Disabled Children's Register
What are the benefits of the Disabled Children’s Register?
We are committed to improve services for children and young people in Barnet. To improve access to services for children and young people with disabilities or complex needs Barnet has set up a register which has the following benefits:
- we will be able to issue your child with a photo ID card saying that he/she is on our register
- we will be able to give you relevant information, advice and support that is targeted directly to your child’s needs
- we will be able to give you information from other agencies which specialise in working with disabled children
- the register will accurately reflect the range of disabilities and special needs of the resident population aged 0 – 19 years
- we will have a better understanding of your needs, enabling us to plan services for the future of all children with special needs.
Who can be registered?
- putting your child’s name on the register is entirely voluntary, but the more information we can gather about needs of disabled children the better we can plan services for children in Barnet
- you will not be asked to prove the nature of your child’s condition before they can be included on the register, and no assessments will be made
- if your child has a disability or a special need and you would like them to be on the register, please complete and return a registration form or contact us
- receiving an ID card is voluntary, if you would like to have one please include two passport size photos with the registration form
to register, please download and complete the Disabled Children's Registration Form 
(PDF:449KB)
Maintaining Barnet's Disabled Children's Register
- you will be contacted periodically to check that the information regarding your child is up to date
- you are welcome to contact us if your details have changed
- you are also welcome contact us if you would like to share some news with others on the register by writing a short article for the DCR newsletter
- we aim to keep the register up to date at all times so that it gives us a better understanding of your child’s needs.
Data protection
Any personal data that we collect and use is treated in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. The council and any third party service provider contracted by us to provide a service to you will only collect and use personal data for the stated purpose(s), and this will be outlined at the outset upon collection.
The council will endeavour to ensure that your personal data will be processed in accordance with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998 and any disclosure(s) made will be in accordance with our Notification registered with the Information Commissioner.
Contact
For further information about the register please use the contact details opposite.
Children, young people and families
Email this pageLast modified by: Steve Lawlor on 08/07/2008