Efficacy of transition for young people with learning disability
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The efficacy of transition planning for young people with learning disability moving from children’s services to adult’s services in Highland: A social work and parental perspective.
IRAS ID
194086
Contact name
Angela M J Holm
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of the Highlands and Islands
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
ETHSHE079, UHI Ethical approval application
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 4 months, 24 days
Research summary
The efficacy of transition planning for young people with learning disability moving from children’s services to adult’s services in Highland: A social work and parental perspective.
This research is solely for the researchers undergraduate dissertation project. It is widely recognised that young people and adults alike with additional support requirements should be given the opportunities to live fulfilling lives, reach their full potential and have the right to access adequate levels of support to do so. Around school leaving age, many young people with learning disability undertake a process of transition affecting their education setting, work environments, social environments, support levels/types and home lives. The Scottish Transitions Forum determined that “without a positive transition process, children and young people’s lives can be negatively impacted, leading to lost opportunities and unfulfilled potential” (Scottish Transitions Forum, 2014). Yet public funding may be decreasing whilst the level of need for services increases. Adult services are now under the NHS whilst children's services are still Highland Council. This project aims to explore the efficacy of transition planning for young people with learning disability in the move from children’s services to adult’s services in Highland and to identify any barriers to this through questionnaires distributed to children's services social workers, adult services social workers and parents/carers. The data collected will be confidential and the study will be fully complete and submitted for assessment in April 2016.REC name
West Midlands - Black Country Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/WM/0460
Date of REC Opinion
14 Dec 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion