, 10 pages)
- 12 to 18 years old (PDF, 166 KB, 9 pages)
These forms allow all PDS teams and disciplines/services to accept and prioritise referrals on a consistent and equitable basis. Completed referral forms can be sent to admin.cavan@enableireland.ie.
If you require further information or help to complete the referral forms, please contact the service on 049-4326990 or e-mail admin.cavan@enableireland.ie
Children aged from birth to 18 years with complex needs who live in Cavan (apart from West Cavan).
Services are delivered through an Interdisciplinary Team. This is a group of different health professionals that work together and in partnership with the child and their family. The child and family are key members of this team. Depending on a child’s need, members of the child’s team may include physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, psychology and social work. There are other disciplines on the team that can be accessed if a need is identified.
The team will provide supports for the child across a variety of settings including the home, education settings such as pre-school or school, community settings or within the CDNT centre.
The CDNT’s operate through a Family-Centred Practice model. This is an approach that focuses on the whole family and not just the child requiring support. It ensures that the family's priorities are considered when settling goals with the family.
All families that have a child attending the CDNT will have a keyworker. The keyworker will be named contact and act as a link between the family and the team. They will support families with any queries they may have about their service.
All families attending the CDNT will have an Individual Family Support Plan (IFSP). This is an agreed plan that identifies the child and family’s goals and priorities. The IFSP will also describe supports needed to achieve these goals. The IFSP looks at and documents the child’s strengths and achievements since the last plan was completed. As children grow and develop the goals on their IFSP will change with them.
Cavan Children's Disability Network Team
Rathcorrick,
Co. Cavan,
H12 NT26
