The national transition support team for the Aiming High for Disabled Children Transition Support Programme has been announced.

The Council for Disabled Children and partners will act as the national transition support team for the AHDC Transition Support Programme (TSP).
The TSP will seek to raise the standards of transition support and provision and achieve greater consistency in all local areas. The programme consists of two main elements:

1. The national transition support team, which will coordinate the work with local authorities, PCTs and regional advisers and existing experts; and
2. Support for change at local level through a combination of direct grants and regional adviser activity.

The national transition support team, a coalition between the Council for Disabled Children and partners, has three main roles:
· Drive and shape the programme in local areas through work with regional advisers, and disabled young people and their families;
· Engage with and exchange good practice in transition through websites, targeted information sheets and other resources to help build capacity; and
· Identify the support needs of local areas and work in partnership with regional advisers, the Department for Children Schools and Families and the Department of Health to improve transition practice.

The national transition support team can be contacted on: 020 7843 6348