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Adults and children with intellectual disability who have complex needs or find themselves in complex circumstances are often significantly disadvantaged and have poor outcomes as a result. When supports and services are not provided appropriately to meet a person’s needs or not provided in a timely way, individual and family functioning and well-being can be significantly affected. This can lead to crisis and increased probability of inappropriate placement. It is well established that an insufficient understanding of the depth and breadth of need and a lack of integrated and coordinated responses leads to service gaps, negatively impacting on human rights and quality of life.
Agencies and professions across life stages and settings, including school, vocational, health, mental health and criminal justice, have a critical role in supporting people with intellectual disability and their family navigate complicated service provision to ensure coordination and integration of supports. In order to do this it is necessary to understand (a) what constitutes complex needs, (b) the essential elements required to achieve an integrated and coordinated approach, and (c) the competencies required of the professionals involved in supporting people with intellectual disability who have complex needs.
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Nankervis, K.L., Vassos, M.V. (2019). Agencies and Professions in the Provision of Care. In: Matson, J.L. (eds) Handbook of Intellectual Disabilities. Autism and Child Psychopathology Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20843-1_13
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